That marks the end of our coverage from the inaugural game of the PSL 09 between Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars. For now, this is myself Saptak Sanyal, signing off on the behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash, who joined in the second innings and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. Good night.
Shadab Khan (Islamabad United Captain)- "I think we just backed our strength. We have good batting depth and our batters can cope up with the pressure. We thought that pacers might get some disadvantage if dew comes, so we opted to bat first. It was an amazing performance from Agha. I am very pleased with the pacers. I was talking to Agha, I told that I can finish the game. I remember the game against Karachi last year so I told Agha that we should finish the game."
Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars): "I think we can give credit to Shadab and Salman for the way they batted. Not an easy task for the fast bowlers to bowl in the second innings because of the dew factor. The ball was coming nicely onto the bat and they played a good cricket. I think we missed Rashid because he is an impact bowler but we can't do anything as he is injured. In cricket, they say 'if you take catches, you win matches,' but unfortunately, we dropped two catches."
Shadab Khan (Player of the Match)- "When I was there in ILT20, I came from injury and I didn't perform. I worked with our bowling coach Carl and that helped. We had six debutants today and that was a pressure but things went well for us. After the world cup, I got injured and I am glad to contribute with the bat."