"It's not as bad as we thought", Kallis told reporters at the Eden Gardens here on the eve of KKR's match against King's XI Punjab.
Lynn underwent the injury while attempting to take a catch of Mumbai's Jos Buttler in the outfield.
The India pacer missed the first two KKR matches due to right hip and lower back soreness after a grueling home season where he played 12 of the 13 Tests.
Narine though, is no stranger to opening the innings and has done it on three occasions for the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League last season in Australia.
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We know that we need a positive result in the second leg and keep a clean sheet, because it's tough out there, tough - we all saw it.
Lynn became KKR's latest batting sensation after hitting a 41-ball 93 not out in a record 184-run opening partnership with Gautam Gambhir that helped the team post a 10-wicket win over Gujarat Lions in their opening match on April 7. "This aggravated an old injury, KKR medical team will need a few days to properly establish his fitness and availability for the rest of the tournament", KKR said in a statement. In the side's next game, Lynn looked in fine touch during his 24-ball 32. "There is good pace and bounce for the fast bowlers so it's good to have this kind of a wicket in India", Umesh said at the mid-innings break. Kallis attributed KKR's defeat to Mumbai Indians from a winning position in the last match to poor fielding. The initial investigation of scan on Chris Lynn's left shoulder has not revealed any serious injury as was speculated. KKR might want to work on their bowling end as well after leaking 60 runs off the final 4 overs against MI. It is an area we have been pretty good at last couple of seasons. Glenn Maxwell has played some outstanding cricket in the matches and you can well expect the KXIP captain play similar roles in the upcoming matches as well.
The Indian Premier League 2017 action will now shift to the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. We have to be on top of our game to beat them.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (C), Darren Bravo, Trent Boult, Robin Uthappa (wk), Piyush Chawla, Nathan Coulter Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, Rishi Dhawan, Sayan Ghosh, Shaikb-Al-Hasan, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Ishank Jaggi, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Woakes, Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ankit Rajpoot, Suryakumar Yadav and Umesh Yadav.
Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Maxwell (captain), Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla, Varun Aaron, Eoin Morgan, Matt Henry, Rahul Tewatia, Martin Guptill, Darren Sammy, Rinku Singh, T. Natarajan.
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