'I am confident of making good scores' - Sehwag

Back with a bang: Virender Sehwag has promised to live upto expectations in the new year © Getty Images

Virender Sehwag has said he will adopt a new approach to his game in the coming year, beginning with the Test and one-day international series in Pakistan in January.

Admitting that he had not performed to potential recently - specifically in the shorter version of the game - Sehwag said he was eager to put his poor form behind him. "I know I have not played up the expectations, especially in the one-day games," he told PTI. "I have been able to score 20s and 30s but could not convert them into big innings. But I believe this is a thing of the past. In the new year, people will see a new Sehwag with a new technique and I am confident of making good scores."

Sehwag was keen to point out that it was at the top of the order where he would continue to bat. "I have played better than many players who have opened for India in the recent past," he said. "Many batsmen such as VVS Laxman, Hemang Badani, SS Das, Aakash Chopra, Wasim Jaffer and Sanjay Bangar also opened with me but I think they were not so successful. I made my debut as an opening batsman in 2002 and since then I have made nine centuries whereas playing in the middle order, I have made one century. By any standards, I think it's a good performance."

Sehwag also maintained that every batsman suffered a slump in form, and that his bad patch would pass. "There comes a time when a batsman is out of form and everybody from Sachin to Rahul Dravid to Sourav Ganguly to Laxman - all of them have gone through it."