Daijiworld Media Network

Bangalore, Apr 10 : Welcome to the match between Bangalore and Kolkata from the Chinnaswamy stadium. The first week of this tournament has been done and Kolkata are not in good shape. They have lost their first two games and they need a win desperately. Bangalore, on the other hand, looked good in the first game and they will be boosted by the return of Chris Gayle.

Bangalore have won the toss and elected to field

Vettori: We always get good support here, they know their cricket as well. ABD is a classy player, he showed us what he can do. With Muralitharan in the side it makes my job a lot easier. We have spoken about momentum, that's important. Biowling first suits us, especially with Gayle back in the side. Gayle returns for McDonald, happy that Gayle is back - he was fantastic last year and hope for more of the same this year.

Gambhir: It's important for us to turn it around, it's a long tournament but we can't play the kind of cricket we played in the first 2 games. It's just a matter of 1 game. Lee has a niggle in his hamstring but he said he is fit enough to play. We would've bowled first as well. Shakib and Ten Doeschate return for McCullum and Narine.

Vinay Kumar: The humidity is a bit high. All the players are feeling good. Coach is feeling confident. Bangalore's wicket generally favors both batsmen and bowlers. 170-180 will be a good score. It is a very good learning curve playing with Vettori, Gayle and ABDV. (Addresses the fans in Kannada).

Bangalore (Playing XI): Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers(w), Saurabh Tiwary, Mayank Agarwal, Daniel Vettori(c), Vinay Kumar, Harshal Patel, Zaheer Khan, Muttiah Muralitharan

Kolkata (Playing XI): Manvinder Bisla(w), Jacques Kallis, Gautam Gambhir(c), Manoj Tiwary, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Laxmi Shukla, Lakshmipathy Balaji