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Kolkata, 8 March<\/strong>\u0964 India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni who made short work of Bangladesh with a flurry of big hits in the final of the Asia Cup on Tuesday asserted he would continue to play the role of a finisher in the upcoming World Twenty20 cricket tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I always feel good when it comes to batting, something that is very important is a decent opportunity to bat. Looking at the composition of the team, 90 percent of the time I will be playing the same kind of role that I played in the Asia Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I will get to play 20-25 deliveries unless I promote myself, but more often than not I will have to prepare myself for that. So that will be my role and responsibility more often than not. I feel good about that and ready for it," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After india's triumph at the Asia Cup, Virat Kohli described Dhoni as the "best finisher in the world".<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dhoni also harped on the need for the team to be flexible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Everybody in the team knows about their respective role and responsibility, and when you have that adaptability factor, it helps the team in adapting to a particular situation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"This adaptability is required in the team and we have players who played for long to have that kind of exposure," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Asked if Kohli could be his successor as a finisher, Dhoni said the job was more applicable to a lower order batsman rather than Kohli who bats at the top of the order.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"For me a finisher is a lower order batsman, but it is always good to have somebody like a Virat coming in at number three and he often sets the game for the others," the iconic wicketkeeper said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's for the lower middle order to finish a game, Virat is a fantastic player but the term finisher should be used for a batsman playing at number 5, 6 or 7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The job profile of a finisher is different, one needs to think twice before hitting a big shot because there are not many batsmen left.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"It's a complex job to say who is a finisher but if we have three Virat Kohlis, playing as the top three, one will definitely end up finishing the game," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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