Due to rain delay, the toss was held at 8 pm and subsequently the game will begin at 8:30 pm.
Mumbai have left out their skipper Ricky Ponting and Rohit Sharma will lead the side against the champions. Mitchell Johnson replaced his country mate in the squad.
Pragyan Ojha and Yuzvendra Chahal make it to the Mumbai side in place of Munaf Patel and Jasprit Bhumrah. Kolkata have included Iqbal Abdulla in their side.
Relegated to the bottom half after four defeats, defending champions KKR must raise their game as they face another struggling giant Mumbai Indians.
Both the teams find themselves on the same side of the fence having lost their last two matches respectively. But a cracker of contest is on offer especially given that it is Mumbai Indians' veteran Sachin Tendulkar's 40th birthday.
After back-to-back losses to Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings, Knight Riders' title defence is in danger as they have slipped to seventh with four points and are struggling to make the top four.
In pursuit of the elusive title, Mumbai Indians (6 points) are no better as they lie sixth after their defeats to Rajasthan Royals and Daredevils.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Eoin Morgan, Manoj Tiwary, Debabrata Das (wk), Rajat Bhatia, Sachithra Senanayake, Sunil Narine, Laxmipathy Balaji and Iqbal Abdulla.
Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell Johnson, Pragyan Ojha and Yuzvendra Chahal.
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