The beleaguered Virender Sehwag [ Images ] believes additional responsibility of leading the Indian team would not come in the way of his prime objective of regaining his form, which he said was just a matter of spending some time at the crease.

"It's a matter of one innings. I have to be there for an hour. I got good starts in Faridabad and Delhi [ Images ]. Now I need to convert good starts into big scores and then I will regain my confidence," Sehwag said on the eve of the fifth one-dayer against England [ Images ] in Guwahati on Saturday.

"Captaincy is not a burden for me. I am absolutely clear in my mind that I have to perform as a player, regardless of whether I am captain or not," the stand-in captain said.

The Nawab of Najafgarh followed up his miserable aggregate of 95 runs in the Test series with a pathetic 73 in the four ODIs against Andrew Flintoff's [ Images ] team, prompting questions to be raised about his place in the team.

Sehwag said with the series already decided, the Indians would prefer to rest a couple of players and give opportunity to some young guns in the side.

However, he said the final XI would be decided in a team meeting later in the evening and made public only on the morning of the match.

He also hinted that young middle order bat Venugopal Rao [ Images ] might take the field tomorrow.

"Venugopal Rao has been in the side before Robin Uthappa [ Images ] and he should be given a chance first," he said.

"Everybody will get an equal opportunity in the coming matches. But at the same time I want to stress that our primary aim is to win the remaining matches," he said.

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After having taken a decisive 4-0 lead, the Indians were now keeping themselves motivated for the last three matches by taking it as a new series, Sehwag said. "We have divided the series into two. For us, the last three matches constitute a fresh series. And we have to win at least two." Asked about the dismal form of Mohammad Kaif, Sehwag said, "He has performed very well earlier and fashioned many a win. And just because he has not been among runs in the last few matches, you cannot drop him.

"He is a good fielder as well. And we also do not want to change a winning combination. Even Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] has had his poor run of forms," Sehwag said, springing to Kaif's defence.

Sehwag disagreed with a suggestion that England's pathetic show in the one-dayers could be due to the heat and humidity.