Amid the furore over holding IPl matches in drought-hit Maharashtra, India's limited over skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday said shifting matches will not resolve the perennial crisis as it requires a "long-term" solution.
"If you see, all these questions are good to hear, I think for us it's more important to seek long-term solutions," said Dhoni when asked about his views about the prevailing drought in Maharashtra.
"Whether IPl's match number 5, 6 or 7 happens or not, I don't think it makes much of a difference," said Dhoni at the media conference where he was announced as brand ambassador of mobile handset lava.
"But we have to look at a long-term solution... How we ensure water is sent to those areas where there is water shortage.
"From what I have seen on TV quite a few dams are there, where only one or two per cent water is left. So we have to look at a long-term solution," Dhoni said.
"I think people talking about whether matches should happen or not, it's more momentarily driven than anything else. I think what's important for us as a county is to see what the long-term solution is and we have to move in that direction," said Dhoni.