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Siddarth Ravindran Bangalore
September 19, 2011
Warriors were the surprise of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa, the overwhelming thought more teams as they marched to the final. This year, their captain and coach Johan Botha Piet Botha is there to show that the performance of 2010 was no accident.
"Here, what we now know how we play, so it will be difficult," said Johan Botha in Bangalore, a day after the team arrived in India. "If we can reach the final Again, it would be a great achievement for the team. It will be a little harder than here in India and we want to show people that last year was not just a home-ground advantage. "
The original goal of reaching the semifinals Warriors is what I heard Johan Botha could be achieved if they started the tournament with confidence as they did last year, when comfortably chased down the 150-plus for their opening game. "The key is a short and intense tournament is a really good start," said Johan Botha. "Friday night [September 23] is a really great game [against Royal Challengers Bangalore], you want to start winning."
Piet Botha agreed, especially as the warriors of the first two opponents this year, both made the semifinals in 2010. "We play South Australia and Bangalore first place, it will be huge to make sure we hit our straps from the start," he said. "This is to get through these first two games and we have prepared for them, we have some visual sequences that we have seen a lot of BCR in the IPL, we expect a tough fight.".
Despite his exploits of last season, the Warriors are still a low profile unit. His first interaction of the media in India Bangalore Challengers royal parade minutes after some of the biggest audience pullers in the game, as Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers. And the first question to Johan Botha and Piet Botha? "Are you two related?"
A person who does not underestimate them at Bangalore in South Africa coach Ray Jennings. "The warriors are fighting spirit of South Africa," Jennings. "The guys from South Africa had six months free, and they worked hard for six to eight weeks. The challenge for me is to see if I can beat a South African side and beat a good team like the Warriors will be a challenge, and I'm really looking forward to it. "
Warriors had their first training session on September 19 in the evening, and a local side practice match in Bangalore scheduled for September 20
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