KOLKATA NIGHT RIDER WILL PLAY TODAY AGAINS KINGS XI PUNJAB,ON SUNDAY 4TH APRIL 2010, IN THE IPL 3 , AT EDEN GARDEN STADUIM , KOLKATA,

KOLKATA NIGHT RIDER - With Sourav Ganguly back in form and the hard-hitting Brendon McCullum joining the team roster, Kolkata Knight Riders will be high on confidence when they take on a battered and bruised Kings XI Punjab in their return match of the Indian Premier League match in Kolkata on Sunday.

TEAM (FROM) Kolkata Knight Riders: Sourav Ganguly (c), Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Cheteshwar Pujara, Manoj Tiwary, David Hussey, Angelo Mathews, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Murali Kartik, Shane Bond, Mohnish Parmar, Ashok Dinda, Eklakh Ahmed, Rohan Gavaskar, Brad Hodge, Harshad Khadiwale, Charl Langeveldt, Ajantha Mendis, Owais Shah, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Ratan Shukla

KINGS XI PUNJAB-On the other hand, all is not well for Punjab who failed to defend even a fighting 181 in Friday's match against Royal Challengers Bangalore to cap their seventh defeat from eight matches.Their sole win was against Chennai Super Kings in a match that was tied to be decided through the one-over eliminator. Mired in off-field controversy that their star player Yuvraj Singh is sulking at being replaced as captain by Kumar Sangakkara, Punjab have sunk to the bottom of the standings and are virtually out of the semi-final race.

TEAM (FROM)Kings XI Punjab: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Shaun Marsh, Manvinder Bisla, Ravi Bopara, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Brett Lee, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Abdulla, Love Ablish, Amanpreet Singh, Adrian Barath, Bipul Sharma, Karan Goel, Mahela Jayawardene, James HOpes, Mohammad Kaif, Ramesh Powar, Sreesanth.