Pollard played a memorable innings, smashing eight sixes and six boundaries to guide the defending champions to a four-wicket win.
CSK put on a mammoth 218/4 on the board, but the side's coach Stephen Fleming insisted that the side was still 10 runs short.
The West Indian all-rounder scored an unbeaten 87 off just 34 deliveries as MI chased a mammoth 219-run target against CSK.
Pollard hammered Chennai Super Kings bowlers to score 87 not out off 34 balls, hitting eight sixes and six fours as his side MI won a last-ball thriller here on Saturday night.
In the last over bowled by Lungi Ngidi, Pollard-led MI hit 16 runs to clinch a last-ball thriller and record their highest run-chase.
Pollard, who notched up his top IPL score, pulverized the opposition with 6 fours and 8 sixes as MI chased down a daunting 218-run total on the last delivery.
Pollard hit three maximums during his innings to become the third overseas player after Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers to hit 200 sixes in the IPL.
The 33-year-old West Indian, the most capped player for the five-time defending champions, completed his quarantine before starting training.
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard took to Instagram on Wednesday to mourn his father death.
Danushka Gunathilaka was adjudged out for obstructing the field during the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka, but the replays suggested that it might not have been deliberate from the batsman.
Pollard's six sixes came off an over bowled by Akila Dananjaya, who had taken a hat-trick in just his previous over.
Pollard's rampage came against Akila Dananjaya in the first T20I between West Indies and Sri Lanka, who had taken a hat-trick in only his previous over.
Kieron Pollard slammed six sixes in an over against Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya, becoming the second player in T20I history to reach the feat after Yuvraj Singh.
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) selection panel on Tuesday named the West Indies Test and ODI squads for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh.
Apart from Mumbai Indians, no other franchise has won so many titles in IPL's 13-year history.
If last year's one-run win over Chennai Super Kings was an absolute cliffhanger, Rohit's fluent 68 made it an anti-climax with Mumbai Indians chasing the target of 157 in 18.4 overs.
According to Pollard, being confident and backing himself are the similar qualities he shares with Hardik.
The Mumbai Indians stand-in skipper heaps praises on Ishan Kishan for filling the shoes of Rohit Sharma as opener after the southpaw scored 72 in MI win over DC.
Dealing with the national snub, Suryakumar proved his worth with the bat and played an authoritative knock to single-handedly guide MI to the win against RCB.
Pollard is leading the MI side in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who is forced to sit on sidelines due to injury.
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