While veteran pacer Brett Lee replaced Brendon McCullum, another old domestic workhorse Sumit Narwal has been surprisingly picked ahead of India pacer Shami Ahmed.
Delhi have fielded an unchanged squad.
Teams:
Delhi Daredevils: Mahela Jayawardene (c), Virender Sehwag, Unmukt Chand, David Warner, Ben Rohrer, Kedar Jadhav, Irfan Pathan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav and Ashish Nehra.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla, Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Eoin Morgan, Rajat Bhatia, Debabrata Das, Sumit Narwal, Brett Lee, Sunil Narine and Lakshmipathy Balaji.