Toss: Kings XI Punjab chose to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore

Kings XI Punjab have opted to field in Bengaluru after winning the toss against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Royal Challengers have been on an upswing with two wins on the bounce after just one in their first eight games, and need to continue that streak at their M Chinnaswamy Stadium home to keep alive their slim hopes of qualifying for the playoffs. Kings XI, meanwhile, have had an up-and-down season, and are split down the middle after ten games, sitting just outside the top four on net run-rate.

Both teams made two changes to their XIs. Royal Challengers have been set back by an injury to Dale Steyn, who has a shoulder niggle, and Tim Southee has taken his place. The other change has brought Washington Sundar into the side for his season debut at the expense of Pawan Negi.

Kings XI have replaced Sam Curran with Nicholas Pooran, while Ankit Rajpoot has come in for Harpreet Brar.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Parthiv Patel (wk), 2 Virat Kohli (capt), 3 AB de Villiers, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Akshdeep Nath, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Umesh Yadav, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Navdeep Saini, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Kings XI Punjab: 1 KL Rahul, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 David Miller, 5 Mandeep Singh, 6 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 7 R Ashwin (capt), 8 Ankit Rajpoot 9 Hardus Viljoen, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 M Ashwin