'Started changing nappies' - Kane Williamson on how he celebrated WTC Final victory

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is a simple man and he justifies it by his actions too. After the high of World Test Championship (WTC) Final, a lot of other cricketers might have taken a backseat and relaxed a bit. But the Kiwi skipper is different and his celebration style is also offbeat. Rather than partying and spending time with mates, Williamson instead drove a rental car from Southampton to Somerset to be with his family.

He also had to do daddy duties to his little one and change the diapers. A drive of close to two to three hours that too in a manual car and then attending his six-month-old daughter, the 30-year-old sure knows how to multi-task.

Kane scored an unbeaten 52 and shared an unbroken partnership of 100 runs with Ross Taylor to help New Zealand win by eight wickets against India in the WTC Final. The kiwi skipper finally gave the New Zealand fans something to cheer about, after the agony of the 2019 World Cup defeat. But Williamson took backset and celebrated it by being just his usual self.

“That was part of the plan. My family was in Somerset. I drove to meet them the next day. I had to do a couple of photoshoots before that and a couple of interviews. Then got in the car and drove to Somerset and started changing nappies. It’s a slightly unique way of celebrating,” Williamson told Cricbuzz.

Kane Williamson didn’t like the idea to drive a manual car

The car was arranged by the manager of the team and the skipper didn’t have any idea that the car was manual and not an automatic one. He actually didn’t drive a manual one for a long time and found the experience rather interesting.

“To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled when I got into my rental car and it was a manual. After not having driven a manual car for so many years, I was thinking sheesh I just need to make sure I’m focused here and try not to stall. Anyway, the journey was successful in the end. Rather than enjoying the countryside, I was pretty switched on to my GPS and making sure I was changing gears smoothly,” he said.