'No reason not to do well against Pak'

Virender Sehwag is confident that Indians would do well against Pakistan in the upcoming series in the light of their fine display last year.

Opening batsman Virender Sehwag is confident that the Indian cricket team would do well against Pakistan in the upcoming Test and one-day series in the light of the squad's fine display in that country last year.

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"We did very well when India visited Pakistan (last year). They are now coming to India and this time we will have the crowd behind us. There's no reason why we should not do well," Sehwag said.

"Obviously it cannot get bigger than this," he said about the forthcoming series against Pakistan.

The Pakistan team is set to land in India in the last week of February to play a series of three Tests and five One-Day Internationals against the hosts. It will be their first visit to the country since 1999.

Sehwag did not sound too concerned about his indifferent form in the limited over format of the game even as he scaled a new individual high for the country by becoming the first Indian to score a triple ton. The flamboyant opener achieved the feat in Pakistan last season.

"It's just a passing phase (his poor form in ODIs)," he said.

Asked about his expected confrontation with Pakistan pace ace Shoaib Akhtar, Sehwag said he had faced all the top bowlers in the world and had got a triple hundred against Pakistan and also two big hundreds against the all-conquering Australia and South Africa.

"There are other bowlers too in the Pakistan team. It's not only about Shoaib," he pointed out.