Smith was appointed captain in place Sourav Ganguly who according to Smith was "rested". The Warriors included Mohnish Mishra and Krishna Kant Upadhyay while bringing back Alphonso Thomas, Rahul Sharma and Manish Pandey in the playing XI.
Teams
Pune Warriors: Michael Clarke, Mohnish Mishra, Manish Pandey, Robin Uthappa, Steven Smith, Angelo Mathews, Anustup Majumdar, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Alphonso Thomas
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Tillekaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Mayank Agarwal, Saurabh Tiwary, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Harshal Patel, Muttiah Muralitharan, KP Appanna.
Umpires: Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SK Tarapore
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle.