Captain Anil Kumble insists India's ageing middle-order is under no additional pressure ahead of the Border-Gavaskar series with Australia.
Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman each performed poorly by their lofty standards as India lost the Test series to Sri Lanka 2-1 last month.
Ganguly was subsequently dropped from the Rest of India side for the Irani Trophy, the traditional season opener against the Ranji Trophy champions, leaving him with a very slender chance of making the Test team.
There have been calls for Dravid, Laxman and Kumble himself to be axed, but the captain said his players were used to the pressure.
"When we look around in the dressing room, there is no pressure on any individual," Kumble told the Mumbai Mirror.
"These are experienced players we are talking about and they have had pressure to perform throughout their career and they have handled it wonderfully well."
Kumble backed his team-mates to put the loss in Sri Lanka behind them and believes the famed middle-order quartet will bounce back against Australia.
"The Sri Lanka series is over and these guys are now looking forward to settling scores with Australia," he added.
"Whenever we've won at home it's the batsmen who have scored the runs and that's the key."
The leg-spinner asserted that spin would also play a vital role.
"As usual, the spinners will play an important role as we are playing in India," he said.
"Spin is our strength and no matter what the surface, our spinners have certainly performed and we expect the same."
"We are concentrating on our strengths and we would play to our strength."
Kumble hopes victory in the first Test, which begins on October 9, can provide momentum for the remainder of the series.
"Any home side is expected to win, no matter what the opposition and we would like to take that as a confidence booster," said Kumble.
"In any series the first match is very important to get the momentum and the upper hand, and we are hoping to grab that in this series."