"I could have net sessions where I could do my wicketkeeping, batting and bowling for fitness," he said.

"One thing I have never done, whether it was cricket in Ranchi or school, is to sit and think about what I have done. May be you reflect on what you need to do to improve but as a cricketer, you need to stick to the basics. You need to have that frame of mind," he added.

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Dhoni said he has always tried to be honest with himself.

"I love cricket, I love sports and that's why you want to turn up in the field everytime. I enjoy the competition against the opponent; always trying to be honest, fair and competitive.

"It's a basic urge (in me), be it in gully cricket, school or anywhere else. Everybody has the same perception about sport and the same it has been for me; be it gully or international cricket," he said.