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Who Can Be GT And PBKS' Impact Players In IPL 2025 Match 5?

Abhinav Tyagi

IPL 2025 - (Source:@IPL/X.com)IPL 2025 - (Source:@IPL/X.com)

On Tuesday, March 25, Gujarat Titans locked horns against Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The hosts won the toss and opted to field first. There were some interesting choices in the playing XI as PBKS are without Nehal Wadhera, while GT left Glenn Phillips out. 

Meanwhile, this article will shed light on who can be the impact player options for both teams. However, before that let's look at the playing XI of the two teams.

GT vs PBKS: Playing XI

Punjab Kings Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Here are the impact player substitutes named by both teams

Punjab Kings: Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Praveen Dubey

Gujarat Titans: Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Ishant Sharma

Who Can Be GT's Impact Player Against PBKS?

For Gujarat Titans' they have named just three overseas stars for their IPL 2025 opener. Meanwhile, since GT is fielding first, they are most likely to bring in Glenn Phillips or Sherfane Rurtherford in the second innings.

GT won't have a certain impact player choice and make a call based on situation. Thus, the fans can expect anyone out of Rutherford or Phillips to take the strike in the 2nd innings.

Who Can Be PBKS' Impact Player Sub Against GT?

For Punjab Kings,  interestingly, they have named mostly batters in the impact players' list. However, when they come to bowl in the second innings, the Shreyas Iyer-led side is most likely to bring in Vyshak Vijaykumar or Harpeet Brar.