The match was as close as this ball landed near the boundary rope. KKR beat KXIP by 2 runs

Mandeep tries to play the glory shot but he picks the longest region and Chris Green takes an easy catch.

MAXWELL SPECIAL! Reverse sweep and Maxwell send it for a boundary.

MASSIVE BLOW! Full toss and Rahul edges it to the stumps. A nail-biting final over on the way.

Short ball and the batsman tries to pull but misses the connection as Rana takes a good catch.

CLEAN BOWLED! Is there any more drama left in the game? This wicket surely suggests so. 

Not the best of timings but Pooran places into the gap as the ball races away for a boundary.

SMACKED! Short and Pooran slams it over mid-wicket for a maximum.

CLASS! Length ball and Nicholas loves it as he drives it through covers for a lovely boundary.

Short and wide as Rahul smashed it through point for a boundary

Finally a wicket for KKR, but is it too late? Mayank Agarwal tries to clear the rope at deep mid-wicket but finds Gill's safe hands.

This time towards long-off for a boundary and KL Rahul also reaches fifty with that shot.

Smart batting, finds the gap and send it through extra covers for a boundary.

Short of a length delivery and Mayank pulls it well for a boundary over deep mid-wicket

Length ball and Mayank picks it well to drive it for a boundary through covers. Pressure on young Nagarkoti.

Mayak makes room for himself to play it over covers but gets a thick edge as the ball races away for a boundary.

Back of a length delivery and Rahul slammed it hard on deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Not a bad delivery but Mayank shows his class once again as he makes room for himself and slams it over covers for a biggie.

CLASS! Mayank drives it straight into the gap for a lovely boundary.

Not the best of connections but the ball still reaches the boundary rope at long-on

DROPPED! Slower one and Rahul miss read it and Russell drops the crucial catch.

Excellent first over from Cummins only three runs from it.

KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are back for the chase. Pat Cummins to start the proceedings with new ball.

DK departs on the last ball as KKR score 164/6 in 20 overs against KXIP

Short from Jordan as DK picks it well to upper-cuts it for a lovely boundary.

And Dre Russ fails again. The ball was way far from Russel as he swings the bat and edges it to the wicketkeeper.

Good wide yorker from Arshdeep as Russell just stretch his arms to reach towards the ball as the edge races away for a boundary.

A brilliant innings come to an end as Gill tried to snatch an extra run but failed as Prabhsimran Singh destroyed the stumps.

EXQUISITE! Fullish and DK plays it fine into the gap for a boundary through point.

Shami misses the yorker and DK slams the low full toss through square leg for a boundary.

Fullish from Jordan as DK tries to drive it through covers but gets an edge to it as the ball races away for aboundary.

Jordan is not learning from his mistakes as he bowls another length delivery as DK slams it over long-off for a biggie.

Poor from Jordan, he is bowling to batsman's strength as DK plays it inside out for a boundary.

Back of a length delivery as DK shifts his weight on backfoot to pull it on mid-wicket for third boundary of the over.

CLASS! In the slot and DK plays his favourite inside out short for one bounce boundary over long-on. Pressure on Arshdeep now/

Short ball and DK loves this length as he pulls it on mid-wicket for a lovely boundary.

Poor delivery, short and on the pads as Gill slams it hard on square leg for a boundary to reach his fifty.

MUSCLED! Short ball and DK was all set to send it over the ropes as he does the same with total ease. Mujeeb ends his spell with 44 runs in 4 overs

EDGED! Gill tries to swing the bat and gets a thick edge and the ball races away for a boundary.

Short and enough width for Gill to punch it through off-side for a boundary.

MASSIVE BLOW! Excellent googly from Bishnoi as Morgan was expecting a flighted delivery and he misses the connection to it as Glenn Maxwell takes an easy catch

In the slot and Morgan shifts on his knees to dispatch it over deep-mid wicket for a biggie.

CREATIVE! Picked the length early and Morgan plays a reverse sweep to send the ball for a exquisite boundary.

Short ball but misses the yorker as Morgan pulls it well through mid-wicket for a boundary.

On the pads and Gill places it in the gap to collect a crucial boundary through square leg.

Poor communication between the batsmen as Nitish Rana pays the price.

CASTLED! Excellent deliver by Shami as it was nipping back in and Tripathi had no answers for it.

Short ball and Rahul Tripathi breaks the shackles to pull it for a boundary.

Excellent first over from Arshdeep, right on the money and it's a maiden.

Test match length, down to the leg side and Gill comfortably tucks it down through the square region for the first boundary of the game. 

Rahul Tripathi will once again open for KKR against Shubman Gill. Mohammed Shami will open the attack for KXIP. A slip has been put in place. 

Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul, M Agarwal, S Singh, N Pooran, G Maxwell, M Singh, M Ur Rahman, R Bishnoi, M Shami, C Jordan, A Singh 

Kolkata Knight Riders: R Tripathi, S Gill, N Rana, S Narine, E Morgan, A Russell, D Karthik, P Cummins, K Nagarkoti, P Krishna, V Chakravarthy

We will have to wait to see Chris Gayle in IPL 2020. He's not included in the XI for today's match against KKR. Only one change for KXIP as Chris Jordan replaces the injured Sheldon Cottrell. 

TOSS! Dinesh Karthik has won the toss and opt to bat against Kings XI Punjab in Abu Dhabi.

Nicholas Pooran was brilliant in the game against SRH in KXIP's previous game. Will we see the Pooran show again?

Kings XI Punjab are looking for a turnaround as they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in the first match of the double-header weekend in Abu Dhabi.