India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday made it clear that his take on how and when to finish a game is different from Gautam Gambhir and each one is entitled to have their own opinion.
Gautam Gambhir, after India's last over victory against Australia in previous game, had said that he prefers not to stretch it till the end and finish atleast a couple of overs earlier.
On Gambhir's viewpoint, Dhoni replied, "I am not in a hurry to finish the game in the 47th or 48th over. I am happy, if I can do it in the 50th over. I don't have the luxury of batsmen behind me. I like to finish the job."
The captain made it clear that it's about "different individuals."
"It's different with individuals. Some like to finish early, take risk and finish it off. It's difficult to play big shots (on big grounds). When you go for it, it really has to pay off. Otherwise, it looks as if this shot wasn't needed at that stage," he explained.
On a lighter note, he said that somebody like Virender Sehwag wouldn't mind finishing off the match in the 35th over.
"If you ask Viru paaji (Virender Sehwag), he would look to finish it off in 35 overs! He believes the ball is there to be hit. So its a difference in perspective. There is nothing wrong between us."
On the issue of Lasith Malinga bowling a delivery less in the 30th over,Dhoni said, "It's done and dusted. We have seen in the past the third umpire interferes (if the over is short). It has happened to us. Three individuals, the two umpires and the third umpire, and the fourth umpire and the match referee, the scorer (it escaped all)."
"But humans do make mistakes. We don't want a controversy. Hopefully it would not happen to us again or to any other side."
