Ahead of the commencement of Season 2 of the WPL on Friday, Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia answered questions about her favorite cricket player, her friend who wakes up at three in the morning, and the hardest bowler she has ever batted against in a fast-paced Q&A session called “Q20s” on JioCinema. She was willing to respond to a lot more inquiries. Take-outs:
1. What three words best sum up who you are?
Beautiful, enchanting, and fierce
2. Who is your friend at three in the morning?
Mommy
3. Your cricketing hero while growing up:
Smriti Mandhana and Adam Gilchrist
4. In one word, describe T20 cricket:
thrilling
5. Who is the best player in women’s Twenty20 cricket?
Meg Lanning
6. Your best Twenty20 match:
The 42 (32 balls) that I scored in the WPL Season 1 matchup versus the Delhi Capitals
7. Your preferred shot:
Drive-by cover
8. The hardest bowler you have encountered:
Kim Garth, with whom I played in both the Australian series and the first season of the WPL
9. One pre-match superstition you adhere to:
Not at all like superstitions
10 Things you do to decompress following a demanding cricket match:
Chat with my family at home while watching movies on my iPad or television.
11. Highest point in your cricketing career:
Winning the WPL and the Emerging Player award
12. My favorite indulgence dish is brownies with ice cream.
13. You enjoy playing table tennis, badminton, and tennis in addition to cricket.
14. A non-cricketing skill you’d like to become proficient in:
figuring out what others are thinking
15. A competitor from a different sport that you admire:
The late, great basketball player Kobe Bryant
16. If you could travel anywhere with Doraemon’s Door, it would be your dream superpower.
17. The Dr. DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai is my favorite place to watch cricket.
18. What would you have been if you weren’t a cricket player?
A player of badminton
19: Would you rather take on a mystery spinner or a quick bowler?
quick bowler
20. If you could go back in time to when you were 16 years old:
If you perform well today, everything will be arranged.
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