Sachin Tendulkar feels that with temperatures dropping in the UAE, it has become easier to chase in the ongoing IPL as the tournament enters its business end during which the dew factor has also come into play.

Tendulkar said the conditions are different when compared to the first five weeks of the tournament. “The tournament started six weeks ago. What the temperature was back then compared to what it is now, on an average it has dropped by six degrees,” Tendulkar said on 100MB app.

“Also if you look at shadows, the positioning is such, sunset timing is different. All these things affect the pitch. The pitch temperature was earlier coming down only in the second innings.

“In the first half of the tournament, teams chasing at two venues, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, were not successful. But suddenly, in the last seven or eight days, teams chasing are consistently winning.”

The iconic batsman feels that owing to early sunset, bowlers are getting some help off the pitch, which didn’t happen during the first phase.

“This is because the sun is setting earlier and that is why, when you are bowling first, there is assistance for the bowlers which was not there in the first half of the tournament,” he added.