So that marks the end of our coverage from the 22nd match of the ongoing PSL between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad United. The Zalmi completely outclassed the United!
Goodbye from us. This is Arjun Bhalla signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Darpan Tikiya, Saptak Sanyal and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer.
Babar Azam (Peshawar Zalmi captain): "We made the changes according to the condition of the pitch. We decided to get in the extra fast bowler at the last minute. It always helps when you take wickets in the powerplay. But they got a few extra runs towards the end.
We are working on our batting struggles in the powerplay. That is why we changed the batting order today. Thankfully, we had that big partnership that rescued us. The way Maaz (Sadaqat) handled the pressure was amazing. My shots were not connecting. But he took the pressure off me. We want to take it match by match. Fielding is something we need to work on."
Maaz Sadaqat (Player of the Match): "The pressure was not there. When I came to bat I tried to keep things simple. Babar bhai helped me a lot. My target was to play as per the wicket.
You have to take a lot of responsibility to take the game deep. Babar bhai made me understood that the game can be taken to the deep by taking single. I tried to take the pace-on balls and found the gaps. Hope I can continue with the momentum."
Player of the Match: Maaz Sadaqat
Superpower of the Day: Maaz Sadaqat
Energetic Batter of the Match: Babar Azam
Catch of the Match: Mohammad Haris
Moment of the Match: Ahmed Daniyal
Time for the post-match presentations.
Salman Ali Agha (Islamabad United Stand-In Captain): "It's just that we wanted to give everyone a chance before we have important games. We want everyone to be ready when a high-pressure game comes.
(On the collapse) When we lost the first wicket then we started losing wickets in bundles. I think things went wrong for us. We can't lose wickets in such a span, and that's the reason we couldn't put a strong total on the board.
We assess the situation and conditions, and then we decide what we need to do. It is obviously not working for us right now, that's why it is looking like we go all out in our batting.
I don't know about his (Shabad Khan's injury) situation right now, I think he's struggling with his groin. We need to sit and regroup. We are playing tomorrow, so we need to regroup quickly."