IPL 2026: The 44th match of IPL 2026 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday evening from 7:30 pm. It will be very exciting to see whether MI will beat CSK at home or CSK will take 2 points by defeating MI at home.

Both CSK and MI are the most successful teams in the history of the league. Both have 5-5 IPL titles. The performance of both the teams in the current season has been disappointing.

CSK’s position in the points table

CSK is at seventh place in the points table with 6 points from 8 matches with 3 wins. If the team wants to reach the playoffs, it will have to win at least 5 of the remaining 6 matches. Therefore, CSK will try its best to register a win against MI at home.

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MI’s performance has been worse than CSK. MI has been able to win only 2 matches out of 8 matches of the season and is at ninth position in the points table. MI has come out of similar situations many times and made it to the playoffs. This time too, if the team wants to go to the playoffs, it will have to win all the remaining 6 matches and it will have to start against CSK.

Mumbai Indians will take revenge from CSK

MI had to face defeat against CSK in the first match of the season at their home ground Wankhede Stadium. MI will also try to avenge that defeat. There is curiosity among the fans whether MS Dhoni will play for CSK and Rohit Sharma for MI or not.

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Talking about the pitch, the match will be played on pitch number 5. This is the same pitch on which Punjab Kings achieved the target of 210 runs. The pitch has become batting friendly, with an average score of 192 runs in the last five matches.

The temperature during the match in Chennai is expected to be around 35 degrees Celsius. It will be sunny during the day. The probability of rain is 2 percent. So far 40 matches have been played between the two teams. MI has won 21 matches, while CSK has won 19 matches.