Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) mentor Gautam Gambhir said that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lost to the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL 2024 Eliminator was not related to the momentum. However, RCB had come into the playoffs after they bounced back well which saw them win six games in a row as well. Gambhir opened up on how Rajasthan outplayed Bengaluru across departments.

Speaking exclusively on Sportskeeda’s SK Match Ki Baat, Gautam Gambhir said:  “Even when I was the captain, I had said that momentum is a word that we just use too much. What matters is with what intensity do you take the field on the day. The team that plays fearlessly and with courage is the one that ends up with the advantage because neither the ball nor the bat knows the momentum.”

Gautam Gambhir also opined on the mindset of the players before a massive knockout game. He said each game should be considered equally important as well.

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“There isn’t much difference between the team that finished No.1 and the team that finished No.10. If there’s a five match series between the two teams, I won’t be surprised if the No.10 team beats the No.1 team comfortably. That’s why the IPL is the toughest league in the world and at the level of any T20 World Cup. We all get the same purse and all teams formed are good,” Gautam Gambhir shared.

He also opened up on SRH and RR teams as well.

“They do have quality bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins, and Natarajan. There has been a lot of talk about their batting because they have made such huge scores. But their bowling is equally destructive. You cannot have a good IPL season with only one department firing,” he concluded. “RR were at the top of the table for a long time. In an IPL season, these times come where you win a few games you should have lost and lose a few games you should have won. The kind of batting and bowling that they have, they have most of their bases covered.”