Punjab Kings Captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to field first against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 45th match of the IPL 2021. The match is being played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Head 2 head count between KKR & PBKS stands at 19-9, with Kolkata dominating Punjab. The last time when these two teams met at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets, chasing 126 in 16.4 overs. Playing XI of both teams are:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) - Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Tim Seifert, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh