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.

KKR has made two changes - Tim Seifert & Shivam Mavi have replaced Lockie Ferguson & Sandeep Warrier. PBKS also have made 3 changes - Fabian Allen, Shahrukh Khan & Mayank Agarwal have replaced Chris Gayle, Harpreet Brar & Mandeep Singh. Playing XI of both teams are:

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

Punjab Kings (PBKS) - KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh