The Warriors have included Bhuvenshwar Kumar in place of veteran Murali Kartik in the playing XI while Tillekaratne Dilshan makes a comeback for RCB.
Teams
Pune Warriors: Sourav Ganguly, Jesse Ryder, Robin Uthappa, Marlon Samuels, Steve Smith, Angelo Mathews, Mithun Manhas, Bhuvenshwar Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ashok Dinda
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Daniel Vettori, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Zaheer Khan, KP Appanna, Harshal Patel, Ranganath Vinay Kumar. PTI KHS