New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is all set to link up with the Blackcaps squad ahead of the reigning World Test champions' three-match Test series in England next month.
Williamson made his comeback to competitive cricket after a gap of 5-6 months in the recent season of the Indian Premier League, where he led the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Williamson recently left the Sunrisers bubble and missed the last game of the season for the former champions to attend the birth of his second child with his wife, Sarah Kareem.
The 31-year-old revealed the birth of his second child via an Instagram post.
Williamson endured a forgettable season with the bat as he could only manage 236 runs in 13 innings at an average of 19.64 and a strike rate of 93.51 with the help of just 1 50+ score.
The New Zealand skipper will be making his comeback to the Test team after missing the entire home summer due to a tennis elbow injury.
He missed the second Test during the tour of India back in December before pulling out of the home assignments against Bangladesh and South Africa.
His addition will give the New Zealand side a huge sense of relief, considering their recent struggles with the bat.
The Kiwis failed to win a single series during the home summer as Bangladesh and South Africa found a way to draw the two-match rubbers, exposing the fragility of their batting unit in the absence of recently retired Ross Taylor and Williamson.
The upcoming Test series will be a great opportunity for Williamson to claim back-to-back series wins in the UK.
Last summer, under the leadership of opener Tom Latham, the tourists beat the Joe Root-led unit 1-0 in a two-match rubber.
The tourists recently locked horns with Sussex in a warm-up game, which ended in a draw. They will play the second warm-up fixture against a County Select XI before the Test series gets underway at Lord's from June 02.