Welcome to the coverage of the 27th match of the Indian Premier League between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Pune on Saturday.

It will be an uphill task for the defending champs Mumbai Indians given their opponents' form and formidable line-up.

The heartbreaking one-wicket defeat in the lung-opener is fresh in their minds but Mumbai Indians will have to play out of their skins to exact revenge at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

At the Wankhede in Mumbai earlier this month, CSK had defeated the defending champions by one wicket and a ball to spare.

MI are keen to get back to winning ways after two straight reverses.

It has been a journey of contrasts for the two teams so far. While Mumbai have managed only one win in their six matches, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led outfit has won five of their six games.

The shifting of games from their original home has not affected Chennai.

For Mumbai, to survive in the tournament, this is a must-win encounter.

Barring Suryakumar Yadav, every other Mumbai batsman has struggled in the tournament. Rohit Sharma has failed to fire in five of the six games and so has Kieron Pollard.

But if Rohit, Pollard, Surya, Evin Lewis and Hardik Pandya fire in unison, Mumbai can set up or chase big totals.

Save his match-winning 94 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rohit has failed to get past 20 runs in five games. He would he hoping to turn the tables and get some runs under his belt.

On the other hand, Chennai would take confidence from their last win when a vintage Dhoni helped the team chase a stiff target of 206 against RCB.

Chennai would be pleased that most of their batters Australian Shane Watson, Ambati Rayadu, Dwayne Bravo, Dhoni are in form.

Only Suresh Raina has been out of sorts and would be keen to be among the runs.