It’s Match 44 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the Mumbai Indians (MI) visit the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) fortress. They have been undefeated at Chepauk since five matches this season. While CSK leads the table with 16 points, MI are third on the table with 12 points. This would be the second match between the two teams in 2019 IPL.

MI won the Wankhede encounter by a comfortable margin of 37 runs. A lot of factors are bound to influence the result as a mouth-watering contest is on the cards.      

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Here are the five things to watch out for in CSK vs MI.

#5 Weather & Pitch

The Mumbai weather is hotter than what it is usually. Wankhede is a high-scoring pitch and the teams prefer to chase here. Scores above 170 are considered to be quite chaseable, and that’s the reason teams prefer to chase here.