“If the coaches take a back-seat and work behind the scenes, and let the players take the ownership, and let the players have the freedom in order to perform on the ground, those are the sort of teams that excel, and that is what KKR has been doing,” Rayudu, a veteran of 55 ODIs and six T20Is told Star Sports on Tuesday.

KKR, the IPL winners in 2012 and 2014 under Gambhir’s captaincy, became the first team to enter the Playoffs this season and are currently on 19 points after nine wins.

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Gambhir returned as KKR mentor this season and his presence is being attributed to the team’s resurgence after nearly a decade. 

“Gautam Gambhir is just facilitating them and guiding them in the right direction... If you keep it simple, it is easy,” added Rayudu.

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