Calcutta/Hyderabad: A superb captain’s knock by Chris Harris brought defending champions Hyderabad Heroes back from the jaws of defeat and powered them to a four-wicket win in their ICL T20 encounter against Dhaka Warriors at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

Requiring 13 runs in the last over to win, Harris hit a four, a six and again a four in three consecutive balls to guide his team to victory.

Chasing a competitive target of 169, the Hyderabad team faltered in their campaign as the top order batsmen failed. Openers Jimmy Maher and Abdul Razzaq were out for 21 and 27 respectively, Justin Kemp and Stuart Binny returned to the pavilion for 10 and 31.

Local hero Ambati Rayudu, who had hit an impressive knock in the last match, disappointed as he was dismissed for five runs.

However, a determined Harris, in the company of Nicky Boje, got down to salvage the innings and went on to make 37, including the six in the last over and a total of five boundaries, off just 17 balls. Boje scored 31 runs off 32 balls.

The debutant Dhaka team gave a tough time to the strong Hyderabad team riding on a superb century by Alok Kapali — the first three-figure knock in ICL. Kapali stood tall among the ruins of Dhaka Warriors who lost wickets at the other end at regular intervals.

The superb innings of Kapali was studded with five sixes and 11 boundaries. The century came off just 59 deliveries.

Brief scores: Dhaka Warriors 168/9 (Kapali 100, Aftab Ahmed 24; Boje 3/20) Hyderabad Heroes 171/6 (N. Boje 31, C Harris 37 .., M. Hossain 1/24). Hyderabad Heroes won by 4 wickets.