Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders would look to put behind the disappointment of a heavy defeat when they face a resurgent Rising Pune Supergiant in an Indian Premier league clash here on Wednesday.
KKR will now be under pressure to secure the magic number 16 and seal their place in the knock-out stage after Mumbai became the first team to secure a play-off berth.
KKR so far has been cashing in on their top-order with Sunil Narine's hit-and-miss experiment at the top.
When Narine gets going, there is no stopping KKR as more often than not Gambhir and Uthappa have capitalised on the starts.
But in the event of a failure of the trio, the likes of Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan must take up responsibility.
Pandey has been in form and needs someone to lend support but KKR have struggled so far at number 6 and 7, the most crucial positions in a limited-over format.
Be it Sheldon Jackson or Suryakumar Yadav, none has delivered and has been a big letdown for KKR and Jharkhand's Ishank Jaggi might just get a look-in.
Colin de Grandhomme too has failed to make any big impact as Gambhir may tinker with their overseas line-up as well.
Shakib Al Hasan has been sparsely used this season with solitary appearance and it's high time that Gambhir must start trusting the star Bangladeshi all-rounder before he returns home for national duty.
Pune, on the other hand, are on the ascent from the bottom-half of the table and now find themselves placed securely in top four with a four-point lead over fifth-placed Kings XI Punjab.
Million-dollar Ben Stokes proved his worth with the bat when he hit his maiden Twenty20 century (103 off 63 balls) with less than three weeks to go for the final.
IPl's costliest player, Stokes, led a 162-run chase while batting at number five in a one-man show against Gujarat lions in their last game.
Their top-order read 4-6-4-0 with the team 42/4 inside powerplay but Stokes' calculated innings sealed a thrilling chase in the penultimate delivery.
All eyes will once again be on India's most successful Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has shown that he is still in his prime when he led a 177 chase with an unbeaten 61 against Sunrisers.
Dhoni also contributed with a valuable 26 in their match-winning fifth wicket partnership worth 76 runs. His fans in Kolkata will also want him to do well but at the same time will want KKR to back on winning track and seal the play-off berth.