Kane Williamson was born on 8 August 1990 in Tauranga, New Zealand. He played senior representative cricket at the age of 14 and first-class cricket at 16. Williamson attended Tauranga Boys' College from 2004–2008 where he was head boy in his final year and was coached by Pacey Depina. Depina described Williamson as having "a thirst to be phenomenal – but not at anyone else's expense."He reportedly scored 40 centuries before he left school.

Williamson made his debut for Northern Districts in 2007 at the age of 17, who he has remained with for the duration of his New Zealand domestic career.On 6 February 2015, Sunrisers Hyderabad of the IPL signed Williamson for US$96,500. He played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2016 season where they won the title. For the 2017 Indian Premier League he was retained by the side. In the 2018 IPL Auction, he was retained by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for US$460,500. On 29 March 2018, he was announced captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad replacing David Warner.Under Williamson's captaincy Sunrisers Hyderabad finished runners-up after Chennai Super Kings beat them in the final by 8 wickets, he also won the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs (735) in the 2018 IPL season.

   Williamson was 17 when he led the New Zealand Under-19 side in the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. New Zealand reached the semi-final where they lost to the eventual champions India. On 24 March 2010, Williamson was named in the New Zealand Test squad for the second Test against Australia,[18] but ultimately he did not play in the match.

Williamson made his One-Day International debut against India on 10 August 2010. He was dismissed for a 9th ball duck. In his second match, he was bowled by Angelo Mathews for a second ball duck. He scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh on 14 October 2010 in Dhaka and hence became the youngest centurion in New Zealand's Test cricket history. Due to his performance on the Bangladesh tour where New Zealand suffered a 4–0 whitewash, Williamson was selected in the New Zealand Test squad for the tour of India that followed.

Williamson made his Test cricket debut against India at Ahmedabad on 4 November 2010. In his first innings he scored 131 runs off 299 balls and became the eighth New Zealand player to score a century on Test debut.

     In March 2016, Williamson assumed the position of captain of New Zealand across all forms of cricket after the retirement of Brendon McCullum, beginning with the World T20I cup in India. He also picked up NZ player of the year, Test player of the year and the Redpath Cup for top batsman in first class cricket for the second year in a row.

In August 2016, during the Test series against Zimbabwe, Williamson became the thirteenth batsman to score a century against all the other Test playing nations. He completed this in the fewest innings, the quickest time from his Test debut and became the youngest player to achieve this feat. In the complete list of such batsmen, he has achieved this feat with minimum number of total centuries.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson scored a record-breaking 18th century for his country in the first Test against England at Eden Park in Auckland. With his innings of 102 in 220 balls, the right-hand batsman went on to surpass Martin Crowe and Ross Taylor to become the player with most number of centuries in Test Cricket. He struck 11 fours and a rare six on his way to his ton. It was his 13th six in 64 Test matches.


   Last heSunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kane Williamson becomes the fifth player to score more than 700 runs in an Indian Premier League season and the only one this season to do so. Playing against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018 final, Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan combined to look solid on a sluggish Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.


With the feat, Williamson, who departed after scoring 47(36) in the final, joins Virat Kohli with 848 runs in 2016, David Warner with 733 runs in 2016, Chris Gayle with 733 runs in 2012 and 705* runs in 2013 and Mike Hussey with 708 runs in 2013 in the list of players to score more than 700 runs in a season of IPL. is best player and captain.

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