Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai.

Sunrisers have made one change as they bring in left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed for spinner Shahbaz Nadeem.    

Kings XI Punjab's Mayank Agarwal and Jimmy Neesham make way for Mandeep Singh and Chris Jordan.

Both KXIP and SRH are on the same pedestal, having 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.

Both teams need to win their remaining four games to guarantee their place in the play-offs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has won the toss and elected to field against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai.

Sunrisers have made one change as they bring in left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed for spinner Shahbaz Nadeem.    

Kings XI Punjab's Mayank Agarwal and Jimmy Neesham make way for Mandeep Singh and Chris Jordan.

Both KXIP and SRH are on the same pedestal, having 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.

Both teams need to win their remaining four games to guarantee their place in the play-offs.

Ashwin makes room and lofts the first ball over the off-side for a four before he takes a single down to long-on.

Rabada is beaten by a wide yorker before he lofts the next ball straight to Tripathi, who pouches it easily at long-on, just inside the boundary.

The last ball is a yorker as Tushar Deshpande defends it back to the bowler.

Cummins finishes with good figures of 3-17 in four overs.

Ferguson to bowl the final over, with the match out of Delhi's reach already with 63 needed for victory.

Ashwin and Deshpande just looking to survive till the end as they are content to just pick the singles before the former is beaten by the slower ball and he gets one off the next ball.

Deshpande has a swing but can only hole out to a delighted KKR skipper Morgan at long-on to perish for one and Ashwin taps the last ball to short thirdman,

Delhi finish 135-9 in their 20 overs to suffering a 59-run hammering at the hands of KKR.

Rabada takes a single off the first ball to long-on before Ashwin drills the fourth ball through the covers for one.

Cummins then chips the fifth ball uppishly in the covers for another run and Ashwin pulls the last ball for a four through midwicket.

Chakravarthy, who has taken five wickets so far, continues with the ball. A single each to Rabada and Ashwin before the former lofts the third ball down the ground past the fielder at long-off for a four.

Chakravarthy switches to over the wicket as Rabada keeps out the yorker before he swings the next to deep midwicket for a single and Ashwin lofts the last ball down to long-off for one.

Eight runs from the over as Chakravarthy finishes with 5-20 from his four overs, as Delhi struggle to 127-7 in 18 overs.

Stoinis gets a single off the first ball to fine leg before Axar slog sweeps the spinner over midwicket for a six and then takes one to square leg.

Stoinis pulls a short ball through the leg side for a couple before taking one through square leg, as 11 runs come from the over as the asking rate continues to climb further.

Stoinis succumbs to the pressure as he tries to hit Chakravarthy out of the park but ends up throwing his wicket away. He tries to loft the leg-spinner down the ground but is caught at long-off for six, as Delhi slip to 110 for six, in the 16th over.

Chakravarthy is running through the middle and lower order, having taken 4-10 in 2.1 overs so far.

He strikes again in the same over as Axar looks for a big hit down the order but misses and is bowled for nine as Chakravarthy gets his fifth wicket of the innings.

Chakravarthy has taken 5-12 in three overs to leave Delhi reeling on 112-7 in 16 overs. They need 83 from four overs for victory as KKR look set for an easy win to bolster their play-off hopes.

Hetmyer then tries to loft his West Indian teammate down the ground but can only get a single to long-off before Iyer picks two runs wide of long-on.

A single to Iyer before Hetmyer hits it powerfully down the ground and manages to clear the fielder at long-on for a six, to get 13 runs from the 13th over.

In the next over, Chakravarthy puts down a tough catch off his own bowling as Iyer skies it high off the leading edge. The spinner runs back towards his left but is unable to judge the catch cleanly and puts down the chance.

But he strikes next ball with the wicket of Hetmyer, who looks to loft it down the ground but is caught by Tripathi on the edge of the long-on fence, who does well to hold on to the catch just inches inside the boundary skirting.

Chakravarthy then picks another wicket off the very next ball as Iyer looks to smash it down the ground but is caught by Nagarkoti at long-on after scoring 47 from 38 balls.

Two wickets in two balls as Delhi are reduced to 95-5, in the 14th over, with the match slipping away from their grasp.

Marcus Stoinis avoids the hat-trick as he drives a full delivery down to long-off for a single before Chakravarathy bowls a leg side wide to Axar Patel.

The left-hander gets off the mark with a single to point and Stoinis picks one to long-on.

Delhi are struggling on 99-5 in 14 overs, with Chakravarathy taking 3-10 in two overs. They need another 96 runs from six overs for victory at an asking rate of 16.

He makes room and again lofts the next delivery over the same fielder for another boundary before taking a single to the fielder at sweeper cover and Pant gets a single on the leg side.

Iyer goes hard at the last ball, which is short and wide, but is beaten as he attempts to slash it square.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy comes into the attack, to bowl the 12th over.

He strikes with his second delivery as Pant top edges the sweep shot and is caught by Gill at fine leg to perish after a struggling knock of 27 from 33 balls, as he was never able to break free during that innings.

Iyer and Shimron Hetmyer involved in a mix up as they look to steal a second run off the overthrow but rightfully decide against it.

A single each to the two batsmen before the West Indian takes two runs through midwicket, as just five runs come from the over.

Delhi are reduced to 81-3 in 12 overs, with 114 needed from eight overs for victory at an asking rate of more than 14.

A single to Iyer on the off-side and Pant gets one off the last ball, as seven runs come from the over.

Narine continues as Pant comes down the track and pushes the first ball to long-off for a single and Iyer hits the next to long-on for another run.

Pant comes down and attempts a big hit down the track but can only get one down the ground and Iyer whips the next to deep square leg for a single.

Pant then strays in the crease and tries the slog sweep but only for one to deep midwicket and Iyer gets a single off the last ball, as six runs come from the over.

At the halfway mark, Delhi reach 64-2 in 10 overs, with another 131 needed from the remaining 10 overs for victory.

Pant defends the first ball before he pulls the next to deep midwicket for two runs.

Ferguson bowls a short wide delivery which Pant slaps through point for a four before he shuffles across a long way and tries to pull the short ball but is beaten.

Pant then drives the fifth ball straight as it hits the stumps at the bowler's end to get him a single and Iyer gets one through the covers.

Sunil Narine comes into the attack, to bowl the eighth over.

He starts his spell with a wide down the leg side to Iyer before the Delhi captain glances the next ball fine for two runs.

Iyer then clips the next off his pads through square leg for a couple and then takes one through the covers.

Pant is unable to get a run off the next two balls before he picks a single off the last ball to long-on, as Delhi recover to 51-2 in eight overs.

Pant nearly chips the first ball back to the bowler as it falls just short.

He then shuffles across and flicks the next over the fine leg fence for a six before Krishna then bowls a few dot balls followed by a no-ball as he oversteps.

The free hit delivery is a good short ball as Pant misses the pull and is hit on the helmet. However, Prasad has overstepped again to concede another free hit.

Iyer hits the free hit delivery straight into the hands of the fielder at deep midwicket and gets just one as Prasad escapes yet again.

Krishna struggles as he bowls a wide down the leg side before Pant picks one off the last ball, to get 12 runs from the fifth over.

Nagarkoti starts his second over with a short ball to Pant, who pulls it for a single followed by two dot balls to Iyer, who then takes a single on the off-side.

Another couple of dot balls to Pant, who then drives the last ball to point for a single.

Just three runs from the over as Delhi struggle to 36-2 in six overs, with Iyer on 17 and Pant on nine.

He sends back Dhawan, who is beaten outside the off-stump with some late movement and is bowled for six.

Cummins has dismissed both the openers to leave Delhi in a spot of bother on 13 for two, in the third over.

Rishabh Pant defends the first two balls he faces before he manages to fend away the last ball, which bounces more than expected.

Kamlesh Nagarkoti comes into the attack in place of Krishna.

Iyer defends the first two balls before he clips the pacer through square leg for a four. The next ball is again flicked through the leg side as Iyer fetches it from outside the off-stump for another boundary, but is unable to get a run off the last two balls.

Delhi are struggling on 21-2 in four overs, after being set a huge 195 for victory.

Pat Cummins to open the bowling for KKR, while Shikhar Dhawan walks out to open the batting with Ajinkya Rahane.

Cummins gives KKR the perfect start with the wicket of Rahane with the first ball of the innings. The full delivery comes in slightly as Rahane, who is caught on the crease, is hit on the pads right in front of the stumps and is given out leg before wicket.

He doesn't even bother about the review as he walks away after the umpire raises his finger.

The next ball is again full but new batsman Shreyas Iyer manages to clip it through midwicket for a four to get off the mark in style.

He then watchfully plays out the rest of the over as Cummins makes a good start with the ball.

Pacer Prasidh Kirshan from the other end.

Rabada to bowl the penultimate over.

Singles from the first four balls before Morgan hits a full toss straight down the ground for a six.

The left-hander then makes room and guides Rabada in the gap between short thirdman and point for a four.

Rabada goes for 14 runs in his final over, to finish with 2-33 in his four overs as KKR continue to pile on the runs.

Stoinis to bowl the final over.

Rana walks across and looks to reverse paddle it but is beaten before he hits the next over the covers for two runs.

He then gets a thick inside edge for a four through fine leg before he smashes a full delivery between point and covers for another boundary.

Rana then top edges the pull shot as he gets the top edge which is taken by Deshpande on the leg side as the left-hander perishes after a superb 81 from 53 balls, with one six and 13 fours.

Morgan perishes in the same fashion off the last ball as Rabada takes the catch running back at fine leg.

Rabada, who has two overs in hand, comes back into the attack.

Rana makes room and tries to smash the first ball through the off-side but gets a thick outside edge through thirdman for a four.

He is then beaten next ball trying to play the cut shot as Rabada bowls it full on the pads before the left-hander misses the glance off the third ball.

A wide down the leg side as wicketkeeper Pant fumbles to give away another extra run.

Narine then heaves Rabada over the leg side but holes out to Rahane at deep square to perish after an entertaining 64 from 32 balls, inclusive of four sixes and six fours. He changed the course of the KKR innings, putting on a quickfire stand of 115 from 59 balls for the fourth wicket with Rana.

Rana then top edges the pull shot off the last ball as it goes over short fine leg for a four, to get 10 runs from the over.

Nortje is back into the attack from the other end.

Morgan is beaten first ball outside the off-stump before he lofts the next over the fielder at mid-off for a four.

The KKR captain then walks across his stumps and looks to swing on the leg side but misses before he takes a single into the covers.

Rana then misses a full toss outside the off-stump before he pulls the last ball behind square on the leg side for a four.

Nortje goes for nine runs in his final over, to finish with 2-27 in four overs as KKR reach 170-4 in 18 overs.

He smashes the first ball from the off-spinner through the covers for a four. He then top edges the sweep which goes high on the leg side but the fielder at deep square is unable to get to the catch as Narine gets two runs to complete his fifty from just 24 balls.

Narine then lofts Ashwin straight down the ground, clearing the long-on fence with ease for a six before he attempts another big hit down the ground but only for a single.

Rana sweeps the fifth ball for two runs but hits the last ball to the fielder at point as 15 runs come from the 15th over, to raise the 100-run stand for the fourth wicket.

Not a good day with the ball for Ashwin, who has been hit for 45 runs in three overs.

Pacer Deshpande is back into the attack. He starts his fourth over with a wide before Narine throws his bat at a wide delivery but is beaten and hits the next to the fielder on the off-side.

The left-hander then gets the third ball past point for two runs before he drives the next through the covers for one and Rana picks one to deep point.

Narine continues the flow of runs with a boundary through the covers off the last ball, as KKR reach 151-3 in 16 overs.

Narine gets a lifeline as Axar misses an easy run out opportunity with both batsmen stranded in the middle of the pitch. Axar tries to break the stumps at the non-striker's end instead of throwing it back to the bowler as he misses and allows Narine time to get back to the crease.

Singles from the next four balls before Rana gets a thick outside edge to the left of wicketkeeper Pant for a four, to bring up his fifty from 35 balls.

Stoinis is called back into the attack as Delhi hold back Rabada, keeping in mind the threat of Eoin Morgan and Andre Russell in the death overs.

He starts with a short ball as Narine pulls it over midwicket for a six and then smashes the next over the covers for a four as KKR continue to pile on the runs.

Stoinis then goes fuller as he manages to keep Narine quiet with three dot balls in a row with a wide in between and the West Indian then takes a single before Rana flays the last ball through the covers for a four.

KKR looking on course for a huge total as they reach 127-3 in 14 overs, with 70 coming from the last five.

Rana also continues the flow of runs as the left-hander lofts it over the covers for a four and then slices the next past point for another boundary.

Rana then pushes the fifth ball on the off-side for one and Narine misses the pull shot and is hit on the pads as he takes a leg bye.

Rana pulls the last ball to deep midwicket for another run as 11 come from the 11th over.

KKR have scored 42 runs from the last three overs, to recover to 86-3 in 11 overs.

The flow of boundaries continue as Rana reverse paddles Ashwin over short thirdman for a four and then hits the next to sweeper cover for one.

Ashwin drops short as he tries the leg break and Narine pulls it high over midwicket for a six. He has another swing over the leg side but only manages to hit it to deep midwicket for one.

Rana then plays a beautiful inside out shot, hitting Ashwin with the spin over the covers for a four and sweeps the last ball to deep square leg for one.

Ashwin goes for 17 runs as KKR reach 103-3 in 12 overs, with Narine and Rana putting on 61 from 28 balls for the fourth wicket so far.

Narine defends the first ball back to the bowler before he lofts the next back over the bowler's head for a six.

The next ball is short as Narine looks to play the cut shot but gets a thick outside edge for a four through thirdman, followed by singles off the last three balls.

Pacer Deshpande comes back into the attack. He starts with a loose delivery, short and wide, as Narine flays it behind point for a four.

He switches to round the wicket but again gives width as Narine again gets it square on the off-side for two runs and then takes a single.

A short delivery on the pads as Rana pulls it over the fine leg fence for a six and then takes a single.

Narine slaps the last ball over the off-side for another four as Deshpande concedes 18 runs in his third over, with KKR reaching 75-3 in 10 overs.

Narine has stroked his way to 24 from 12 balls, while Rana is on the same score from 22 balls.

Medium pacer Marcus Stoinis comes into the attack.

A single to Karthik to midwicket before Rana steers a wide delivery to thirdman for one.

Karthik then pulls a short ball to fine leg for another run before Stoinis bowls a wide outside the off-stump and Rana takes a quick single to midwicket, as just five runs come from the over.

Rabada comes back into the attack and he makes things worse for KKR with the captain of the experienced Karthik.

The right-hander tries to flick a full delivery through the leg side but gets a thick outside edge and is caught behind by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant for three, as KKR slip to 42-3, in the eighth over.

Sunil Narine walks in at No 5 as he offers no shot to the first two balls before he steers the fifth ball to thirdman for a single and Rana is beaten last ball.

Tripathi hits the first ball uppishly through the covers for two runs and then gets a single off the fourth ball as he plays the sweep shot.

Rana then pulls a short ball through midwicket for a four before he survives a LBW appeal off the last ball.

Nortje is back into the attack.

Tripathi makes room and slashes it over point for a four as KKR look to hit a few boundaries in the last over of Powerplay and he then takes a single into the covers and Rana gets one to fine leg.

Nortje then cleans up Tripathi with a cracking yorker as the right-hander misses the flick and is bowled for 13.

Dinesh Karthik walks in at No 4 and is beaten first ball before he gets off the mark with a single to fine leg region.

KKR have struggled to get going as they are reduced to 36-2 in six overs.

He then defends the next two deliveries before steering the fifth ball on the off-side for a single and Rahul Tripathi is unable to get a run off the last ball.

Deshpande has kept things in the Powerplay, giving away just 13 runs in his first two overs.

Kagiso Rabada comes into the attack, to bowl the fourth over.

Rana defends the first two deliveries on the off-side before taking a quick single to point.

Tripathi mishits the pull shot for two runs as he gets it over the fielder at mid-on and then looks to loft the next over mid-off but again the timing is not good as he gets two more runs and he takes a single off the last ball.

Four runs from Rabada's first over as KKR reach 22-1 in four overs.

Pacer Tushar Deshpande to open the bowling for Delhi Capitals, with Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana opening the batting for KKR.

Gill pushes the first ball into the off-side before he slaps the next past point for a four to get off the mark.

He then hits the next two deliveries to the fielders before flicking the fifth ball off his pads through midwicket for another boundary and blocks the last ball, as eight runs come from the first over.

Anrich Nortje from the other end. He starts with a slower off-cutter which beats Rana outside the off-stump and the left-hander steers the next to thirdman for a single.

Nortje drifts on the pads as Gill flicks it to fine leg for one before Rana plays the cut shot but hits it uppishly as it falls just short of Deshpande at thirdman.

Welcome to the coverage of the 42nd match of the Indian Premier League between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals, in Abu Dhabi, on Saturday.

Table-toppers Delhi Capitals would expect more from their batsmen after an underwhelming performance in the loss to Kings XI Punjab when they take on a low-on-confidence Kolkata Knight Riders.

For Delhi, opener Shikhar Dhawan has been in brilliant form but even his record-setting hundred was not enough to save the side from a defeat against Kings XI Punjab for lack of contribution from other batters.

Young Prithvi Shaw needs to bat with more responsibility at the top since Dhawan may not be able to rescue the side all the time. Shaw's last four innings have included two ducks.

Skipper Shreyas Iyer too has not been hitting the ball as fluently as he was before suffering a side strain. Rishabh Pant, who made a comeback from injury against Punjab, too has not yet set the stage on fire.

Iyer and Pant, along with Marcus Stoinis, form the backbone of Capitals' middle order. They are vital cogs in DC's wheels and need to do more than just making good starts.

Pacer Anrich Nortze, who has been instrumental in Capitals' superb run thus far along with his South African compatriot Kagiso Rabada, had a niggle and missed the last match against Punjab.

KKR are heading into the contest after an embarrassing batting performance against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Blown away by Mohammed Siraj's furious spell, KKR managed just 84 runs on the board.

It certainly was a confidence-crushing defeat and KKR need to regroup quickly.

Sitting at fourth place in the table with 10 points, they would be desperate to increase their tally to stay alive in the play-offs race.

Even the change in captaincy has not instilled much confidence in the side.

The performance of pacer Lockie Ferguson has been the only bright spot for them amid the disappointment of Andre Russell's poor run.

Russell missed out on the last match due to an injury and it will be interesting to see if the team management reposes faith in him, if he is fit.

KKR needs a collective effort from now on with skipper Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Shubhman Gill, Nitish Rana all required to contribute.