Zalmi vs United, Final at Karachi, RetroLive, Jun 07 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

That's it from us for the Retrolive PSL 2018 final, as United lift the trophy. Many thanks for your company, we hope you enjoyed with Ranjith and me, Himanshu Agrawal. Stay safe and take care.

Here's Ramiz Raja for the final presentation of the season.

Luke Ronchi is the the season's Player of the Tournament, while Rashid Riaz is the PSL 2018's best umpire and Kamran Akmal is given the "best batsman" award.

Kumar Sangakkara wins the award for most catches this season. Akmal (ah!) collects that on his behalf, as Faheem Ashraf is the "best bowler" for his 18 wickets.

Ronchi is also the Player of the Match. "Been a brilliant tournament. Guys played brilliant cricket. PSL is rated highly for local talent - even the senior guys do amazing things. You certainly need some luck, but I just need to be clear in my head."

Luke Ronchi, the hero for United this season: "I've just batted with a clear mind. The order is to just go out and bat the way I bat. If it comes off, brilliant. Otherwise, we've got a brilliant batting order. The quality of the local players, particularly the fast bowlers, has been phenomenal in the PSL. They've got a good depth of talent coming through, they should be happy with where they are at the moment. This is my first win for a franchise - a great end to a great tournament."

Both Duminy and Misbah are there for the presentation. "The way the guys performed under pressure was exciting," Duminy says. "Misbah needs to take a lot of credit for leading the team up to the playoffs."

"Pleasing for me the way youngsters have performed," Misbah says. "You only want to give the youngsters the exposure. It's not about personal achievements, all about team winning."

Daren Sammy, Zalmi captain: "Feeling disappointed. We didn't score enough runs. Ronchi made the difference. I said to the guys after the match: 'keep working with your heads held high.' They wrote us off midway through the tournament. We won four knockout games to get to the final. All of them put their heart and soul. Disappointed to have not won today, but I'm proud of the boys."

United players now having a lap of honour around the ground to honour the crowd.

Asif Ali, the man who changed the course of the game in three balls: "Six-hitting comes naturally to me. The coaches have also encouraged me to play that way.. I've also won a number of games for Faisalabad playing this way, and playing under pressure gives me enjoyment."

Here's Samit Patel, who applied the brakes on the Zalmi innings tonight: "Feels great, what a great crowd tonight. Challenge to bowl up top, and we've won... Asif did a great job there with three sixes"

7.05pm United had a week off in the lead-up to this game, but they didn't let that to their disadvantage. Massive celebrations in the United dugout, who've had heroic performances throughout from the likes of Luke Ronchi and Faheem Ashraf. Ronchi gave them a flying start, and despite those jitters, they were home with three overs to spare without both Misbah and Hales.

What a treat to this crowd, which has seen some high-profile cricket at the ground after ages. A memorable return of the game to a great city. Massive kudos to everyone who's turned up at the National Stadium and supported the players and the teams.

And the wait continues...

Faheem is in

Just 22 needed from 30 balls now.

Asif Ali having some problem, but not sure what's going on there. But we're back now

Conference between Umaid, Wahab and Sammy now. They feel they are in the game