Skipper Andrew Puttick (104) hit the first century of the inaugural Champions League as Cape Cobras handed a 54-run mauling to Otago Volts to qualify for the Super Eight stage of the event here on Saturday.
The Group C encounter proved to be a lop-sided affair as Otago were outplayed in all departments of the game at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium.
Put in to bat, Cobras amassed a huge total of 193 for four and then skittled out Otago Volts for 139 in 17.1 overs.
Chasing that big a target was always going to be a huge ask and Otago failed to create any worthy partnerships to get any close to the total.
With three wickets against his name, Rory Kleinveldt was the most successful bowler for Cape Cobras.
Otago got off to a brisk start as Brendon McCullum (21) and A Redmond (14) raced away to 33 in the fourth over but once the duo separated their innings fell apart.
Only Nathan McCullum batted bravely and played a fiery 38 off 21 balls but could not save Otago from defeat.
Earlier, Andrew Puttick scored his maiden century to steer Cape Cobras to a mammoth 193 for four. Puttick was severe on all bowlers as he clobbered 12 boundaries and three huge sixes to notch up the maiden century of the tournament.
Apart from Puttick, JP Duminy (32 off 25) and Justin Ontong (39 not out) played short cameos to help Cobras pile up the huge target on the board.
Dimitri Mascarenhas was the pick of the bowlers for Volts, scalping two victims for 20 runs from his four overs.
Contrary to the score, the Cobras did not have good start to their innings as opener Herschelle Gibbs' flop show continued with the right-hander returning to the pavilion on individual score of one.
Henry Davids (12 runs off 13 balls) looked promising, hitting two fours in his short little innings but Mascarenhas dismissed him, caught by Warren McSkimming with the Cobras scoreboard reading 40 for two after 5.1 overs.
Duminy continued from where he left against Royal Challengers Bangalore and made a quickfire 32 with the help of six boundaries and two sixes before Ian Butler packed him off, caught by Aaron Redmond.
But Puttick, in Ontong's company, hammered the Volts' bowlers to all parts of the ground to pile up 60 runs in the last five overs.
