Responsibility lies with me and Kallis for play-offs: Gambhir

Gambhir has been leading from the front by scoring 457 runs so far in the ongoing edition quotIf someone has to change the game it should be Kallis or me We don39t want Brendon McCullum or Yusuf Pathan to change the game It39s our responsibility because we are the experienced guysquot Gambhir said at the postmatch press conference quotYou don39t want them to stop playing their natural game The guys like me and Kallis need to change the game and that is what responsibility and experience is all aboutquot KKR thrashed Delhi Daredevils by six wickets in a lopsided contest here last night to emerge as the table leaders in the IPL They now have 17 points and are almost assured of a place in the knockout stage Gambhir said his team is playing in the IPL not just to compete but win matches quotFor me every game is tough and important When I go on to the field I just want to win the match It39s not about competing in the IPL it39s about winning every time I always look to win matches because you don39t want to go back to the dressing room on a losing note You want to go happy and for that feeling to come you have to win matches KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan L and captain Gautam Gambhir R Photo AFP quotWe have some quality players in the dressing room Someone like Kallis who is such a legend of the game Brendon McCullum and Brett Lee are also there When you have such players you don39t need to motivate them They all are thorough professionals One thing important for us is that we need to play well as a unitquot he said An aggressive approach to batting has been the success mantra for KKR skipper Gambhir quotI39ve been hitting the ball well this season You need to be aggressive in your approach You have to pass on that body language among teammates which is very important As I mentioned before you don39t go there to compete but to win matches For that to achieve you need to be aggressivequot said the opener With four more games remaining before the playoffs Gambhir warned his side to guard against complacency quotKKR still have a long distance to cover with four more games remaining before the playoffs We need to guard against complacency I am keeping my fingers crossed just trying to give our best in every match quotTill the time I am leading the KKR or whatever team I39m going to lead in the future there will be no complacency For me every game is as important as the first game or the finals That39s what KKR is all aboutquot he said For Gambhir the form of McCullum augurs well for KKR quotHe has always been in form In India there is a problem if someone gets a fifty he is in the form if someone does not get a fifty he is out of the form How he39s batting and hitting the ball is more important to me It was all about contributions Even in the last game he got 40odd runs and we got 100run partnership that39s more important rather than individual scores He has always been a key player for usquot Asked about the incident involving Daredevils39 batsman Mahela Jayawardene who survived a confident caught behind appeal after which he had a heated exchange with Gambhir only for Ross Taylor to intervene and separate the two the skipper said quotThese things keep happening It was just a normal conversation nothing seriousquot