New Delhi: In the 3rd match of Indian Premier League's ninth edition, Kings XI Punjab will be up against new franchise Gujarat Lions at PCA Stadium, Mohali.


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Kings XI Punjab will play this season under new skipper David Miller in place of George Bailey.


Retired cricketer Virender Sehwag will also play the role of a mentor this season for the Punjab franchise.


On the other hand, debutants Gujarat Lions have a power-packed batting line up.


They have explosive batsmen in Brendon McCullum, captain Suresh Raina, Aaron Finch and a plenty of top-notch all-rounders in Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja and James Faulkner.


But the weak link for the Gujarat side could be the pace-bowling department as they don't have any big name -- Indian or overseas -- except for South African Dale Steyn.


The side's pace department are made up most of by medium pacers.


Here's everything you need to know about the match:


The Teams (From):


Kings XI Punjab: David Miller (Capt.), Kyle Abbott, Murali Vijay, Manan Vohra, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Anureet Singh, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Pardeep Sahu, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Swapnil Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Farhaan Behardien, KC Cariappa, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Nikhil Naik, Shardul Thakur.


Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (Capt.), Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Dale Steyn, Pravin Tambe, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Dinesh Karthik, Shivil Kaushik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Umang Sharma, Andrew Tye, Sarabjit Ladda, Akshdeep Nath, Amit Mishra, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi.


Venue: PCA Stadium, Mohali


Date: April 11, 2016


Time: 20:00 IST, 14:30 GMT


TV Listing: Set Max, Sony Six and Sony Six HD


Live streaming: Hotstar app


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