Pacer Prasidh Krishna comes into the attack in place of Ashok, who bowled just one over in his first spell.
Dhir nudges the first ball off his pads for one before Varma hits the next through the covers for two runs.
Varma plays a crisp straight drive but Shubman Gill makes a diving stop at mid-off to stop a certain boundary and keep it down to just a single.
The next ball is full and straight and this time Dhir times the straight drive to perfection beating Gill's dive for a boundary and gets two runs off the last ball courtesy of an overthrow.
Rashid continues after the strategic timeout. Varma and Dhir unable to break free against the leg-spinner as they pick seven runs from his second over.
MI recover to 75/3 in 10 overs at the halfway mark. Dhir has batted steadily to score a sedate 31 from 26 balls while Varma has made 10 from nine balls, with both batters' strike rate under 120.
MI will need atleast another 100 runs to post a total in excess of 170 and challenge the in-form GT batting line-up.
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