Lynn had made an impressive start to the IPL, having made 93 off 41 balls against Gujarat Lions and 32 off 24 against Mumbai.
Kolkata Knight Riders will look for a hat-trick of wins against Kings XI Punjab today at the historic Eden Gardens.
Yadav is likely to replace Ankit Rajpoot, who gave away 19 runs in the penultimate over against Mumbai, who chased down KKR's challenging 178 with a ball to spare.
KKR, however, continues to sweat over Chris Lynn's fitness.
Krunal Pandya was introduced into the attack and he pulled the brakes immediately as he dismissed Gambhir and Robin Uthappa in his very first over.
Rana smashed 50 off 29 balls before Pandya came up with a 29-run cameo off 11 balls to seal a thrilling four wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders. He dispatched two worldwide bowlers - Woakes and Trent Boult - to different parts of the ground, using drives, pulls and flat-batted shots and, with help from Hardik, brought the equation down to 30 from 12.
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This was Mumbai's first win of the campaign after they lost in the opening game to Rising Pune Supergiant. Offered some flight by Kuldeep Yadav in the 12th over, he slog-swept a four and executed a attractive lofted drive over cover for a six.
First it was in handing Aussie allrounder Glenn Maxwell a captaincy debut. Steve Smith (RPS Captain), 84 not-out, had a blast during the match.
The pitch, which staged some low-scoring Vijay Hazare Trophy matches, may offer a few surprises when KKR and KXIP test their strength under lights. Ishant will be a good addition, considering that death bowling has been a cause of concern for KKR.
The visitors have just won twice here, with their last win coming way back on April 15, 2012.
Harbhajan another member of the 100 plus club (119 wickets from 125 matches) also knows how to control proceedings during the middle overs.
In an interesting turn of events, KKR batsman Chris Lynn may not be ruled out of IPL 2017 after his injury as Kolkata Knight Riders coach Jacques Kallis said that "it's not as bad" as it was initially feared.
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