GUYANA Amazon Warriors skipper Imran Tahir says that the team’s professionalism in quickly adjusting to whatever the playing conditions are is crucial to their success.
Tahir, who has led the Guyana Amazon Warriors to their lone title and three straight finals from 2023 to 2025, said that they approach each game with a level of seriousness.
The GAW captain who was speaking after the team won their opening clash of the 2026 season, said, “The responsibility I’ve been given, I take that as a honour, if I come to play any game for Guyana, it is the first and last game for me, many Guyanese players want to be here and if I’m representing everybody then I need to take all the responsibility as a captain as a bowler and be a benefit to the team, I’m also thankful to my teammates, their hard work and the way they prepare coming to this competition and the previous competition. There is no fault in that, we are really happy we had a good start, but we make sure we carry on with the same plan what we have been doing over the years.”
The side captured their 93rd win on Thursday evening, the most wins by a team in the Caribbean Premier League history, when they thrashed Jamaica’s Kingsmen at Sabina Park.
And Tahir says it was crucial they start the 2026 edition well.
“It means everything. We work hard to be where we are today. We have won our first game, and it’s a good start for us. We worked really hard, the whole week we have been training. We don’t want to take things for granted, and that is what we showed.”
Tahir says their bowlers say what the pitch was doing and made the pivot to get wickets.
“There was a little bit of turn, I won’t say it was a bad pitch, I think it was a decent pitch where you can get 170/180, but I have to give credit to our fast bowlers especially Nabi the way he bowled, his experience, we knew our plan before we came, where we need to bowl and once you come and bowl couple of balls you need to adjust with the conditions quite quickly and that is what we did really well.”
The Warriors have reached eight finals in the league’s history, the most by any franchise in the region.
The Warriors play again on Wednesday, August 19, against the St. Lucia Kings at the Darren Sammy Stadium.
