RCB have made four changes bringing in Muttiah Muralitharan, Zaheer Khan, KL Rahul and Arun Karthik in place of Murali Karthik, Saurabh Tiwary, Ravi Rampaul and Abhimanyu Mithun.
For Kings XI, Praveen Kumar has made the way for Manpreet Gony.
After leading the table midway through the tournament with six straight home wins, RCB faltered on the road with just two wins from eight outings.
Slipping to a tricky fourth position with 16 points, Bangalore now find themselves in a do-or-die situation needing to win the remaining two matches to make the cut for the playoffs.
RCB will look to keep things simple as they eye payback against Kings XI after David Miller's Gayle-esque pyrotechnics snatched the game from their grasp in their previous meeting.
Punjab are out of the playoffs, being seventh with 10 points. However, they will be determined to play spoilsports.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Cheteshwar Pujara, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Moises Henriques, Arun Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, Vinay Kumar, Muttiah Muralidaran, Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Unadkat
Kings XI Punjab: Mandeep Singh, Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Azhar Mahmood, Rajagopal Sathish, Manpreet Gony, Piyush Chawla, Parvinder Awana, Sandeep Sharma
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