LONDON: After thrashing Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 by eight wickets, Pakistan skipper lauded his team’s performance and dedicated the victory to his nation.
Pakistan skipper Younis Khan said, "It was fantastic, we were underdogs, all credit goes to the team and the nation."
"A team like us needs a good start and suddenly we got that. I knew if we restricted them to 140-150 it would be chaseable. This is a gift from us to our nation," he said.
Shahid Afridi was named the Man of the Match for his unbeaten half-century. Afridi said, “I think the credit goes to Younis for sending me up in the order and telling me to just play my game. The guys were really motivated for today."
Player of the Tournament Tillakaratne Dilshan said, “It has been a great tournament for me. But unfortunately I couldn’t do it today.”
Speaking about his opening with veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, Dilshan said, “It is wonderful to open with him. He is a great player.”
Meanwhile, losing Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said, "I'm very proud of my team."
"I'm proud about their fight, their attitude and I think we're going to be a really good team. It was tough for our bowling unit to keep on defending totals during the tournament, we could have done with 20 runs more. That's (Sri Lanka's) the best bowling unit in the world," Sangakkara signed off.
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