Batting first, Lions scored 164 for six with skipper Mohammed Hafeez scoring 67 off 40 balls with five fours and four sixes. In reply, Express could manage only 109 in 18 overs with Aizaz Cheema taking three for 15 while Wahab Riaz took two for 20.

Southern Express' skipper Jehan Mubarak feels spinners could not get much out of the conditions after his side lost their Champions League Twenty20 qualifying round match to Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians defeated Southern Express by nine wickets in their second qualifying match of Champions League Twenty20. Kieron Pollard though took a stern view of the fielding lapses.

Lendl Simmons (76 not out) and Michael Hussey added 139 runs as Mumbai Indians beat Southern Express by 9 wickets.

Defending champions Mumbai Indians keep qualification hopes alive after thrashing Southern Express by 9 wickets. Catch all the highlights here.

Northern Knights registered a convincing seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka's Southern Express in a rain-curtailed opening game of the Champions League T20.

Known for his solid technique in Tests and ODIs, Kane Williamson showed his class with some copybook hitting showing classical footwork against the spinners hitting seven fours and a six.

Southern Express batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan joined high profile stars like Rohit Sharma, Morne Morkel and Shakib al Hasan in the list of absentees from the Champions League Twenty20 this season.