Ashok comes back into the attack. Varma mistimes the short ball as he plays the pull shot towards midwicket for one.
A huge drop in pace by the pacer as Hardik offers no shot to the slower ball away from the stumps as wicketkeeper Buttler fails to collect it, to concede a bye.
Another quick short ball from Ashok as Varma can only drag the pull shot to long-on for one.
Hardik drills a full delivery through the covers for two runs before he is beaten by an incoming length ball which swings in sharply to beat the inside edge and passes over the stumps.
A good second over from Ashok, giving away just five runs including a bye, with MI struggling past the 100-run mark in the 14th over.
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