In the opening match of the third Indian Premier League (IPL) at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, Kolkata Knight Riders will face the defending champions Deccan Chargers.

With John Buchanan coaching and Bendron McCullum captaining, the Knight Riders went through a lot of negativity in the team in the last season. This season, it is Sourav Ganguly who takes charge as the captain and Dav Whatmore as the new coach.

Both of the teams have got their own shortfalls with foreign players. For Deccan, only four foreign players – Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, Chaminda Vaas and Adam Gilchrist while Kolkata Knight Riders have six – Brad Hodge, Owais Shah, Ajantha Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Mashrafe Mortaza and Charl Langeveldt.

Teams:

Deccan Chargers: A Gilchrist (captain/wk), A Reddy, A Singh, A Bilakhia, H Gibbs, H Singh, VVS Laxman, M Mishra, P Ojha, D Ravi Teja, R Sharma, RP Singh, T Suman, B Sumanth, A Symonds, C Vaas, V Rao and A Yadav

Kolkata Knight Riders: S Ganguly (captain), V Aaron, A Agarkar, A Dinda, E Ahmad, R Gavaskar, B Hodge, I Abdulla, M Kartik, H Khadiwale, A Mathews, C Langeveldt, A Mendis, C Pathak, C Pujara, W Saha (wk), O Shah, I Sharma, LR Shukla, M Tiwary and G Vignesh

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