Another game for Mumbai Indians and another win is essential if the defending champions want to keep their slim play-off hopes alive.

Kolkata Knight Riders come into the match at the Wankhede Stadium (14:30 start) on the back of two consecutive wins.

Knight Riders will be boosted by the return of Nitish Rana. The left-hander batsman has become a key player in the middle-order and was forced to miss the Chennai game after suffering a back injury against Royal Challengers Bangalore last weekend.

He looks set to return to No.4 with Shubman Gill expected to move down the order.

Mitchell Johnson could pay the price for his performance against Chennai Super Kings with Tom Curran likely to step in. Johnson went 0-51 against Chennai in their last match and has gone three games without picking up a wicket.

For Mumbai Indians, Kieron Pollard is expected to be benched again with Ben Cutting likely to take his place.

LIKELY LINE-UPS

Mumbai Indians: Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, JP Duminy, Ishan Kishan (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Ben Cutting, Kieron Pollard, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah

Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (c, wk), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shivam Mavi, Piyush Chawla, Tom Curran, Kuldeep Yadav