Currently, the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are hosting the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 52nd game of the 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After winning the toss, the KKR skipper, Dinesh Karthik asked the hosts to bat and first and his decision paid him rich dividend as Kolkata dismissed both the Punjab openers under the powerplay itself. 

During the toss, the KXIP skipper, R Ashwin said that they have made three changes in their squad as Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Prabhsimran Singh, and David Miller made way for Andrey Tye, Sam Curran, and Mandeep Singh. On the other hand, KKR made no changes to their winning squad.

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Rahul got out in the 3rd over of Sandeep Warrier owing to a brilliant running catch by Chris Lynn and in the next over of the same bowler, Gayle also lost his wicket and Punjab was struggling at 28/2 after 5 over. However, the catch of Lynn was quite special as he was talking to the commentators just before the catch came towards him for hwich he had to run toward his right and took a good catch.

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Warrier delivered a slower ball and Rahul was looking to chip it through midwicket but decided against it the last moment and ended up going straight towards mid on. 

Here is the video of the dismissal:

https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1124364035539886081