My best is yet to come: Lynn
Bengaluru, April 30: It’s common knowledge that Chris Lynn’s career has been blighted by injuries, the latest one coming while fielding during the final of the Trans- Tasman T20 TriSeries against New Zealand earlier this year, and keeping him out of action for a while.
Back with Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, Lynn has been solid without being quite as swashbuckling as he can be — except in a game against Kings XI Punjab, when he scored a 41- ball 74 — but has done his job more often than not.
On Sunday 29 April night, fans saw a different facet to Lynn as he ground out 62* from 52 balls to helm a successful chase of 176 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, an innings he said had asked a lot of him.
“It hasn’t been as freeflowing as I’d normally like. Obviously come off the back of a couple of injuries so I haven’t exactly hit the ground running. Maybe my body didn’t allow that early on but it’s coming good now. I’m starting to find a bit of momentum, which is important coming into the back end of the tournament,” said Lynn.
“They have a couple of quality spinners ( Yuzvendra Chahal and Murugan Ashwin) and we saw the ball turning. We had to really grind our way out there. It wasn’t your typical Twenty20 game of cricket with the ball flying around. We had to find a way, and for me it was sweep shots, get down the other end. Robin Uthappa and Dinesh Karthik also played crucial knocks.”