Kings XI Punjab the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings here on Sunday.
The Super Kings are playing an unchanged side.
KXIP have made one change, bringing in Harpreet Brar in place of Arshdeep Singh.
Kings XI Punjab: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, R Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohammed Shami, M Ashwin, Harpreet Brar
Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir
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This exalted position is so familiar to Chennai Super Kings. Assured of a place in the playoffs, this champion side uses the last few matches to iron out the rough edges.
After the rude wake-up call by Mumbai Indians, CSK showed what it is capable of by destroying an in-form Delhi Capitals. Now, that CSK is sure being in the top-two of the points-table, another unconstrained performance against Kings XI Punjab is likely in Mohali on Sunday.
This battle of ‘kings’ lost much sheen on Friday night when the host’s hope of making the playoffs were crushed by an upbeat Kolkata Knight Riders. That left Kings XI looking to finish an otherwise disappointing campaign with a consolation win. However, CSK is too professional to give away any points in charity.