Vinay Kumar, who is expected to replace Ricky Ponting's nemesis Ishant Sharma if he is unfit, is not worried about the pressure of playing in the Boxing Day Test.
Kumar will bowl to David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja and Ed Cowan in the Chairman's XI match and is likely to be on standby to make his Test debut if Sharma is unable to play on Boxing Day.
There are rumours Sharma's troublesome left ankle is requiring cortisone injections and could be so serious he will be sent home early.
"I don't think there's pressure for me, my job is to go out there and play to my strengths," said Kumar, who cites the spectacular debut of South Africa's Vernon Philander as inspiration.
"I'm bowling around 135km/h consistently and this is more than enough in these conditions to get extra bounce and at that speed if you can swing the ball, any batsman will find it difficult to play," The Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.
The good news for India's bowling arsenal is veteran Zaheer Khan was working up to a good pace in the nets on Sunday.
Zaheer, 33, has been hampered by hamstring and ankle complaints and has never completed a Test series on Australian soil.
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