There is no pressure on me: Sehwag

Adelaide, Jan 23 (IBNS) India dashing opening batsman Virender Sehwag on Monday said that the burden of captaincy will not prompt him to change his aggressive batting style.

"I don´t think so," Sehwag said when asked if he needed to change his risky game for captaincy.

"I think I have to show some patience against their bowling attack, because if I show some patience maybe I will get some balls to hit for boundaries. It is a challenge. It is a great bowling attack which everybody loves to play against ... whenever you do well against Australia, people appreciate it and really praise your performance," he said.

The 33-year-old opener also said that captaining the Adelaide Test is only a one-off thing and he is not eyeing for the top job in Indian cricket.

Sehwag will be leading the side in the absence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who will sit out with a one-match ban for the team´s slow over rate in the Perth Test.

"Right now, no. Right now I am just concentrating on this Test match. And it (captaincy) is not in my hands, it´s the selectors´ job," said Sehwag.

Sehwag there was no added pressure on him as India gear up to play only for pride in the Adelaide Test.

"I don´t think there is any pressure on me when I am doing captaincy. It´s just the responsibility of a senior player to go out there and just concentrate on your batting and perform better, so hopefully I will do well in this game," Sehwag said.

Sehwag said that senior batsmen like Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman do not need any advice on batting.

"I feel bad because we have done well overseas in the last 10 years and certainly in the (past) two (overseas) tours we are not doing well, so we are not living on expectations. But we are working hard. We´re trying hard. We are doing everything that we can. Sometimes it clicks and sometimes (it) doesn´t, this is a part of life, a part of cricket," said Sehwag.