Kieron Pollard walked out for the toss after the regular Mumbai Indians captain, Rohit Sharma, had to sit out due to a hamstring injury. Pollard won the toss and decided to bowl first.
For Mumbai, Siddesh Lad replaced Rohit. Kings XI Punjab made two changes, bringing in Hardus Viljoen and Karun Nair for Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Mayank Agarwal respectively.
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