Ashok to bow the 18th over. Varma slashes the short wide delivery over point for a six to bring up his fifty in grand style from 33 balls.
Varma on fire as he walks across and scoops the second ball over short fine leg for a four.
He then hammers a full delivery straight back past the fielder at mid-off for another four to continue his stunning assault.
Ashok bowls it in the slot as Varma slog sweeps it high over midwicket for a six to make it 20 runs from the first four balls.
Ashok goes full and this time Varma muscles it powerfully over long-off for the third six of the over.
The left-hander sustains a painful blow off the last ball, as he inside edges the pull shot on to his groin off an express 150.3kph delivery.
Varma looks in a lot of pain as the physio comes out to attend to him.
26 runs from the 18th over as MI continue their late surge courtesy of Varma.
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