Chennai, who have opted to bat after winning the toss, are playing an unchanged side while Kolkata have made two changes, bringing in Andre Russell for Morne Morkel, and Yusuf Pathan for Manvinder Bisla.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Dwayne Smith, Brendom McCullum, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Mithun Manhas, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ishwar Pandey, Manish Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Jacques Kallis, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Robin Uthappa, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, R Vinay Kumar, Sunil Narine.