"My message to cricket fans is that they should trust us. We are good players and we would fight back," Sehwag said ahead of the fourth cricket One-dayer against South Africa on Wednesday.
"I think he is a good coach. Under his coaching, our batsmen have improved a lot. He attends to technical issues and gives us good insight."
"That's not right. A coach doesn't perform in the middle. The boys do. Coach and captain get credit whenever the team wins but it is the bunch of eleven players who set up the victory. Similarly in moments of defeat, a coach and a captain shouldn't be blamed."
Sehwag said the problems for the team could be solved if the players batted out 50 overs and raised a reasonable total on the board.
"We have to bat well, bat for 50 overs. The batsmen who are set need to carry on."
Laxman's arrival in a way is a complete letdown for coach Greg Chappell's philosophy of looking to find younger and fitter players to shape India's one-day line-up in years to come.
"But yes players do get upset when they are told by families back home about the reaction. However, we need to take it in stride as we are professional sportsmen and these things do happen."
Teams (from):
India: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag (capt), Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, Dinesh Kaarthick, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, S Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan
South Africa: Graeme Smith, Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Charles Langeveldt, Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp and Ashwell Prince.
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Howell (RSA)
Third umpire: Brian Jerling (RSA)
Match referee: Chris Broad (Eng)
Hours of play (IST): 6.00 p.m till 9.30 p.m and 10.10 p.m. till close of play.
India will fight back, promises Sehwag
