After stand in skipper Andrew Hall won the toss, Chandigarh Lions posted a challenging total of 153 for 6 in the allotted 20 overs. For Chandigarh Lions, Lou Vincent and Mathew Elliot opened the batting and both of them took no time to settle. Vincent opened his account with a glorious boundary through covers off the bowling of Shane Bond in the first over while Elliot struck two fours off the bowling of Sudhindra taking Lions score to 23 for no loss in four overs.

Vincent stepped up the tempo hitting Dale Benkenstein for a six and four off consecutive deliveries in the sixth over before Benkenstein removed the danger looking Vincent (20) with a straight tossed up delivery. Lions score at that time was 44 for 1 and Elliot was joined by TP Singh who opened his account edging a Yadav delivery to third man for boundary. Elliot, meanwhile continued his fine form with the bat as he hit Benkenstein for a towering six over mid wicket in the ninth over. It was Ali Murtaza in the next over who removed a well settled Mathew Elliot (35) with Gunawardene taking a simple catch at backward point. Giants struck again in the next over when Dinesh Mongia (4) got run out while attempting a single. Dale Benkenstein continued his good form picking his second wicket in the Manish Sharma who was found plumb before the wicket in the 15th over. Lions were 104 for 4 at that time. Chtean Sharma then came to the crease and he was soon into his stride, first hitting Ali Murtaza for huge six in the 16th over and then hitting Benkenstein for a four and six off consecutive deliveries in the 17th over before being run out while taking a single at an individual score of 29 off nine balls. Singh was then joined in by Skipper Andrew Hall who opened his account with a four off the bowling of Murtaza in the 18th over. Singh departed after making a patient 38 off 36 balls before falling to Bond in the penultimate over to make it 145 for 6 for Lions.

Chasing a target of 154 runs in 20 overs, Giants never looked into the game. Tuffey struck in his first over itself picking up Giants opener Awishka Gunawardne (5) who gave a simple catch to Mathew Elliot at first slip with Giants'score being 12 for 1. Tuffey gain struck in hisnext over as he snapped up the wicket of MD Mishra who fell lbw. Giants skipper Marvan Atapattu was joined in by S Abass Ali but Ali returned to the pavilion after he was run out in the sixth over at an individual score of 4.

Atapattu and Bali were then associated in a 47-run stand for the fourth wicket with Bali in fine form. Mongia struck in the 14th over when he removed TP Sudhinra (5), who fell while trying to sweep but gave a simple catch to Lou Vincent at Long on. Bali (31) was picked up by Love Abhlish in the next over as he gave a top edge to the bowler, making it 88 for 6. Chandigarh Lions then required 65 runs off 35 balls. But the tail enders could not face the challenge as Delhi Giants were bundled out for 119 in 18.1 overs with Singh picking up two wickets in the last four overs.

Brief Scores:
Chandigarh Lions': 153 for 6 in 20 overs (MTG Elliott 35, TP Singh 39, Benkenstein 2/43, Bond 1/22)
Delhi Giants: 119 all out in 18.1 overs (A Bali 31, Attapattu 29, Tuffey 3/15, TP Singh 2/8)