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Mohammad Nabi: "Yes, it was a big partnership there. Wicket was good and dew was there. We bowled tight lines and lengths and got rewards. Yes, Gurbaz played well and showed his class after a few bad knocks. Tough to bowl yorkers and Farooqi did a really good job there with the wet ball. Yes, so far so good. Hitting is going well and hope to do well in the coming games. So far so good."  

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Player of the Match): "Yes, very happy with the win. Good day for the boys. We all played well. Always loved batting with Ibrahim. Wicket was not easy at start and spent time in the middle to get runs and did well in the end. Yes, they played really well. We started well with the ball. They came back well. Dew came in and the bowlers came back in the end to restrict the batters. So, credit to the bowlers. I feel excited about the  hundred and do better for the country. Always want to perform for my team to the fullest. That is my aim."

Paul Stirling (Ireland Captain)- "I think they are the deserving winners as they played better than us. I don't think that the toss was a factor. The future of our ODI is looking good and we are trying a few players in this series. Harry Tector has been superb with the bat and he has always been a terrific cricketer. I believe that we will turn the tables at the end of the series, forgetting the defeat."

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan Captain): "Yes, first of all happy with my team's performance. I was nervous. They played really well out there and we had to do something special out. Fazal bowled well with the new ball. We knew about the dew and told the boys about it. First 10 overs were important and we bowled well. Fazalhaq bowled really well and bowled the yorkers at the end. Yes, they both are playing well Ibrahim and Gurbaz. They are playing positive cricket and doing well for the team. Hope they carry that on in the future as well and do well for our team. Thank You,"  

So that curtains down our coverage from the first ODI of the three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Ireland. For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on the behalf of my co-commentators Ayan Chatterjee and Sidharth Gulati and our scorer/analyst Zeeshan Naiyer. Good night.