Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will continue their quest to make the playoffs when they host Pune Warriors in their IPL 2013 game.
KKR still have the slightest of chances of making the top-four in IPL 2013, with RCB and the Sunrisers Hyderabad failing to clinch their ninth win in the tournament.
Every game is of course a must-win for KKR, with Gautam Gambhir insisting his side are not too concerned about the results elsewhere, even if they might be depending on them to keep their chances of defending their IPL title alive.
"Being a professional cricketer, whenever you walk out on the field you go with a mindset to win," Gambhir said.
"Irrespective of where we stand on the points table, at the end of the day you want to win a game of cricket. I do not know at what position we will end up at the end of these sixteen games.
"What is in our hands is to go out there, play professionally and win a game of cricket and we would look to do exactly that against Pune Warriors on Wednesday."
The game will be held in Ranchi again, where both KKR and RCB struggled to score freely on the wicket. However, Gambhir refused to blame the pitch for the game's batting woes.
"In the last game, RCB scored 115 and the way they played on this wicket, we need to find out what mistakes they made," he said. "I do not think it was that bad a wicket that a team can score only 115. I feel it was a wicket where one could score 150. If you do not play good cricket, how can you blame the wicket. It was a normal wicket."
Gambhir also reserved special praise for all-rounder Jacques Kallis, whose patient 41 helped KKR overhaul RCB's total in the last game.
"For us he is a quality cricketer and if he does not do well with the bat, he backs it up with the ball and vice-versa," Gambhir added. "He gives us two things straightway and that is what helps as a captain to pick the right combination for the side and the luxury to pick your side. He is a great cricketer and it will never happen that he is out of form with the bat for long."
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