Heat loss ensures early exit from CLT20 September 25, 2013 - 2:46AM The Brisbane Heat suffered a heart-breaking four-run loss to South Africa's Titans in Mohali on Tuesday night, ending their hopes of advancing in the lucrative Champions League Twenty20 tournament after only two games. Much like in their opening game loss to Trinidad and Tobago, the Heat's bowlers excelled before the batsmen let them down as they were bowled out for 119 chasing just 123 - leaving them at the bottom of their pool with one game to play. Debutant paceman Matthew Gale finished with 4-10 off just 2.5 overs as the Heat restricted their opponents to a seemingly very gettable 122, with only Titans captain Henry Davids (39) and batsman Heino Kuhn (31) and AB de Villiers (28) reaching double figures. But the tourists struggled to tame the bowler-friendly conditions and their chase took a major blow when captain James Hopes (37 from 44 balls) and allrounder Dan Christian (21) were dismissed in the space of three overs. Titans quicks Merchant de Lange (3-13), Rowan Richards (2-20) and Morne Morkel (1-26) had all the answers on a pacy wicket. Some late over hitting from Chris Sabburg (19 off seven balls) gave the Heat hope, but when he was run out the final two wickets fell cheaply. Gale, who will play for the Melbourne Renegades this year's Big Bash League, conceded his personal delight at his maiden T20 appearance had been tempered by the disappointing result. "A win would have topped it all off for me, but it's a hard one for us as a team absorb," he said. The Heat will be playing for pride when they meet title favourites Chennai Super Kings in Ranchi on Saturday night.