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The match officials receive their token of appreciation from the presentation party.

Sediqullah Atal (Player of the Tournament): "First of all, I am very thankful to mighty Allah for what our team did. This is a very good year for me, I scored a lot of runs in T20Is and I hope to get even more in the upcoming ODIs. Our coaches always teach us to assess the conditions and today the wicket was slow and turning, so I told myself I need to spend time and bat till the end to win the match. I just waited for the loose deliveries, it was not easy to hit every ball like other matches. I had clarity about strike rotation and shifting gears in the end. [Atal congratulates his countrymen in his own language]."

Sri Lanka A team players are coming one by one for collecting the runners up medal.

Nuwanidu Fernando (Sri Lanka A Captain): "Firstly, I want to congratulate the Afghanistan A side. We made a bad powerplay, that's why we lost the game. After the powerplay, we thought 130-140 would be a great score. Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, and Nimesh Vimukthi batted really well and they bailed us out." I want to thank all the Sri Lankans for the unwavering support."

The Afghan players collect their well deserved winner's medals!

Darwish Rasooli (Afghanistan Captain): "Congratulations to the nation and everyone, it means a lot, we worked very hard and prepared very well to do something special in this tournament. When Sri Lanka won the toss, and it was what we wanted to do, it was our first game here and we wanted to bowl and restrict them to a below par total. Finals are always high pressure games, but as a team we knew we needed Sediq and the message was for him to stay till the end and we won the match. Thank you very much."

The Afghanistan A team hoist up the trophy and the celebrations can now begin! A historic moment, they have beaten India A and Sri Lanka A enroute to this victory! That's it from the ACC Emerging Teams Cup 2024! This is Anirudh Modi, signing off along with my co-commentator Saptak Sanyal, and our scorer/analyst Raju Khariya! See you on the next one!