Harmeet drew first blood for Punjab when on the very first delivery of his first over he was able to force Dhawan (15) to hit the ball straight back to him to take a good catch.
In the very next over, Vihari cut a good length Sandeep delivery straight to David Miller at point to bring an early end to his short-lived innings of 5 runs that included a lone boundary.
Earlier, Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist won the toss and decided to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Cameron White will captain the Sunrisers instead of out of form Kumar Sangakkara. They also bring in Biplab Samantray in place of Ashish Reddy. On the other hand, David Hussey sits this one out for Punjab.
A win on Saturday for Sunrisers Hyderabad will certainly help them in their bid to make it to the knock-out stages of the competition.
Kings XI has to win their remaining four games to give themselves even a glimmer of hope for surviving in the competition but Sunrisers also can't afford a slip-up after their 77-run defeat against the title favourites.
Sunrisers had an unbeaten run at home clinching thrilling wins against formidable teams such as Mumbai Indians and Royals Challengers Bangalore until CSK buried them under mountain of runs the other night.
On the other hand, veteran Gilchrist, who had dropped himself after being out-of-form, scored an useful 42 against Rajasthan Royals just the other day.
The problem with the Kings XI team has been their lack of consistency in the batting department, which Gilchirst acknowledges is a serious area of concern.
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Mandeep Singh, Adam Gilchrist (Capt. & wk), Shaun Marsh, Luke Pomersbach, David Miller, Harmeet Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Piyush Chawla, Sandeep Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Parvinder Awana.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Parthiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Cameron White (Capt.), Hanuma Vihari, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Karan Sharma, Biplab Samantray, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma.
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