I would love to take up the captaincy for KKR in IPL 2018: Chris Lynn

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team is known to be one of the most equipped and balanced compositions in the ten years history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). They maintained their thrilling and astonishing comradery in choosing out the right set of players in the 2018 IPL auction. They let their most successful captain, Gautam Gambhir go who was picked up by the Delhi Daredevils at a decent amount of Rs 2.8 crores.

Ahead of the start of the season, the team management also has to appoint a captain from the bunch of players they have at their disposal. The team has quite a few prospects in the likes of Robin Uthappa who was retained at the auction event through Right to Match card, new entry wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and Australian big-hitter Chris Lynn who was also retained by using the RTM card.

I would love to jump at the opportunity: Chris Lynn

In an exclusive conversation with cricket.com.au, Lynn talked about taking up the captaincy duties for KKR in the upcoming season, if given an opportunity. The hard-hitting Aussie stated that he would love to be appointed the skipper as he has a good relationship with the players as well as the coaching staff. He also reckoned that they have a really good bunch of players in the squad. He is quite familiar that there are some players in the KKR line-up who have been part of the IPL since its inception and are quite experienced for the skipper’s position.

“I’d love to [lead]. I’d jump at the opportunity. We’ve got a really good group at Kolkata. The coaching staff, Simon Katich, Jacques Kallis, Heath Streak … I can relate (easily to) them. But there are a couple of boys that have been in the IPL for 10 years so you can’t ignore their experience, especially in their own backyard. I’m still learning the game over there but if given the nod then I’d jump at the chance,” said Lynn.

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