Mohali, March 24: Kings XI Punjab captain Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and asked Rajasthan Royals to bat first in their Indian Premier League home match here today.
The home side effected just one change in the playing XI, bringing in pacer S Sreesanth for off-spinner Ramesh Powar, while the Royals, led by Shane Warne, retained the same XI that had beaten Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous match.
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Ravi Bopara, Juan Theron, Manvinder Bisla, Yuvraj Singh, Mahela Jayawardene, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Mohd Kaif, Shalabh Srivastava and S Sreesanth.
Rajasthan Royals: Shane Warne (c), Naman Ojha? Yusuf Pathan, Adam Voges, Michael Lumb, Faiz Fazal, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Paras Dogra, Munaf Patel, Siddharth Trivedi and Shaun Tait.
On-field Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Shavir Tarapore.
—Agencies