18:55 (IST)
Pitch report: It's the track used two nights ago. It looks magnificent, good covering of grass. It's nice and hard, says Simon Doull. Three times the sides batting have won and three times the sides bowling. I don't see daemons in this pitch says Kevin Pietersen, you can trust the surface. The average first innings score is 159.
18:51 (IST)
Tim Seifert is set to make his debut. He's got the KKR cap!
18:49 (IST)
Mayank Agarwal is fit to play. He had a stiff neck last game and missed out.
18:45 (IST)
Last meeting: The last time these two teams met each other was at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in April. The KKR bowling stifled PBKS for 123-9 and then chased it down tiwh 5 wickets to spare. They were 17/3 in the chase but Rahul Tripathi (41) and Eoin Morgan (47 not out) played crucial knocks to take KKR past the finish line.
18:35 (IST)
The big news is that Chris Gayle will be heading back home. He's decided to leave due to bubble fatigue.
Gayle had played two games for the team since IPL's resumption and now wants to refresh before the T20 World Cup beginning next month.
The West Indian flew into Dubai from another bio-bubble created for the CPL and staying in a protected environment has taken a toll on him like many other international players in COVID times.
18:25 (IST)
It's going to be the KKR bowling vs PBKS batting battle in this contest. The PBKS middle and lower middle order have struggled while KKR have been brilliant in the middle overs thanks to Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy and Lockie Ferguson.
KKR restricted a formidable Delhi Capitals to 127/9 in the last match and won the match by three wickets. They would be looking to make their position strong with a win against PBKS.
18:08 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our coverage of IPL 2021!
It's a mid-table clash we have to look forward to tonight, as the fourth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders take on sixth-placed Punjab Kings. Stay tuned as we bring you all the latest updates!
Live Score KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2021, Today's Match: Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will face off in a battle for the fourth and playoff spot on Friday.
Preview: In KKR's previous match, Sunil Narine shone with bat and ball as Kolkata Knight Riders boosted their play-off hopes with a three-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.
West Indian Narine returned figures of 2-18 with his spin to limit Delhi to 127 for nine and then played a crucial cameo innings of 21 as Kolkata reached their target in 18.2 overs on a slow Sharjah pitch.
Eoin Morgan's Kolkata have won three of their four matches in the resumed Twenty20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates to reach fourth in the eight-team table.
Meanwhile, in PK's last match, Kieron Pollard took two key wickets and hit an unbeaten 15 off seven balls as Mumbai Indians beat Punjab Kings by six wickets on Tuesday to revive their title defence.
The West Indies limited overs captain sent back big-hitting T20 teammate Chris Gayle and then made Punjab captain K.L. Rahul 300th victim. "For me to get these wickets, I'll take it each and every time".
The defeat was a set back in Punjab's bid to recover from a slump and launch an effort to secure playoff qualification.
Squads
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Shahrukh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Nathan Ellis, Adil Rashid, Murugan Ashwin, Harpreet Brar, Moises Henriques, Chris Jordan, Aiden Markram, Mandeep Singh, Darsan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Ravi BIshnoi, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Jalaj Saxena.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Karun Nair, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathy, Shubman Gill, Harbhajan Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pawan Negi, M Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Dube, Tim Southee, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russel, Ben Cutting, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert.
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With inputs from AFP.
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