Shaun Marsh comes back from injury and he replaces James Faulkner in the KXIP team. Parvinder Awana also replaces Abhishek Nayar.
For Pune, Angelo Mathews comes in place of Murali Kartik.
The Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist (capt & wk), Paul Valthaty, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Mandeep Singh, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Parvinder Awana, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Harmeet Singh, Praveen Kumar.
Pune Warriors: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa (wk), Mithun Manhas, Angelo Mathews, Marlon Samuels, Manish Pandey, Steven Smith, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ashish Nehra. PTI PDS