Ahmedabad: Mahela Jayawardene feels there is “no added pressure” going into Tuesday’s match versus the South Africans. “Every game is important to us…There is nothing special about tomorrow’s match. Bottomline is we’ve to win to qualify.”

The following is what the captains had to say at the media conference:

JAYAWARDENE: You can’t say the South Africans are vulnerable against spin. It is easy to say this and that before going into the contest, but match situations may be entirely different. Honestly how one team performs on a given day, matters most. However, having the experience of Muttiah Muralidharan and Sanath Jayasuriya does make a difference…. The emphasis will be on the top four guys getting the runs. If any one of them clicks, the others can build partnerships around him. I’m happy Upul Tharanga and other have been contributing regularly.

GRAEME SMITH: When you study teams, you work out their combinations, you work out how they plan and Sri Lanka have always relied on their slow bowlers through the middle overs. From 20 to 50 overs they rely a lot on taking the pace off the ball and it has worked for them over the last few years. That has been their strategy…. Hopefully we can put a good combination tomorrow that wins us the game. Our bowling combination is being pretty settled over the last two years and we obviously want to stick to our aggression… Our batting is also good.

The top seven or eight batsmen are one of the best in the world… We got big-hitters at the bottom and got power strikers at the top. It’s just about getting it right on the day, being able to adapt to the conditions tomorrow. I think, how the wicket plays will be the key to our success in tomorrow’s game…Personally, I have developed a lot in the last three year after playing all around the world. I am much more calm and peace with the job. I enjoy the job thoroughly, I am blessed with good bunch of cricketers and that makes the job much easier.