Home match at Eden garden on 13th April puts Kolkata team into a huge advantage against the Mumbai team nevertheless can the openers of knight riders handle the opposition bowlers led by Harbhajan Singh and supplemented by Hardik Pandya. The team can be more than handful for Kolkata even on the home ground. Bowling department seems to be weak as Umesh Yadav; the express pacer is not so accurate in the closing overs. Brad Hogg is the key in the middle order and would be keen to prove his utility to the captain. Morne Morkel is the vital cog in the wheel for the bowling department of the knight riders.