Brilliant JP Duminy struck 99 runs in 52 balls to help Cape Cobras stun Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets in a Champions League Twenty20 match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Unbeaten Duminy hammered 8 fours and 5 sixes in his match-winning innings.

Chasing a huge 181, Cape Cobras lost flamboyant opener Herschelle Gibbs for a duck to Praveen Kumar in the first over. Kumar then removed skipper Andrew Puttick for 11 runs for the second jolt.

However, Duminy held the wicket at one end and continued to play freely and single-handedly took the Cobras home.

Earlier, Robin Uthappa and Ross Taylor scored quickfire half-centuries as Royal challengers set Cape Cobras a victory target of 181 runs in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 match.

After electing to bat, Royal Challengers scored 180 for four in their allotted 20 overs.

Uthappa knocked 51 runs off 39 deliveries while Taylor remained not out for 53 in 24 balls. Rahul Dravid contributed 28 runs.

Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat against Cape Cobras in the inaugural match.