Knight Riders win toss, elect to bat against Kings XI

KKR made one change bringing in rookie Gujarat left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat in place of Mohnish Parmar. Kings XI Punjab made three changes. Mahela Jayawardene came back in place of an injured Shaun Marsh with while Brett Lee and S Sreesanth made way for Juan Theron and Ramesh Powar.

The Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (c), Chris Gayle, Cheteshwar Pujara, Manoj Tiwary, David Hussey, Angelo Mathews, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Shane Bond and Jaydev Unadkat.

Kings XI Punjab: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Manvinder Bisla, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Juan Theron, Piyush Chawla, Shalabh Srivastava, Bipul Sharma and Ramesh Powar.