Mumbai Indians fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has credited his side's 41-run victory over Pune Warriors, to the 54-run opening stand between skipper Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar.
"I think our opening partnership got us to a good start. Then DK (Dinesh Karthik) and Rohit (Sharma) put on a good partnership. Rohit kept going and obviously got us a good total to bowl to. That gave us the confidence to go out there and pitch the ball up and get those early wickets," Johnson said on Saturday.
"We started well with a good partnership; we slowed down a bit we got another partnership going. We know we can score at the backend of the innings, so the boys did exceptionally well. Two games at home and two wins so it's a good start to the season," he added.
The Australian further said that he enjoyed bowling at the Wankhede Stadium as the wicket was quite similar to what he was used to playing back at home at Gabba.
"It's a nice wicket. It's very similar to the Gabba where I grew up playing cricket. Little bit of bounce, little bit of pace, but if you missed your mark, you get punished. It's a nice wicket, wish we could take it everywhere we go.
"That is the beauty of cricket you come up with different conditions all the time and you have got to adapt to it. I am looking forward to the next venues," the left-arm bowler said.
Mumbai Indians have three away games now and Johnson said they need to be focused on the task ahead.
"We have got a few games away, so we need to keep our focus and keep going. It's a long tournament so we have got to keep working hard to put good wins on the board," he said.
"We have got to keep our focus. You have got to enjoy your wins but move forward and play the next games. That is how we are going. It's going to be a tough couple of weeks with our away games. We have got the confidence, we just have to keep doing our skills," he added.
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