Trinidad and Tobago's cricketers held their nerve and delivered the knockout punch to the fancied Deccan Chargers in their Champions League Twenty20 match yesterday, winning by three runs.

Needing to win to avoid elimination, Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Deccan Chargers could only muster 146 for nine off their 20 overs in reply to Trinidad and Tobago's 149 for seven at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Scores: T&T 149-7 off 20 overs (Williams Perkins 38, Kieron Pollard 31; Fidel Edwards 3-32). Deccan Chargers 146-9 off 20 overs (Adam Gilchrist 51, Venugopal Rao 30, Rohit Sharma 25; Dwayne Bravo 3-24).

The result confirmed T&T as Group A champions and let English county Somerset in as runners-up for a spot in the second round.

Needing eight runs off the last over, bowled by Dwayne Bravo, the Deccan Chargers lost two wickets and were limited to just four runs as T&T burst into celebration for the second time in three days.

"A great team effort. We beat the IPL champions and it's a great feeling for us," man of the match Bravo said moments after the match. "If I had 10 runs to defend in the last over, I'd back myself to defend it. Lendl Simmons bowled a very good previous over as well," Bravo said.

"I hope I continue to lead from the front with the ball. As a unit we are very happy," Bravo added.

Winning captain Daren Ganga was thrilled with the result although his side did not play their best game.

"We didn't play our perfect game but I'm sure things will improve. Dwayne has all the experience of a senior player. all the bowlers contributed. It was a total team effort," Ganga said.