zaheer khan is not your quintessential talker at least not with the media however this time around he was more comfortable than he was when we had interviewed him and sagarika ghatge a few days before their marriage in november 2017 zaheer now an integral part of ipls mumbai team seems more relaxed and at ease as debate and discussion over the recentlyannounced indias squad for world cup 2019 continues the former pace bowler spoke to bt about a range of cricketing and offfield topics some controversial some crucial be it indias chances at the upcoming cricket world cup wc rishabh pant vs dinesh karthik virat kohlis comparison to sachin tendulkar the debate around team india donning the camouflage caps and more read on indias 2011 wc campaign was all about winning it for sachin will the upcoming wc be about bringing the trophy home for ms dhoni this could be his last world cup absolutely why not world cup is always special the tournament happens once in four years we had won it under dhoni in 2011 so it will motivate him to contribute on that level and he has been doing it he has been a great support to virat kohli dhoni is the senior most player on the indian side so yes others can take inspiration to do it for him i am sure the team is working towards itdhonis calm demeanour is intriguing while virats aggressive personality is quite a contrast isnt it dhonis mantra is to keep calm and keep apney kaam se kaam he tackles pressure so well calmness has been his strength he makes winning look so effortless and easy which it isnt he has been a great ambassador of the sport yes dhoni and virat have totally different personalities virat is expressive and dhoni is not but they both are good at understanding situations virat leads from the front ms is observant and smart he will have his strategies in place and work towards that you can have different personalities and yet achieve the same result the selectors were torn between rishabh pant and dinesh karthik for the wc who would have been your choice and why i would pick pant you look at the stack up of overs when it comes to batting if you look at our statistics when we havent had a good start you need to gauge the power of dinesh or pant at number four and five pant has that x factor when it comes to power he has the ability to accelerate the run rate i completely respect the contribution of dinesh as well even hes been consistent and good with finishing the job at times you do feel its unfair for the other player but you only have 15 spots to fill for the wc and its a good sign youd much rather be in this scenario where you are spoilt for choices such is the strength of the indian team we can safely