the home matches of the chennai super kings were under threat following the 2018 cauvery water dispute and about 4000 security personnel were deployed in wake of the homecoming match for csk against the kolkata knight riders on april 10, 2018 at the m. a. chidambaram stadium. however later bcci announced that pune would be the new temporary home ground for csk for the remainder of the tournament following the ongoing protests in the state which couldn't be controlled by the security officials.