Do you keep count of your Twitter followers?
Not really. I know I have some 20K followers on Instagram, though.
What do you like most about living in Gujranwala?
It's known as the city of wrestlers, and I find it quite interesting that people here keep eating all the time. Matlab kuch ho ya na ho, bas khatein rahte hain [I mean, whatever happens, they just eat all the time].
What Pakistani delicacies would you recommend to a visitor?
Mutton Kadhai and other mutton-related dishes. My personal favourite, though, is very Punjabi: rajma chawal.
What variations do have in your offspin bowling?
I change my angle a fair bit. There's the slower one, the doosra and a few others.
Do you like bowling more than batting?
It's the other way round actually. I've always been in the top rankings for the bowlers, but I enjoy batting a lot.
What's your favourite shot?
The sweep.
You seem a lot fitter than you were about ten months ago. What work have you done on your fitness?
Two months after returning home from the Sri Lanka tour [in March this year], I realised I had put on about 6.5kgs. I did a lot of cardio, core work, focused on my diet and shed six kilos in a week. Some of my team-mates were surprised. I have been taking care of my fitness since then.
If you could go back in time and face any bowler - male or female - from history in their prime, who would it be?
I had a dream of batting against Saeed Ajmal and bowling to Afridi.
Is there a retired Pakistan women's cricketer you miss in the dressing room?
Asmavia [Iqbal]. Although [Syeda] Nain [Abidi] hasn't retired, since she's not part of our World T20 side, I think we miss her presence in the dressing room.
Who is the most superstitious player in the Pakistan team?
No one
Javeria Khan or Bismah Maroof - who is the stricter captain?
Neither (laughs). Their style of batting and captaincy is quite similar - calm and focused - and they emphasise more on the process than the result.
Tell us something about Sana Mir we might not know yet.
She is quite jolly in the dressing room, jokes around with the youngsters, and is always willing to help others both on the field and off the field.
What has working with a New Zealander in coach Mark Coles been like?
He's very cool. He keeps us together as a team, inspires us to help one another, and no matter what the result, what the state of a training session, he makes us focus on the positive side of things.
There were a few young players in the Indian side you played against in Georgetown. Whom where you most impressed with? Jemimah [Rodrigues] is a zabardast [great] find for India. Very good batsman. I rate Deepti Sharma very highly - a great allrounder, she is.
What was the best phase of play in the maiden T20I half-century you scored in that match?
When Bismah and I were building the partnership, we kept swapping roles every now and then. When she was going for boundaries, I was pinching singles and vice-versa.
Which of the World T20 campaigns has been the most memorable for you?
The one in which we defeated India for the first time [in 2012]. We won by one run, and I took three wickets in that game.
What's the best thing about playing cricket?
Your lifestyle changes completely. If I can describe it in Punjabi, I would say cricket khelne se aap insaan ke puttar ban jaate ho [Cricket turns you into a human being]. It instils discipline in you.
If we gave you six balls to bowl at one stump, how many times would you hit?
Umeed acchhi rakhni chahiye life mein [You should always be optimistic in life], so I will say six times, but realistically, maybe only three.
