The move to open the batting with Sunil Narine has worked well for Kolkata Knight Riders this season, but it was expected that he would move back down the batting order once Chris Lynn returned from his injury layoff.

Lynn did make a comeback in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, but Narine was still used as an opener with captain Gautam Gambhir pushing himself down the order.

The duo of Narine and Lynn caused mayhem at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium as, chasing 159 to win, they scored 105 in the first six overs – the highest ever score at the end of the Powerplay in the history of the Indian Premier League [IPL].

Narine also managed to bring up his half-century in just 15 balls, the joint-fastest fifty in the IPL ever. In the end, he was dismissed after scoring 54 from just 17 deliveries in a knock that included six fours and four sixes.

Earlier in the match, the West Indian mystery spinner had also taken the key wickets of AB de Villiers and Mandeep Singh with the ball.

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