Marsh (10) hit the Pragyan Ojha's delivery hard and flat towards the boundary but Pollard took an amazing one-handed catch just few inches away from the boundary ropes to dismiss the Australian.
Kings XI Punjab had suffered two major blows as their in-form batsman Mandeep Singh and Manan Vohra were dismissed without adding much to the scoreboard.
Mandeep Singh (9) was the first to go to a slower ball by Lasith Malinga, which the Punjab batsman hit straight on to the stumps.
Manan Vohra (1) survived a run out only to get caught in the very next ball by Kieron Pollard off a Mitchell Johnson delivery.
Earlier, skipper Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 79 off 39 balls to power Mumbai Indians to 174/3 against Kings XI Punjab.
Rohit reached his fifty off just 28 balls and his knock was studded with 6 sixes and 6 fours and he scored 27 runs off the last over bowled by his counterpart David Hussey.
Such was the onslaught by Mumbai captain that he overshadowed Pollard who was slightly off-colour today hitting a six and a four in his 21-ball 20.
Dwayne Smith hit a 32-ball 33 before Piyush Chawla had him caught by David Miller at long-on.
Smith hit a six and 3 fours in his knock.
Sachin Tendulkar edged a Praveen Kumar delivery onto his stumps as Mumbai Indians got off to a bad start.
Mumbai lost their second wicket when Dinesh Karthik edged a Manpreet Gony delivery onto his stumps. Karthik hit a six and 2 fours in his 19-ball 25.
The breakthroughs for Punjab came after Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat.
Mumbai are unchanged from the last match.
Punjab have brought in Shaun Marsh, Parwinder Awana and Manpreet Gony for Adam Gilchrist, Bhargav Bhatt and Harmeet Singh.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (Capt.), Dwayne Smith, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Lasith Malinga, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pragyan Ojha.
Kings XI Punjab: David Hussey (Capt.), Shaun Marsh, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, David Miller, Azhar Mahmood, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, Manpreet Gony, Parvinder Awana.
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