“We need to bounce back”: Kane Williamson after New Zealand’s loss to West Indies

The New Zealand skipper said that they can't make any excuses and that they have to bounce back quickly

Trinidad & Tobago: Following his side’s disappointing 13-run loss against West Indies in the T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said that they need to get better. Williamson didn’t have a good day at the office as he got dismissed after scoring just 1 run in 2 balls by Gudakesh Motie.

Here is what Williamson had to say on his side’s loss at the Brian Lara stadium.

“Conditions here are what they are and we can’t make excuses. We need to keep getting better and keep finding a way, 10-15 runs that can make a big difference. We need to bounce back quickly, we are back in two days, we need to be smarter. The learnings are important and we need to pick ourselves up and go again.”

After this loss, there is a good chance that New Zealand will be eliminated in the group stages itself as not only do they have no points on the table after 2 games, but their net run-rate of -2.425 is quite bad and isn’t going to help them either. The Kiwis not only need to win their last 2 matches by a big margin so that their run-rate can be improved but also need Afghanistan to lose their remaining matches against Papua New Guinea and West Indies respectively by a good enough margin.

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