KKR are currently sitting on the top of the table with 12 points but Gambhir recalled that they were in a similar position last season also when they were leading the table but two reverses in the last two matches meant they failed to make the playoffs.
"I don't think we should be taking anything lightly because we have realised what happened last year. After the first 12 games everyone thought we were through but ultimately we were the only side which couldn't qualify," Gambhir recalled.
Gujarat Lions are placed at number two in the table and Gambhir feels that tomorrow's win against them would help his team increase the margin of points.
"If we can win the game tomorrow it will increase the gap and we will have one game in hand. We have learnt a lot from what happened last year and hopefully we don't make the same mistakes," said the captain.
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"It is difficult to say what has clicked. The important thing is both need to score and that is what makes a good combination. One person cannot just keep scoring runs and it becomes a successful opening pair. Ultimately your job is to go out there and score runs. We both have been doing that and that is why we have stuck together for a long time.
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"I thought Sunil bowled pretty well in Bengaluru. We all knew it is going to be a difficult ground for any bowler to bowl and the way he handled himself was brilliant. To go for 10 runs per over on that wicket and on that ground is pretty par and good. We have seen that bowlers have gone for 15 runs as well," he said.
"Piyush Chawla, Narine all are attacking bowlers. They are not defensive bowlers. There could be days when they will get hammered and go for more than 10 runs per over but most of the times they look to take wickets," Gambhir added.
Having won four out of their six successive away matches in three weeks, KKR have adjusted to the different kind of surfaces on offer and Gambhir was all praise for the team.
"I think when you have played in Wankhede, Hyderabad and Delhi where it was a good wicket, it was coming on nicely on to the bat, and coming from Bengaluru which was a very high scoring game. Coming to Eden Gardens, you have to get used to the pace of the wicket and we have not practiced after coming from Bengaluru. Once we were playing in Bengaluru obviously we were looking to get 180-190 and that was a par score in that kind of wicket.
"The more close finishes, you start doubting and criticising certain things that we should have bowled well or got 15 or 20 runs more. Close finishes doesn't teach anything, except that we can start winning convincingly and start dominating other teams as well. That is what gives you more confidence rather than the close finishes."
"I thought we have got two part time wicket-keepers and if someone can work alongwith them going forward in this tournament, especially with us playing a couple of home games now on this wicket where it will start turning, it is going to be difficult to keep if Narine and Hogg are playing together.
"If someone with that experience can help two part-time wicket-keepers and learn a bit more about handling spin bowling, it will always be useful."
"I hope we get better crowd because we have been playing good cricket and we are at the top of the table. That is what you want. Eden Gardens has its charm when the ground is absolutely packed. Maybe the crowds haven't come because we haven't played for a very long time. We were on the road for a long time so that could be one reason, hope there would be more crowd tomorrow and going forward in the tournament.