Wahab Riaz is a left-arm fast bowler who has played 47 One-Day Internationals, seven T20 Internationals and eight Tests for Pakistan. One of the key bowers for his country, there have been doubts over his fitness ahead of the ICC World Cup 2015. Criclife correspondentGaurav Joshi caught by with Riaz to get first-hand information. Excerpts from an interview: Criclife (CL): How is your injury? Are you fully fit for the World Cup?Wahab Riaz (CL): Who said I’m injured? CL: You didn’t play in New Zealand last week?WR: I didn’t play in New Zealand, but that doesn’t mean I’m not full fit now. I’ve been at practice session and bowling. I’m right for the World Cup. CL: Is their extra pressure in the camp with niggling injuries, in the sense that if a player can’t overcome them quick enough they may be pushed and to make way for Saeed Ajmal, given he is cleared to bowl now?WR: No, I don’t believe there is anything like that. In terms of Ajmal’s inclusion, that is up to the team management. It is not related to us and we don’t know anything about it. CL: Two New balls in the tournaments. How is that going to affect your bowling?WR: Obviously, it won’t be the same. But the wickets in Australia are hard so it they provide you with an advantage. Later on, even with two new balls the ball can reverse at the very end of the innings. CL: In the 2011 World Cup India-Pakistan match, you got five wickets. How is it like playing in a such huge match?WR: The game in Mohali was one of the best games of my career. It was also a real morale-boosting game for me. If I get a chance to play against India again, I will try my level best to emulate my bowling from that 2011 World Cup semi-final. CL: The Indian batsmen not in great form and have not won a match in Australia on this tour. Can Pakistan exploit on that ahead of the opening match?WR: I guess it’s a good thing for us with India not batting the best in Australian conditions so far. Obviously, we will try our level best to take advantage of these conditions and put Indian batsmen under pressure by taking early wickets. CL: How is it like having Waqar Younis as the team coach, given the fact that he has so much experience?WR: It is a great help, he has so much experience. It is wonderful to have someone of his stature as coach. He has shared his experiences with us, we have learnt a lot of things from him, so it really good for bowlers to have him around with us as a coach. (Gaurav Joshiis an Indian-born Australian who played with Michael Clarke in his junior days. He coaches and reports for a Sydney radio station. Over the years he has freelanced for Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and is a regular on ABC cricket show Cow Corner. He is the author of the book “Teen Thunder Down Under” – The inside story of India’s 2012 U19 World Cup Triumph)