A catch that made non entity Chris Lynn over night hero

New Delhi: When Jonty Rhodes displayed a superman act by running out Inzmam Ul Haq of Pakistan .in 1992 World Cup he not only became a household name but also changed the definition of fielding. The high standard of fielding that he set 22 years ago still continues and Chris Lynn showed it on Thurday night in Sharjah. If Jonty acted like a superman Australian Chris Lynn acted like a gymnast when he took a stunner just few inches inside the rope. Had he not displayed the super human act that hit would have surely crossed over the rope and given RCB yet another victory. Know more about this gymnastic cricketer:Christopher Austin Lynn born on 10 April 1990 is an Australian cricketer. Lynn is a right-handed middle order batsman who plays for the Queensland Bulls in the Australian domestic cricket competitions.The 24 year old Chris Lynn made his dream debut for Kolkata Knight Riders by smashing 31 balls 45 run innings that helped the team to put on a decent target of 151 for RCB.He took a really acrobatic catch of AB de Villiers in the last over when RCB needed just 6 runs to win. That ball would have gone out of the boundary but it was Lynn's hands to where the ball just stuck. This proved to be the game changer for KKR as they won by 2 runs.Chris Lynn became an overnight internet sensation with a spectacular leaping catch on the boundary that saved the match for the Kolkota Knight Riders.It was truly an acrobatic effort, but what made it extra special was that he slipped before taking the catch and then lined himself up to pouch a De Villiers skier. In spite of slipping, Lynn recovered and balanced well on his hunches, kept his eyes on the ball, arched backwards and held on to the ball, doing well to avoid the ropes. There are diving catches, running backwards catches, against the light catches and there are reflex catches. Lynn's effort was a sum total all of these.This is not the first time he held a good catch. In a Sheffield match in March this year, the Queenslander plucked a catch out of thin air at mid-on to dismiss Victoria's Peter Handscomb.Lynn played for the Queensland U-19 side and made his first-class debut as a 19-year-old against South Australia at the Gabba in March 2010. A week later, against Western Australia he scored 139 runs in the second innings and effectively saved Queensland from defeatRepresenting Brisbane Heat, in his first season of Big Bash league he made 109 at an average of 21.80 , in his second he made 175 at 35.00, including 51 off 29 balls against the Perth Scorchers and in his third he scored 198 runs at 28.28 with his best innings again coming against the Scorchers, this time he made a blistering 81. Lynn made his Twenty20 international debut against England in Hobart on 29 January 2014. He made 33 off 19 balls, including three sixes but didn't get to bat in his second game.He was a part of the Deccan Chargers team during the 2011 and 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL) tournaments but only got to play one match for the team in IPL 2012.He was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2013 competition but did not get the chance to play in a single match. For the 2014 season he was signed by the Kolkata Knight Riders for 1.3 crore Rupees.

A catch that made non entity Chris Lynn over night hero

New Delhi: When Jonty Rhodes displayed a superman act by running out Inzmam Ul Haq of Pakistan .in 1992 World Cup he not only became a household name but also changed the definition of fielding.

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