Kings XI Punjab decided to field after winning the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match here today.
Veteran speedster Zaheer Khan will be playing his first match of this edition and is making a comeback to competitive cricket after nearly five months. Zaheer replaces Abhimanyu Mithun while Muttiah Muralitharan has been drafted in place of Ravi Rampaul.
RCB: Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Lokesh Rahul, KB Arun Karthik, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jaydev Unadkat
Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist, Mandeep Singh, Shaun Marsh, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Rajagopal Sathish, Azhar Mahmood, Piyush Chawla, Manpreet Gony, Parvinder Awana, Sandeep Sharma (1).