Daijiworld Media Network
Chandigarh, Apr 12 : Hello and welcome to the 14th match between Pune and Punjab. Both these sides have played before in this edition of the T20 league, with Pune emerging victorious. Pune have looked the better side in this IPL under Ganguly and will be looking to continue their winning streak. On the other hand, Punjab are still searching for their first win.
Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and elected to field
Ganguly: I like to keep playing as long as I enjoy. It's good to take part and have some fun. It has been a good start for us, but it's a long tournament and anything can happen towards the end. I also would have bowled. But we will try to put up a good score. Mathews comes into the side. We made a tough decision and left out Murali Karthik as we wanted an extra batsmen.
Gilchrist: Two games and 2 loses, not an ideal start, but we have to make a quick turnaround. Couple of days of traning has been good and we are upbeat this time. Batters have to put up a good score at the start. We are bowling first as plenty of grass is there and it is damp also as it rained heavily last night. Marsh comes back into the side.
Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Mandeep Singh, David Hussey, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Bipul Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Parvinder Awana, Praveen Kumar, Harmeet Singh
Pune Warriors (Playing XI): Jesse Ryder, Sourav Ganguly(c), Marlon Samuels, Robin Uthappa(w), Angelo Mathews, Steven Smith, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Rahul Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Ashish Nehra