In an interview to The Indian Express, Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif had once claimed that if there was any Indian batsman he and his team mates felt most comfortable bowling to, it was Sehwag. “He just doesn’t move his legs,” Asif had said.

With or without moving his legs, Sehwag has managed close to 400 runs in his last nine matches against Pakistan. In the Asia Cup here and in the Bangladesh tri-series before that, Sehwag has batted at a strike-rate of more than 100 in all his matches — knocks that included a century, two half centuries and scores of 49, 42 and 36.

MS Dhoni, the Indian captain, is obviously a happy man. “When you have your opener batting the way Sehwag is at the moment, life gets a lot easier.” So will he talk about his batting now? Gautam Gambhir, a friend, team mate and opening partner — in domestic and now international cricket — has interesting advice. “Try talking to him about anything but cricket,” he says with a cheeky smile.

The kind of form he is in, it’s more fun watching his bat do the talking anyway.