New Zealand await some sunshine amidst the gloom

Kane Williamson is smiling. Seated in the press conference room by the Chinnaswamy Stadium, he's just answered the big, burning question of the hour.

Is everyone fit coming into this game against Sri Lanka?

"Yeah, probably the first time we've had a fully fit squad, although obviously we had to rule a player out in Matt Henry," he answers with a usual straight face. "But yeah, I believe everybody's fit coming into this one.

"Or fit-ish," he quickly adds with a smile.

It's not often that Williamson smiles in the middle of his sentences. He's usually poker-faced as he deliberates on a question, his eventual answers giving away little.

Only this time, Williamson was clear. Or clear-ish. And the rare smile he flashed after his answer had a story to tell; the story of how New Zealand's tournament has been a conveyor belt of injuries. The narrative has been so mind-boggling that Williamson injured himself in the very game he was making a comeback in. It was an ill-directed throw from Najmul Hossain Shanto that injured the New Zealand captain but his hand was in the imperfect place at the imperfect time.

And that's pretty much been the story for New Zealand. Little surprise then that they've gone in unchanged in just the