In his defense for not getting the team over the line in the opening ODI, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said "his job of a finisher is a gamble and he has to take the blame when he fails".
"Yes when you bat down the order you have to take the blame. When you have finished a lot many games, people remember more about the games you have not finished," said Dhoni after he failed to complete the job in the final over of the chase with India needing 11 runs.
Disappointed at not getting the job done, Dhoni said, "It is a gamble (playing the role of a finisher). Sometimes it pays and sometimes it doesn't. But that is my role in the side. I remember one game England and one against Sri lanka at Rajkot where I couldn't help the team win.
"You have to play the big shots and if the ball is coming on, you can use the pace of the bowlers and get away with it. Also when you are going for big shots, it works either way. Having said that, the shot selection was not great in the final over."
‘Bowling to msd was hard’
South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada, bowling to Dhoni in final over of was the "biggest pressure moment" of his fledgling career and he is glad that he got the better of MSD.
"I have never felt more pressure in the game than today. Simply because of magnitude of the players and level of cricket. The fans, the big game, it was very emotional," he said.