KXIP 85/4 after 13.4 overs (Pooran 5)

WICKET! No runs for a bit and Maxwell will do something silly. That is how the cookie has always crumbled. Sandeep gets the wicket as Maxwell finds Warner in the deep.

Maxwell c Warner b Sandeep Sharma 12(13)

KXIP 80/3 after 13 overs (Pooran 5, Maxwell 8)

Superb stuff by SRH. Natarajan with a fine over, giving nothing away and it has now been 36 balls since KXIP last hit a boundary.

KXIP 75/3 after 12 overs (Pooran 4, Maxwell 5)

SRH have KXIP in a tough situation and it will be interesting to see how Pooran and Maxwell deal with the situation.

KXIP 66/3 after 10.1 overs (Pooran 0)

WICKET! Rashid’s googly sends back Rahul. Big gap between bat and pad and gone. Two wickets in two balls for SRH.

Rahul b Rashid Khan 27(27)

KXIP 66/2 after 10 overs (Rahul 27)

WICKET! They kept throwing it wide to Gayle... away from his hitting zone and when the left-hander finally for the chance to hit it, he found the fielder in the deep.

Gayle c Warner b Holder 20(20)

KXIP 61/1 after 9 overs (Rahul 25, Gayle 18)

Rashid’s second over has much more control. KXIP get just run off it.

KXIP 59/1 after 8 overs (Rahul 25, Gayle 17)

Natarajan comes up with a good over first-up – just 4 runs off it.

KXIP 56/1 after 7 overs (Rahul 23, Gayle 15)

Rashid Khan into the attack and the first few deliveries are calmly played for singles. Then, he dropped one short and Gayle rocked back onto the back foot and pulled it away for a six.

KXIP 47/1 after 6 overs (Rahul 21, Gayle 8)

Powerplay overs are done and KXIP have done well. Gayle has coming in and he is already timing the ball well.

KXIP 37/1 after 5 overs (Rahul 20)

A six by Rahul to start off the Sandeep over and then a four to Mandeep later in the over thanks to a poor fielding effort by Samad but the over ended with a wicket. Mandeep gets only the height on that shot and is caught in the deep.

Mandeep c Rashid Khan b Sandeep Sharma 17(14)

KXIP 24/0 after 4 overs (Rahul 13, Mandeep 11)

11 runs off the Khaleel over including one lovely pull off the front foot by Rahul.

KXIP 13/0 after 3 overs (Rahul 7, Mandeep 6)

The KXIP openers have managed to get their eye in now. They will start looking for a big over soon.

KXIP 9/0 after 2 overs (Rahul 6, Mandeep 3)

KL Rahul just about managed to get back in the over. He set off for a non-existent single and Shankar hit the stump on the full. But the KXIP skipper managed to get back in just in time. And edged four were the only runs KXIP got off the Khaleel over.

7.29 pm: Mandeep Singh, who lost his dad last night, has come out to open the innings with KL Rahul for KXIP.

7.10 pm: Just one change for SRH. Khaleel Ahmed comes in for Nadeem.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan

7.09 pm: For KXIP: Mayank Agarwal and Jimmy Neesham miss out and Mandeep Singh and Chris Jordan come in.

Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Mandeep Singh, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Chris Jordan, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

7.04 pm: Warner wins toss and SRH will bowl first.

6.56 pm: Form coming into the game...

KXIP are coming into this game on the back of their three successive wins against Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI), who are currently placed in the top half of the points table.

On the other hand, SRH, halted their three-match losing streak after they beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the back of Manish Pandey’s 47-ball 83*, Vijay Shankar’s half-century and Jason Holder’s solid show with the ball.

6.54 pm: Here’s how the two teams have matched up over the years

Matches  KXIP wins SRH wins
15 11 4

6.40 pm: Their campaign back on track with a hat-trick of wins, Kings XI Punjab will take on another resurgent team – Sunrisers Hyderabad – on Saturday in a must-win IPL game for the two well-matched sides.

Both KXIP and SRH have garnered eight points apiece after 10 games, but the Hyderabad outfit is a rung ahead in the eight-team standings, on the fifth spot by virtue of a better net run rate.

And both teams need to win their remaining four games to guarantee their place in the playoffs.