'Trying to remain calm can be helpful to people around you' - Kane Williamson

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has said that his attempt to remain calm and composed on the field always helps his teammates feel relaxed under the pressure. Williamson and his team have been in several tough situations for the last few years, including the ODI World Cup final in 2019 where due to a bizarre rule they lost the game. But the New Zealand captain earned praises for his calm reaction.

In an interaction with journalist Boria Majumdar on the chat show ‘Backstage with Boria’, he shed light on his ability to remain calm irrespective of the situation. He explained: “It definitely doesn’t promise (success), but trying to remain calm can hopefully be a little bit helpful to the people around you.”

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Kane Williamson elaborated: “No situation is the same. At the same time, you are trying to remind yourself what is important at this moment and how you behave to the people around you. It might have an impact. When things aren’t flowing as smoothly as you would like, you can’t change the past, but you can perhaps help with what’s happening next.”

Williamson further added that while in sport one wins some, loses some, what is important is to perform to the best as well.

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He stated: “How do we address the task that is in front of us to the best of our ability? You narrow that down and try and eliminate some of that exterior peripheral noise and continue to focus on how we want to operate as a group. Remind ourselves of the style and brand of cricket that we want to play. That might direct us a little bit in the right way.”

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However, under him, New Zealand won the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), beating Team India in the final. They also finished runners-up in the T20 World Cup last year in the UAE as well.

Meanwhile, Kane Williamson has recently returned to training after recovering from an elbow injury that has been troubling him for quite a long time. He also shared a post on Instagram and captioned it: “Great to be back in the nets.”

Notably, he has been ruled out of the ongoing South Africa series due to the injury as well.