Bangalore have replaced spinner Murali Kartik with young Karnataka batsman Lokesh Rahul.
Kolkata have left out Brett Lee and Laxmi Ratan Shukla and replaced them with Ryan McLaren and Pradeep Sangwan.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (C), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, KB Arun Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, R Vinay Kumar, RP Singh, Jaydev Unadkat and Muttiah Muralitharan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (C), Manvinder Bisla�, Jaques Kallis, Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Eoin Morgan, Ryan McLaren, Rajat Bhatia, Pradeep Sangwan, Sunil Narine and Laxmipati Balaji.