Mandeep was caught Eoin Morgan after his 20-ball knock, studded with five boundaries.
Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL clash at the Eden Gardens stadium on Friday.
Kolkata have brought in a leg-spinner in place of Iqbal Abdulla. Azhar Mahmood staged a come back in Punjab squad in place of Pomersbach, while Gurkeerat Singh replaced Parvinder Awana.
With just four points in their kitty from seven matches, KKR need a morale-boosting victory against Kings XI Punjab to remain in the mix.
If KXIP find themselves in fifth spot on the points table, two rungs above KKR, it is because they have punched above their weight to snatch a couple of improbable wins.
The biggest advantage of KXIP is that, unlike KKR, their relatively "unknown" domestic cricketers have chipped in with useful contributions to pull off victories against higher-rated opponents.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Yusuf Pathan, Gautam Gambhir(C), Jacques Kallis, MS Bisla, Eoin Morgan, DB Das, Rajat Bhatia, SMSM Senanayake, Sunil Narine, S Ladda, L Balaji
Kings XI Punjab: Adam Gilchrist(C), Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, David Hussey, Azhar Mahmood, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Harmeet Singh, BA Bhatt
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