"We came here with a lot of belief and a side that had prepared very very well both here in India prior to the tournament and also in Sri Lanka. And quietly we just flew under the radar and I think we surprised a couple of teams," Johnson told reporters at the post-match conference.
Volts registered a convincing six-wicket victory over Kandurata Maroons here today.
In their first qualifier played yesterday, the Brendon McCullum-led side thrashed Faisalabad Wolves from Pakistan by eight wickets.
"You can see the class that he is out there tonight, both with ball and bat. Even if we hadn't got him tonight, we would probably have waited to hopefully qualify and use him in the main tournament," he said about Doeschate who played his first game after his arrival here.
On their run-chase, Johnson said their primary target was to see off mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis and his batsmen played him out well.