IPL 2018: KXIP v/s SRH- All eyes on Chris Gayle as Punjab bat first against Hyderabad

Punjab will host Hyderabad in an IPL game in Mohali on Thursday. The hosts will be playing their final match in Mohali before shifting base to Indore for the rest of the league phase. 

Chris Gayle's debute for the KXIP team has givven them a new attacking option. KL Rahul is also in red-hot form. R Ashwin has been great captain so far. 

Kane Williamson-led SRH has not lost a game so far. They will be looking to continue their domination over the opposition. 

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KXIP have won the toss and will bat first. SRH have brought in Chris Jordon in place of Billy Stanlake while KXIP are unchanged. 

Here are the two teams: 

KXIP XI: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Karun Nair, R Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Mohit Sharma, Mujib Ur Rahman

SRH XI: Wriddimaan Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Chris Jordan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul