"I am relaxed to be honest. It is a long tournament and we are taking it one at a time. There is no point thinking about a game ten days in advance. So I am not really thinking about topping the pool already. We are just focused on the game against England," Smith said after South Africa thrashed the Netherlands by 231 runs, at the PCA stadium on Thursday.
"We have got two big games coming up against India and England. We just want to carry on playing well and keep our confidence high. We have a long flight to Chennai tomorrow and hopefully we will play well there," he added.
South Africa next face England in Chennai on Sunday. On whether India's bowling is their weak link and the Proteas would be looking to take advantage of that when the two teams face each other later in the league stage, Smith said his team was not even thinking about the hosts yet.
"We have played against India enough in the recent past. I would not want to comment anything on that match. We are not thinking about India at the moment. We will be looking at England first, which is our next game and then plan for India."
Defending Proteas' slow start on Thursday against the Dutch as they crawled to 100 in 23rd over, Smith said that the plan was to set up a strong base.
"We knew that there would seam movement because of cool weather. It had rained yesterday and we knew there would be something in the wicket. So the plan was to settle down and set a platform for a big score. Thanks to Hashim (Amla) and AB (de Villiers) we managed to do that. It was a good win for us today," explained Smith.
The skipper termed Duminy's 15-ball 40 as a terrific innings. "Batting with the new ball was a little easier. Conditions changed a lot during the courses of the day but we that is what we expected out of Mohali."
The non-inclusion of T20 skipper Johan Botha was a tactical decision, said Smith. "Keeping the nature of the pitch in mind, we went for an extra batsman in Morne van Wyk. It was a tactical decision and something that will change from match to match," he added.
We are taking one game at a time, says Smith
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