Just like the series, the press conferences had their moments…

•Criticism works like encouragement for me — he came, he lifted the morale in the dressing room and boosted us. Everyday’s a new day and you can’t have low confidence before a match

All’s well that ends well, between Malik and PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf

•The chairman’s entitled to his opinion.

Geoff Lawson’s way of saying that since Ashraf drafted the e-mail and pressed the SEND button, there’s not much to add.

•Even after their ninth batsman got out, we weren’t sure if we’d win. Plus they keep the left-right thing going. It can get difficult

MS Dhoni can take heart from the kind words of his Pakistani counterpart

•I bowled today

Malik answers his critics on whether he shied away from bowling to big teams

•I should’ve come ahead of Suresh Raina

Dhoni admits to the tactical error

•We lost wickets at regular intervals. Even 300-odd runs is an achievable target if you have wickets in hand. We did not get a good start.

Dhoni on batsmen failing to perfrom

•We’re looking for lots of replacements for lots of players

Gary Kirsten, when asked if Gambhir-Sehwag could fill in for Sachin-Sourav

•Don’t make statements. Ask questions

Lawson snaps at self-appointed Pakistan analysts before the final

•If someone’s taken four wickets in one match, doesn’t mean he’ll take four more in the next. That way, someone taking five wickets would keep playing for the rest of his life

Dhoni, on why Praveen Kumar failed against Bangladesh

•The expectations are to beat India by about 150 runs or nine wickets

Lawson joked before the league game, lost by 140 runs, but had the last laugh