Toss Kings XI Punjab opt to bowl v Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad's stand-in captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar called heads and it landed tails. This allowed R Ashwin the luxury of chasing - a common trend this season - as Kings XI Punjab look to maintain their perfect home record in IPL 2019.

Ashwin made two changes - largely dictated by conditions - to the side that botched a run chase against Chennai Super Kings two nights ago. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Ankit Rajpoot, who is playing his first match since Kings XI's season opening win over Rajasthan Royals at Jaipur, replaced legspinner M Ashwin and Andrew Tye.

As for Sunrisers, Kane Williamson continues to recuperate from a lingering shoulder injury. This allowed them to remain unchanged from the side that was blown away by Mumbai Indians' Alzarri Joseph on Saturday - he took 6 for 12, the best figures in IPL history.

Kings XI Punjab XI: 1 KL Rahul (wk), 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Sarfaraz Khan, 5 David Miller, 6 Mandeep Singh, 7 Sam Curran, 8 R Ashwin (capt), 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Ankit Rajpoot, 11 Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: 1 David Warner, 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Vijay Shankar, 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Deepak Hooda, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Siddharth Kaul, 11 Sandeep Sharma

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