Khaleel Ahmed, Chris Lynn
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It was Chris Lynn, who played pretty unlike him to hand a respectable total on the board for Kolkata Knight Riders. The brilliant bowling effort from Khaleel Ahmed followed by the exceptional support from the other bowlers, in the end, helped them to sit on a driver seat.

Initially, it was Kane Williamson, who won the toss, elected to bowl first. They haven’t got the right kind of start, as Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn went berserk in the first couple of overs. Narine was the wrecker-in-chief for KKR before Khaleel Ahmed cleaned him up with a brilliant slower delivery.

He was quickly followed by Shubman Gill, who got the number 3 position in absence of Robin Uthappa. It was also the second wicket for Khaleel Ahmed in the match. The vows further stretched when Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a brilliant delivery to dismiss Nitish Rana.

Khaleel Ahmed, Chris Lynn
Khaleel Ahmed (Image Credit: IPL)

The things moved from bad to worse when Dinesh Karthik returned back in the mode of run-out. Just when things looked drifting away for Kolkata Knight Riders, Rinku Singh played a brilliant hand for KKR. On the other hand, Chris Lynn also took the onus on him by playing a pretty much run-a-ball knock.

After adding 51 runs for the 5th wicket, Rinku Singh walked back in search of some quick runs in the death. He managed to get a six but found Rashid in the deep when trying to repeat the show. In between, the wicket of Rinku welcomed Andre Russell to the middle, something, which KKR fans are praying, as it was the slogging time.

Chris Lynn, IPL 2019, CSK vs KKR, Eden Gardens
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Foir Sunrisers Hyderabad, all the bowlers did well in the initial phase of the innings but the slow knock from Chris Lynn, which was beautifully helped by the other batsman around his changed the complexion of the game. In the end, they managed to score 152 on the board with the help of Russell’s cameo.

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