D Chahar to C Lynn, A well-directed bouncer by Chahar, at 132.4 kph, Lynn makes a late leave.
D Chahar to C Lynn, FOUR! Runs are just flowing from Lynn's bat. Chahar corrects his length this time but still provides enough width outside off. Lynn rocks back and drills it through extra cover. 14 off the over, so far.
D Chahar to C Lynn, SIX! Chahar is not learning. MS Dhoni should walk up and has a chat with him, this is not looking good for the bowler. Under tremendous pressure. He hurls in yet another short delivery on off, Lynn stays leg side of this one and pulls it mightily and all the way over mid-wicket.
D Chahar to C Lynn, FOUR! Chahar is having a very ordinary beginning today and that's a rarity. Is he trying too hard? This is not the length he generally bowls. Lands it short and outside off, Lynn stays back and pulls it mercilessly over mid-wicket. There is a fielder in the deep but still it goes to the boundary.
S Thakur to C Lynn, Short of a length delivery, Lynn pulls it towards square leg for a run. Just 2 runs have come from the over. Good start by Shardul Thakur.
S Thakur to C Lynn, Full on middle, Lynn drives it to mid on.
S Thakur to C Lynn, Short of a length delivery, Lynn looks to pull but mistimes it to mid-wicket.
S Thakur to C Lynn, Bowls full on middle, Lynn defends it off the front foot.
S Thakur to S Narine, Length delivery on leg, Narine looks to tuck but gets hit on the thigh pad. It goes towards square leg. The batsmen take a run. The umpire gives it as a leg bye.
S Thakur to S Narine, Good bounce on this one. It was bowled on a good length on middle, Narine looks to defend but gets beaten by the away movement on this one.
Shardul Thakur to bowl from the other end.
D Chahar to C Lynn, Better line. Full and on off, angling in, Lynn defends it back from the back foot. Two boundaries from the first over.
D Chahar to C Lynn, FOUR! Chahar is losing it here. Yet another poor delivery, short and wide again, outside off, Lynn exercises his arms and slams it over covers for back-to-back boundaries.
D Chahar to C Lynn, FOUR! A very poor delivery by Chahar this time, probably it just slipped off his hand. Plenty of width on offer outside off, short and wide, Lynn chases it and slaps it over covers. It goes on one bounce to the fence. The umpire just checks it upstairs before signalling the boundary. 1000 runs in the League for the Aussie as well.
D Chahar to C Lynn, Back of a length delivery outside off, Chris pushes it off his back foot towards mid off. Comes out of the crease but then turns down the single.
D Chahar to C Lynn, Chahar pulls his length back a bit this time, outside off, Lynn goes on his toes and taps it down towards point.
D Chahar to C Lynn, Some swing straightaway for Deepak Chahar. He pitches it up and outside off, moving in the air, Lynn drives it off his front foot to covers.
We are all set to begin. Michael Hussey rings the bell. The players and umpires are out in the middle. Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine will open the batting for Kolkata. Deepak Chahar will start the proceedings for Chennai. A slip in place for him.
Kolkata (Playing XI) - Sunil Narine (In for Carlos Brathwaite), Chris Lynn (In for Joe Denly), Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(WK/C), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney (In for Lockie Ferguson).
Unchanged Chennai (Playing XI) - Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir.