JOIN USWhile Mumbai Indians will be in search of an elusive win, the Royal Challengers will be eyeing a return to winning ways and move to the top half of the table.
With just three wins out of nine matches, the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians are second from bottom in the eight-team event and would be eyeing revenge against the Royal Challengers, who humiliated them by 9 wickets in their earlier encounter.
The morale of the Mumbai outfit is at its lowest after losing three consecutive matches and from here on it would be a Herculean task for Tendulkar's boys to pick themselves up and set things right.
What has been a matter of concern for Mumbai is the batsmen's inability to put up decent totals on the board.
Boasting the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya, Tendulkar, JP Duminy and Dwayne Bravo, Mumbai would be eyeing a big score tomorrow but for that to happen, they will have to do away with their middle over blues.
Mumbai Indians bowling, however, looked impressive in all the outings so far.
Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga has been a force to reckon with and would be opening the attack with in-form Zaheer Khan, who is expected to return after missing the last two matches due to a shoulder injury.
Although off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has shone in patches, the part-time off-break's from Duminy has been far more effective.
The Royal Challengers, after a slow start, have started picking up steam and are in with a chance of making it to the semi-finals.
Despite the pounding they received at the hands of defending champions Rajasthan Royals, the Anil Kumble-led side are still fifth in the points but to make it to the last four stage they need to be consistent.
Under Kumble the Royal Challengers have become far more effective and the game against Mumbai Indians will provide the Vijay Mallaya-owned team prefect opportunity to shed the memory of the defeat against the Royals.
They do not boast of many big names but their success can be attributed to team effort.
Kumble will be looking towards Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa and Mark Boucher for runs, while he himself will be in charge of the bowling department.
All in all an interesting battle is on the cards as two of Indian cricket's legendary figure - Tendulkar and Kumble - would be looking to get the better of each other.