New Delhi (PTI): Sourav Ganguly is considered as one of the weak links in Team India fielding, but in former captain's dictionary being fit does not mean running hard and having a tone-up body.

For the former captain, cricketing fitness is much different from general fitness, and cricketers do not need that level of fitness commonly understood in general parlance.

"Fitness is a relative term. I mean to say that it does not necessarily mean that one who runs hard and lifts weights is fit. Cricketing fitness is different. So if you can perform means you are fit," he said.

Ganguly described India ODI captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni taking a sabbatical from cricket for a while a right decision considering his multiple responsibility.

"It's a personal decision taken by Dhoni. I have no right to make any opinion on this. But obviously he is a bit busy in the game because he is a batsman as well as a wicket-keeper and of course the captain. He has to play multiple roles in the team. So a huge responsibility rests on his shoulders. Hence he is right to take care of his body," he told Sahara Samay.

The southpaw from Kolkata attributed his strong self-belief as reason behind the comeback he made after being in the wilderness for a while.

"... if you go on playing for a long time, you get more and more determined, you gain self- belief. So when you are out of the squad, you know you have performed at this level, you can still do it and when you get the opportunity, you translate that self- belief into performance," he said.