After facing defeat in the three-match Test series at home against England, New Zealand will now host Sri Lanka. First a series of three T20 and then three ODI matches will be played between the two teams. For this, Mitchell Santner has been made the captain. New Zealand team against Sri Lanka has been announced. However, New Zealand's legendary batsmen Kane Williamson and Devon Conway have not got a place in the Kiwi team. Both the batsmen have not been selected in New Zealand's ODI team due to the next season of South Africa T-20 League (SA20). Both were not available for selection in the ODI team due to their SA20 commitments.

Williamson will play with Durban Super Giants in SA20

The third season of SA20 will start from 9 January. Its final will be played on 8 February. The ODI series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be played from January 5. In the same year, Williamson was added to the team by Durban Super Giants, the franchise of IPL team Lucknow Super Giants. Williamson had also expressed happiness after becoming a part of Durban Super Giants. It is noteworthy that Kane is counted among the legendary players of New Zealand. He has scored more than 18 thousand runs in 363 matches in all formats.

Kane's first words as a Super Giant pic.twitter.com/O60PNJRMpg

— Durban's Super Giants (@DurbansSG) July 26, 2024

Devon Conway is part of Jobbers Super Kings

New Zealand's star opener Devon Conway will also be seen making waves in the South African T20 league. Conway is part of Jobbers Super Kings, the franchise of IPL team Chennai Super Kings. 33-year-old Conway has scored more than 100 international runs for New Zealand. During this period, more than 4400 runs have been scored from his bat.

Williamson remained unsold in IPL

Whether Kane Williamson will be seen playing in South Africa's T20 league. However, this time he got a big shock during the IPL auction. Williamson was not bought by any team in the auction for the next season of IPL held in November 2024. He made his IPL debut in 2015. Till now he has played 79 matches but he remained unsold for the next season. Last season, Kane was a part of Gujarat Titans. Before this he has also played for Sunrisers Hyderabad.