A fit-again Herschelle Gibbs made his way back into the Mumbai squad in place of James Franklin. The visitors have also brought in Munaf Patel in place of Rudra Pratap Singh.
The home team were forced to replace an injured Brendon McCullum with Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. Kolkata also brought in Manvinder Bisla in place of Pradeep Sangwan.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Jacques Kallis, Manvinder Bisla (wk), Manoj Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Debabrata Das, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Brett Lee, Sunil Narine and Shakib Al Hasan.
Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan Singh (c), Herschelle Gibbs, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Ambati Rayudu, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Pragyan Ojha and Munaf Patel.