Both teams made a couple of changes to their playing XI. Kings XI Punjab brought back all-rounder Rishi Dhawan and speedster Parvinder Awana in the playing XI in place of Shivam Sharma and Lakshmipathy Balaji.
The KKR have got Morne Morkel and Piyush Chawla in place of R Vinay Kumar and Shakib Al Hasan.
Teams
Kings XI Punjab: Virender Sehwag, Mandeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, George Bailey (captain), Wriddhiman Saha, Akshar Patel, Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Parvinder Awana.