On the roller-coaster called IPL, Mumbai Indians arrive at the Eden Gardens riding a crest of confidence. Even better, Rohit Sharma & Co face a team currently cowering under the burden of chronic failures. If the Mumbai boys are buoyed before Sunday's showdown by an emphatic victory at the Chennai Super Kings den, Kolkata Knight Riders look lost after six consecutive defeats.

The Knights languish on the sixth rung of the league ladder, their destiny snatched out of their hands and mired in mathematical possibilities. One more loss will quash playoff hopes. A MI win will all but seal a berth for them. MI's 46-run win on Friday came with the bonus of a 48-ball 67 from Rohit Sharma, the MI skipper's first fifty of this season. Rohit's return to form spells danger on one of his happy hunting grounds.