Pune have replaced injured Faf Du Plessis and an unfit Mitchell Marsh with Australia's Peter Handscomb and South African Albie Morkel.
Gujarat have brought in Shivil Kaushik in place of injured Pravin Tambe.
Kaushik and Handscomb will make their IPL debuts today.
Teams:
Rising Pune Supergiants: MS Dhoni (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Saurabh Tiwary, Steve Smith, Thisara Perera, Peter Handscomb, Albie Morkel, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda and Murugan Ashwin.
Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (C), Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni and Shivil Kaushik.