Anointed as India's number four in the ODI format with the World Cup in mind, Ambati Rayudu yesterday said the responsibility does not pressurise him at all, as he preferred to stay in the present. India and West Indies are locked in a five-match ODI series, with the home team leading 1-0 on the eve of the second match here. "Not really," Rayudu said when asked if he is feeling any pressure three days after skipper Virat Kohli backed him for a position for which the team management has tried as many as seven batsmen since the tour of Sri Lanka in 2017.

Rayudu, 33, began his first-class career way back in 2001-02 but had to wait till 2013 to make his international debut, against Zimbabwe, aged 28. The Hyderabad batsman added, "To be very honest, I am just focused on this series at the moment and not really thinking too far ahead. "I don't think it is new for me as I have been batting in the middle-order for long. There is nothing new that they have asked me to do."