Melbourne, Dec 23: Young Australian pacer James Pattinson, who made an impressive debut against New Zealand earlier this month, is confident of bowling to the Indian batting line-up comprising of legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

"You respect them for who they are what they have done, but come game day you can't be intimidated; you've got to be intimidating," the 21-year-old was quoted as saying.

"Even though I've only played two Tests, I think I can do that. I can come with aggression, the same as Sids [teammate Peter Siddle], and we can lead the attack. It was great to get some performances in my first two Tests to sort of get them thinking about me as well as Sids," said the youngster, already credited with two five-wicket hauls.

Speaking about bowling to the famed Indian batting line-up he added, "It's going to be a pretty big challenge [but] you know they're starting to get a bit older now, so I might hopefully have them at the right time."

Discussing his strategy against the visitors, he said, "Pitching it up and swinging the ball in the right areas is pretty good especially with their batting line-up; they've got a lot of right-handers so you're going to have to bowl that way."

The bouncer has long been considered the weakness of Indian batsmen, proved amply in the series in England earlier this year. But Pattinson thinks one cannot rely just on that. "You say they don't like the bouncer but a lot of people could take that the wrong way and bowl them all the time; it's [about] bowling your bouncer at the right time and it has to be a good one."

The bowler has already consulted England bowling coach David Saker, a fellow Victorian, with regard to tackling the Indian batsmen.

"I have spoken to David Saker quite a bit because they had some good success against India over in England, so I spoke to him [about] a few of their plans. Again, you have to back yourself, keep it as simple as you can and do what got me to where I am now, as well as a bit of research into methods to get them out. I am 100 percent confident I can do the job and the bowlers can do the job," he said.

"You watched them [Indian batsmen] in England and you felt that [signs of decline] at times. But they went back to India and they've played some good cricket. It's going to be different conditions for them and no doubt they are going to have the England series at the back of their mind as well. They will still be hard to bowl to," he conceded.