"Everyone's got different plans, for different venues and all of that," Potgieter said. "We have an amazing bowling line-up: KG [Rabada], Trent [Boult], Boschy [Corbin Bosch], with the spinners George [Linde] and Rash [Rashid]. They bowl the bulk of the overs. So there was no need for me to bowl. And, yeah, the captain threw me the ball tonight and I was extremely happy about it, and it turned out perfectly."

"I also looked at that stat this morning," Potgieter said. "It's only the first game of the tournament but it's nice to start off with the win."

Before Thursday, Potgieter had 34 wickets in 64 T20 games. But this was the first time he was bowling for MICT across 12 matches in three seasons of the SA20.

"I couldn't ask for a better day for it," he said. "It happened so quickly. I was standing at the top of my mark, and I just said, 'I'm just going to try to hit the top of the stumps,' and fortunate enough for me, it worked out perfectly."