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subsequent their 50-run win over the Red backs in the NCL T20, Warriors captain Johan Botha said they played to the plan and are looking onward to the challenges ahead.
"Two out of two at the start of the competition is always important," he told reporters after Warriors scored their second succeeding win in the tournament.
He was all praise for Jon-Jon Smuts, whose knock of 88 off 65 balls helped the South African team set a huge total of 171 in 20 over’s.
"After 12 overs, we stress-free a little bit but the guys took it to 170. We knew it was not going to be easy for the team batting second," he said.
He also hails his bowlers for making early inroads by claim three wickets in first six overs.
Botha said he was look forward to the next match next to Kolkata Knight Riders on Oct 1.
"Three out of three will take us to the knockout. Our goal is to go to the play-offs. Then we will be two away from winning the tournament," he said.
In the last group B match, Warriors will face Somerset, one of the three qualifiers for the main contest.
"They have good international players. It is not going to be easy but the way we are playing at the moment, we are look forward to the challenge," Botha added.
"Obviously, it was great presentation. Today it was me. Tomorrow someone else will be there," said Smut, who also claims one wicket.
"The track was good to bat for six hours but after that it got slow. It was bit difficult from 7 to 14 but clearly we got used to this situation," he said.
Losing Captain Michael Klinger felt that his side did not execute the basic skills well. "They have done better than us," was how he summed up the outcome.
"We gave away too many runs at the start. We did not carry out the bowling well and then we kept loosing wickets frequently and the run rate kept going up," he said.
The skipper, however, said they got sufficient match practice before and also after inward in India. "This is not an excuse," he said and hoped that his team would lift its game in the remaining three group matches.
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