KXIP brought in veteran pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji in place of young Sandeep Sharma while KKR fielded an unchanged side.
Teams
Kings XI Punjab: Manan Vohra, Virender Sehwag, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey (capt), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Karanveer Singh, Akshar Patel, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Mitchell Johnson, Parvinder Awana
Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib al Hasan, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Ryan ten Doeschate, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine.