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The 44th game of Indian Premier League 2026 features Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. This is one of the most hyped encounters in the league history, both teams have 10 IPL trophies between them. However, this season seems to have not gone to either of them so far as Chennai Super Kings have won 3 matches out of 8 while Mumbai Indians has won 2 matches out of 7 so far. This fixture seems more about survival for both teams.

The Chennai Super Kings have had a very turbulent ride this season as they have lost the first 3 matches and then won two consecutive matches but lost the next two to SRH and GT. However, they have won against Mumbai Indians already in the current season and will look forward to doing it again.

The Mumbai Indians team has been riddled with injuries to their key players Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock and Mitchell Santner. The key players like Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah have failed to live up to the expectations and captain Hardik Pandya looked completely out of sorts and under tremendous pressure.

The conditions at Chepauk are expected to be humid and the pitch will offer support to the spinners in the early stage but Dew may play a part in the later half of the match as well and make it difficult for the bowlers to defend the score. The match offers a very small margin for error and will be a high-pressure game with the teams pushing hard for the victory and a score of 170-180 can be defended on this surface.

At the toss, Mumbai have won and chose to bat first. 

Here's what the captains said at the toss:

Ruturaj Gaikwad:

Hardik Pandya:

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Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI):

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Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): 

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