Chasing 215 for victory against Punjab, Hyderabad reached the target with five balls to spare at their home
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Skipper Klinger and Callum Ferguson added 97 runs for the third wicket as the slow-starting Redbacks finished with a run flourish to amass 178-6 off 20 overs before a large crowd at sun-drenched SuperSport Park.
Lions, shock conquerors of Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians in the first match on Friday, lost opener Jonathan Vandiar just four balls into the innings and only captain Alviro Petersen passed 50 in a 167-8 tally.
The party-pooping Redbacks halted a good start by South African franchises in the 16-day extravaganza with Eastern Cape Warriors proving far too strong for Wayamba Elevens of Sri Lanka in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
“In a cut-throat competition like the Champions League it’s fantastic to make a winning start, but we have a tough road ahead with matches in Durban against Mumbai and Bangalore,” admitted Klinger.
Petersen said: “Congratulations to the Redbacks as they played the better cricket. We lost too many wickets and someone needed to stay with me longer. But we are keen, know were it went wrong today, and want to win.”
Opener Klinger struck 78 off 48 balls, including five sixes and six fours, before a flat, back-foot strike aimed at long-on was spectacularly caught by Petersen just short of the boundary rope.
Ferguson had departed three balls earlier, compiling a 47-run total spiced with seven fours before being run out off the bowling of Robert Frylinck with a brave dive unable to save him.
Lions suffered a huge early blow as they chased a run rate of 8.95 per over to win when Vandiar — 71-run star of the triumph over Mumbai — got a thick edge and was bowled by quickie Shaun Tait.
While the South Africans were ahead of the run target for much of the innings, they lost wickets too frequently and no one spent enough time with Petersen to establish a potential match-winning partnership.
Petersen was out leg before to a Daniel Christian inswinger from an awkward angle having made 56 off 35 balls, including one six and seven fours, and when the final over began the Lions still needed 19 runs to snatch victory.
Chasing 215 for victory against Punjab, Hyderabad reached the target with five balls to spare at their home
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