While de Kock was the more fluent of the two, Rohit was starting to find his groove as he picked off Sam Curran for a couple of boundaries. The openers took MI to 58 in 6 overs and continued in their merry ways till 71 when Rohit was caught at sweeper cover off Shardul Thakur for 35.
Six runs later, Suryakumar Yadav was caught behind by MS Dhoni off Jadeja for 3 before Moeen Ali accounted for de Kock, caught and bowled for 38.
Jadeja and Moeen briefly stifled the new batters Krunal Pandya and Kieron Pollard midway through the innings.
However, Pollard broke the shackles against Jadeja, hitting him for three sixes and then two more against Lungi Ngidi to wrest away the momentum from CSK. In the final six overs MI needed 89 with Hardik Pandya still to bat and Pollard going great guns.
Pollard’s brutal hitting continued on cue and Thakur was the next in line, going for 18 runs as the veteran brought up a 17-ball half century, the…