Requiring 14 runs to win off the final over, bowled by Proteas quick Kagiso Rabada, the Titans ended up needing three off the last delivery.
Corbin Bosch attempted a reverse scoop, missed the ball, and he and Aaron Phangiso were only able to scamper through for a bye.
That dramatic finish came after Rivaldo Moonsamy had struck 88 off 50 balls (six fours and six sixes) to help the visitors recover from 12-2.
Earlier, Wiaan Mulder (48 off 32 balls), Mitchell van Buuren (37* off 27) and Delano Potgieter (32* off 15) helped the Lions post 183-5 after they’d been in trouble on 54-4.
In Paarl, openers Grant Roelofsen (71* off 45 balls) and Bryce Parsons (47 off 36) guided the KZN Dolphins to a nine-wicket win against the Boland Rocks with 5.3 overs remaining.
The Rocks managed just 125-8, with Daryn Dupavillon, Okuhle Cele, Ottniel Baartman and Prenelan Subrayen each taking two wickets for the Dolphins.
HIGHLIGHTS: Rocks vs Dolphins (T20 Challenge)
In Potchefstroom, Rubin Hermann’s 102 off 54 balls (11 fours and three sixes) set up the North West Dragons’ crushing 126-run win against the KZN Inland Tuskers.
The Dragons racked up 207-3 before bowling the embattled Tuskers out for 82 in 14.5 overs.
Spinner Senuran Muthusamy took 3-16 in his four overs for the Dragons, who hosted this match after the Tuskers’ Pietermaritzburg Oval lost its hosting rights for the tournament.
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