Virender Sehwag's marauding 319 in the Chennai Test has made a lasting impression on the South Africans. It came as no surprise when their coach Mickey Arthur said the visitors will pepper the Delhi Dasher with short-pitched balls to counter his aggressive ways.

Arthur said here on Tuesday that the South Africans had analysed Sehwag's innings in detail to spot loopholes in the Indian opener's game.

"We had a look at Sehwag's fantastic innings. He cuts the ball very well, but we saw he played his first pull shot only after scoring 312," Arthur said.

"So we are planning to target him with short balls on his body, cramp him for space and see how he takes it," he detailed on the strategy to be adopted for the second Test.

Arthur, however, insisted that his side was under no pressure after the opening Test, and they still have players who can come up with match-winning performances. "We have probably taken more positives from the first Test," he said.

"The top order has performed and we have bowlers who can take 20 wickets. We have played a lot in the sub-continent, we have kept the same top six in the batting order and we are comfortable playing spin bowling," he added.

Balanced attack

"We have a very balanced attack including a very good spinner in Paul Harris, who is probably a very underrated bowler," Arthur said.

The affable South African hoped that Motera pitch will offer more assistance to his quick bowlers unlike in Chennai where both the teams had garnered a whopping 1498 runs, at the expense of 25 wickets.

"We will have to wait and watch for the first ball to be bowled on how the wicket is," he said. "At the moment it looks good with some grass on it. Hopefully, the pitch will help the seamers,” he signed off.