9:22pm And...breathe. A nail-biting encounter that ultimately swayed in the Paarl Royals' direction. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and hope to have your company for all the franchise T20 league action lined up tomorrow. Until then, this is goodbye from Vairavan and myself. Take care, folks!

Rahul: "I'm in India and it is 12:20 am here. Following this thrilling finish. "

Rubin Hermann, Player of the Match: Very nice to get a chance in the SA20 - something every local cricketer works towards. Very happy to be here and to be contributing to the team. We complement each other nicely. We are both naturally aggressive, we know we can play off each other. It works quite nicely when we bat together. We have gelled so good as a squad. We have eleven in the field but all 16 of us have contributed massively to each win. Our closeness together shows in the field, very special to be a part of it. You have such calm heads like David Miller, then people like Joe Root and Dinesh, for him to come to South Africa, it is just awesome. Calm heads to keep you calm and they back you always.

David Miller, Paarl Royals captain: (On the crowd) Phenomenal. Fantastic support from the local fans and thank you very much to everyone for coming out. We wouldn't have done well without you, the local fans do really get behind us and it is a great vibe. (On winning five out of five games at home) First time, 5/5 at home. Guys have been spectacular, sticking to the plans. (On his injury) My right groin is a little tight. 35 now (smiles), but just a little tweak there. Tried to get off before it could get any worse. It is just so good to see the youngsters (like Hermann and Pretorius) coming through and showing their skill. Really lucky to have them, even more so now. Nice to see them getting stuck in and tear teams apart. (On Maphaka) The left-armer with a lot of pace, missed out in the last game, coming back in and bowling with swing…really nice to see all the guys pulling together in the right direction. (On Fortuin) It is a phenomenal performance from him. He loves the new ball. He is just so skillful, varying his pace and he is really clever with the ball. Great to have him as a part of this camp and nothing changes with him, we know what we are going to get. We have a lot of guys in the team that can adapt accordingly. We went up to the Highveld, we won there. The guys have adapted really well and really confident with where the squad is at.

Keshav Maharaj, Durban's Super Giants captain: (On emotions spilling over in the last over) Probably a decision not going our way, everyone makes mistakes. Full credit to our boys, really proud of them, they showed character until the end. Kane and Marcus showed their class and their quality, put a decent total on. We bowled well as a unit - tough to pinpoint where it went wrong. Fielded pretty well too. Full credit to the (Royals) batters for the way they batted. (On the score) I still felt like we were in the game. When we got a few wickets, we started to believe a little more. When the wind started pumping, the total does feel a little small but I feel we had a competitive total. There is a lot of pride to play for and we are not going to go down without a fight.

8:57pm Phew. What a game. The archetypal low-scoring thriller where almost every ball seemed like an event. When Karthik smashed Smuts for six in the 19th over, it seemed the Royals had the win sewn up. But then he fell, and Galiem could hardly lay bat to ball. Until...he got one right out of the middle, just when his team needed it.

Among all of that, there was the drama of the wide that was given but perhaps shouldn't have been. DSG tried everything, from reviewing it for a caught-behind to remonstrating with the umpire but that provision, of reviewing wides in the SA20, just does not exist. On another day, when the rub of the green might have gone their way, they might have kept their campaign alive. Tonight, though, it was not to be.

Prior to that drama, Hermann and Pretorius had laid the foundation for the hosts. Neither could finish the job but both of them ensured the Royals had enough wickets in the shed to close out the game. DSG's spinners were tidy and tried turning the screw at different points. But in the end, they just ran out of runs.

3 off 2. There is a hush around the ground

3 off 3. DSG feeling a sense of injustice but nothing they can do about it

4 off 3. Maharaj is having a chat with Mulder. This over has gone well so far

5 off 4. Who's winning this? Tension in both camps

Six runs needed off the final over. Just a run-a-ball, but strange things happen in the last over. Who is going to bowl? Surely it will be Mulder? Looks like it is Mulder. A couple of dots early in the over will really make things tricky for the chasing side

7 off 7 now. DSG would love another dot

Galiem joins van Buuren

14 off 12. Still Royals' game to lose, but DSG might have a sniff if they remove one (or both) of these batters. Smuts to bowl the penultimate over. Hand perhaps forced by Stoinis not being able to bowl

Stoinis has asked the physio to come on so that he can receive some treatment. Not sure what the issue is, but that gives DSG a chance to recalibrate their plans. Mulder will complete the over

This is getting tight. 24 off 18. Stoinis to bowl. Karthik on strike