NAGPUR:
Virender Sehwag gives sleepless nights to bowlers around the world, and the South Africans are no exception.
Memories of his breathtaking triple hundred in the first Test in Chennai, when the Proteas last toured India in 2008, are still fresh in the minds of the visitors.
That he smashed 293 against Sri Lanka last month is enough to suggest Sehwag's hunger to score big hundreds hasn't diminished one bit.
Here is what the men entrusted with the arduous task of bowling to the maverick opener say about him....
Dale Styen: I don't think you can ever try and contain somebody like Sehwag. Our plan is just to not let him get going. We've been in situations where we've got him out for naught and we've been in situations where we got him out for 300. So we obviously plan for the best and plan for the worst and then hope for the best.
Paul Harris: If you have fielders on the boundary and he hits over them there's nothing much you can do. I'll set a good field to him. If he manages to go over my fielders, I will shake his hand and say well batted. If he doesn't do that well, we will catch him. I hope I don't have to bowl to him.
Morne Morkel: He played out of his boots in Chennai (on their last tour). Once he gets in, he dominates the attack.
Wayne Parnell: I'm very relaxed. I've watched play back home. He is a very good cricketer. On his day, he's explosive.
Johan Botha: Sehwag is one of the most dangerous batsman to bowl at. All the Indian players play spinners quite well and it will be tough series for the bowlers. Variation will be the key. Since I am not bowling my doosra, there is added pressure on me to deliver.