Earlier, PBKS won the toss and chose to bat against KKR.
When the two sides met for the first time this season, PBKS successfully defended the lowest-ever total in IPL history, defeating KKR by just 16 runs.
KKR, who have had a shaky season so far with only three wins from eight matches, will be looking to bounce back and strengthen their push for qualification. PBKS on the other hand, currently fifth with five wins from eight games, will aim to break into the top four. PBKS have so far lost only one away game this season.
Glenn Maxwell and Azmatullah Omarzai have been included in the playing XI for PBKS while KKR also have made two changes bringing in Rovman Powell and Chetan Sakariya, replacing Moeen Ali and Ramandeep Singh.
Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact players:
KKR: Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia.
PBKS: Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Pravin Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge.
