MS Dhoni should continue batting at No. 4: Sourav Ganguly

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly insisted on Thursday that Mahendra Singh Dhoni should stick to batting at no. 4 which will enable him and Virat Kohli to play the finishers’ role.

“Let him play at number four. He will finish from there. Finisher does not mean he has to bat from the 40th over. Virat (Kohli) bats at three and he is finishing games.

“It’s a wrong concept that a finisher has to come lower down the order. Dhoni got India over the ropes in the other match batting at four,” Ganguly said on the sidelines of an event here on Thursday.

New Zealand defeated India by 19 runs while defending 260 in Ranchi on Wednesday, in a match India’s premier batsman got out for 45.

Ganguly, however, said India were not relying too much on Kohli.

“He (Virat Kohli) is an excellent player, but I don’t think the team is becoming too dependent on him. New Zealand are a good side. They will win some matches also,” he said.