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Earlier, New York Strikers won the toss and elected to bowl. Chennai, who had lost their previous match to Deccan Gladiators, had a different opening combination with George Munsey opening the batting along with Kobe Herft. Munsey picked a boundary off the last ball of the first over from Akeal Hosein to square leg.
Herft got run out to the first ball of the second over through a quick direct throw by Amir at the bowling end. Munsey followed soon after, nicking on to the wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the same over for 6. Amir then got rid of Bhanuka Rajapaksa for a duck. Worse was to follow as the left-arm pacer struck with the last ball of the second over inducing a false shot from Charith Aslanka(0). He produced a maiden that saw Chennai four wickets.
