So how has your first season as a Surrey cricketer been so far? Fantastic. Loving every moment of it. It's been great. Working damn, damn hard. Really loving the boys, the management, the ground, the people that work at the ground. Walking into work with a smile on my face.
Are Surrey trying to reassemble the 2001 Headingley Ashes Test team? They've got you, Ramps and Butch now. Any chance we'll see Allan Mullally next? It's great actually. I've known Mark Butch and Mark Ramp for quite a long time. There's a group of senior cricketers here who are fantastic. Saqlain Mushtaq, Jimmy Ormond, Matt Nicholson; it's a quality squad. To be around people like that and work on your skills you pick up so much. There's a good banter too.
Are you going to get to do any bowling here? You've got some quality spinners. I hope so. This winter has been all about working hard on my fielding and my bowling. Hopefully, I can contribute with four or five overs in one day games, maybe ten or twelve a day in a four-day game.
Small Talk notices that Yuvraj Singh has just done a similar job in a Test Match for India. Yeah, well I'm better than him. [Laughs to indicate joke]
Obviously. So what's your favourite CD at the moment?
Actually, it's a CD of songs from my missus' film. She's a Bollywood actress and she's just finished a Hindi film.
Ah yes. The very talented Amrita Arora. How are things going for her right now? Really, really well. In fact, it's the only thing most people ask me about.
Do you know lots of famous Bollywood players then?
[Cagily] Well, I suppose so. My missus and her family are all in that industry so I suppose through her you get to meet certain people.
If you're walking down the street together are people only interested in her? Yeah, well she's a good looking girl. If they were interested in me I'd be a bit surprised.
What's your favourite film? Scarface. Always has been. I could watch it over and over again.
What's your best Scarface line? "You know what I'm taking about, you ******* cockroach." And then he starts shooting. It's just the way he does it, it's absolutely amazing.
And your favourite actor? It's an obvious one, but Pacino or Robert De Niro. I think they're two of the greats. Brilliant.
What's your favourite website? Er… Um.
Guardian.co.uk sport? Yeah. It could be up there. I've never been to it. But it could be the one. I don't really have one. I'm not really computer savvy to be honest.
All right. Favourite magazine? Got to be Hello! or OK! I guess. Because my missus reads them.
Are you ever in them? In India, yeah, sometimes. We do quite a lot of shoots for them.
What's your favourite chocolate bar? KitKat right now. Classic. Something with a bit of wafer in it. The Ferrero Rocher aren't bad too. Soft, but it's also crunchy. It's got everything.
Have you ever walked into a room with a gold pyramid of Ferrero Rocher on a tray? No. Maybe I should have done that today. It might have livened the place up.
Who are your best mates in cricket? Luckily, I've got quite a few. Vikram Solanki. He's a top mate. Also Owais Shah. I get on really well with Ramps. And I've also got a lot of respect for Mark Butch as a cricketer and as a person. When I was playing international cricket Ramprakash and Butcher were the two guys I could go and sit with and have a little chat with. It was important, because they were such superb human beings. It's great that today we're sharing the same dressing room again.
I saw Owais has said he might like to play Twenty20 in India. Would you be up for that? Well, there is an opportunity there. But the laws have got be right. The ECB has got to say it's OK.
Yeah, but forget all that stuff. If it's allowed would you do it? Of course. Cricket's getting bigger and bigger. When Twenty20 came in people said it wasn't cricket. But now it's all packed houses. It's fun. And India is the Mecca of cricket.
Who should be mayor of London? Ken or Boris? To be honest it doesn't really bother me. It could be Moris or Ben. It could be you or me.
So what's going to happen to you this season? A thousand runs in quick time and back in the England team? Well, that would be fantastic obviously. But it's not all about me. Obviously as a cricketer you have ambitions to play international cricket, which I do. But for me it's about contributing and helping to win games for Surrey. I want to contribute in good areas for the club. We should win competitions because we're a damn good squad.
Who's going to have a good season here? Well, everyone's pretty pumped up. Aside form the main players like Butch and Ramps, you've got to look at Murtaza Hussain, Jimmy [Ormond] is back and fit and working very hard. Scotty Newman too. Chris Jordan is a fantastic young cricketer. I think he's one of the best young players I've ever seen.
Is he nippy in the nets? He's got good pace. More than that, he's got a good cricketing brain. You might face bowlers who are quicker but for a young man he's got a great brain. I think he'll go far.
More silly questions now. You've only asked me silly questions.
OK. What's your dream car? My dream car was a BMW 6 Series. I fulfilled my dream. But then I sold it when I moved to London.
Favourite TV programme? Comedy. It's got to be Only Fools And Horses. You've got to love your only Fools And Horses. Might as well leave the country otherwise.
Del Boy falling through the bar? Is that really funny? How classic was that? It's seriously good comedy.
Of course, we're in the heart of Del Boy country around here at the Oval. Is that why you've come dressed like him then?
Yes, Small Talk has got the yellow van out the front too.