Mohammad Amir: 'Saeed Ajmal is a brilliant cook'
The Pakistan fast bowler on eating to stay fit, introducing team-mates to Pakistani cuisine, and the best cricketer-chef he knows
I love Turkish food. I can eat that every day. It's grilled food, it's healthy and it's good recovery food. I like the mixed grills the most.
No way, I can't make anything! I'm too lazy in this, I can't even make tea.
Some of the players are very good. I remember playing the T20 World Cup in West Indies in 2010. Saeed Ajmal was a very good cook. He made dal and I can't remember what else, but it was beautiful. Very tasty. We were struggling to find halal food, but the hotel let us make our own food and Saeed bhai was brilliant in that.
I love Turkish and Lebanese food and mostly eat that when I come to Dubai. There's no fat, so I can get carbs and proteins. Somewhere like the BPL, I'll go with white rice and dal makhni. I like that in Bangladesh, but mostly I'll eat vegetarian food in Bangladesh. When I'm back in Pakistan, my wife is a good cook so I can eat pasta, mashed potatoes with chicken steak...
Dubai and London. In London you can get any kind of food so I love going there. Dubai is similar; you can find anything. The most difficult country is the West Indies as it's difficult to find halal food.
Most of the players know about biryani and mutton karahi. Chadwick Walton has been playing for Karachi Kings and he loves Pakistani food. He eats everything in Pakistan!
I do like mutton karahi, but you have to make sacrifices and that's one [to go]. I could eat ice-cream every day but I can't. I love ice-cream. Chocolate flavour.
I can eat McDonald's once in the week, because my daughter loves McDonald's and I have to eat with her. I get the Filet-O-Fish.
My protein shakes and electrolytes. I have to have them in my bag.
Biryani. But only if my wife is cooking for me. She's a good cook and she makes a very good biryani.
Club sandwich. With white bread, not brown.