People can say what they want: Sehwag

He has a simple philosophy and come what may, he lives by it.


Little wonder then, he did not read much into Aussie pacer Mitchell Johnson's view of him being vulnerable to short-pitched bowling early on in his innings.

"Before the start of a series, everyone talks about such things," Sehwag told MiD DAY on the sidelines of the Indian team's practice session in Mohali yesterday.

"Let people say what they want. I don't have a problem. Everything will be clear once the series starts. I really don't think much about all this," said Sehwag.

In what has now become a tradition with visiting Australian teams, left-arm pacer Johnson targeted Sehwag since the opener will have a huge say in the two-Test series which kicks off at Mohali on October 1.

"Last time when we were over here, he came out and hit good balls for four or six. You look up at the scoreboard and he's almost 50. Sehwag is someone we can bowl a lot of short balls to. I don't think he's too confident with the short ball early," said Johnson.

But that surely does not guarantee success against Sehwag considering that over the years, he has always proved his detractors wrong. Before his first tour to Australia in 2003-04, pundits felt his lack of technique will be thoroughly exposed, but Sehwag scored 464 runs in four Tests at 58.00.

On the opening day of the third Test, he scored 195 to light up the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Sehwag has been a thorn for Australia. In 14 games against them, the dasher has scored 1400 runs at 51.85 with three hundreds. Meanwhile, Johnson has had a huge impact ever since his debut three years ago. The tall pacer has 29 wickets from eight Tests against India and has dismissed Sehwag thrice.

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