Australia batsman Chris Lynn holds no grudge for Kolkata Knight Riders despite the franchise releasing him from its squad for the next year's edition of the Indian Premier League. He made 405 runs at a strike-rate of 139.65 in 13 games last season, so dropping Lynn did come up as a surprise. 

"I have got a really good relationship with the KKR owners, support staff, head coach. There are no hard feeling there at all. More important is keeping those relationships nice and strong," Lynn was quoted as saying on Monday (November 18) after a game for Maratha Arabians in the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 League. 

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The Queenslander lit up the Sheikh Zayed Stadium with a 30-ball 91 that helped Arabians defeat Team Abu Dhabi by 24 runs. 

KKR in total released 13 players but Lynn hopes to make sure he is in line for a new contract at the auction in December. "There are players twice as good as me that have been released from franchises so KKR want to win the tournament and that's the priority for (head coach) Brendon McCullum," he said. 

"The auctions coming up, so if I happen to score a few more runs and be fresh in the mind of some coaches, that's a positive."

Forever hungry for runs, Lynn didn't like missing out on a ton. "When you get closer to a hundred, you want to get there," he said of his outing against Abu Dhabi. "But at the end of the day, the guy at the other end was hitting boundaries as well."

"So to get to 139 on that wicket was a really good job. Would have been nice to get first hundred of T10 but there are plenty of games left so will hopefully get another opportunity to do that. I got a slow start so happy."

(Inputs from IANS)