Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are up against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday.
CSK are on the back of a win over southern rivals RCB. A second win on the trot will help them match the points tally (8) of the top two teams of the league RR and LSG.
SRH, on the other, will aim to get back to winning ways after narrowly losing to MI in their last match.
Impact substitutes are new for this year in the IPL, and they could play a part in deciding the outcome of this match.
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CSK vs SRH: Impact Player today?
CSK XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajunkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Singh.
Impact players: Akash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhanshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, and Rajvardhan Hangargekar.
CSK brought in Ambati Rayudu as an impact substitute replacing Akash Singh while batting.
SRH XI: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klassen, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik.
Impact players: Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar and T Natarajan
SRH replaced Rahult Tripathi with Mayank Dagar while fielding.
What is the 'impact player' rule in IPL 2023?
The introduction of a new rule could be a massive game-changer for the IPL, with one player from each team per game able to be substituted mid-game.
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The concept was trialled in the BCCI domestic competition and was widely praised.
The IPL has confirmed that the impact substitute must come from a list of four players, as confirmed before the toss.
Substitutions can be made either before the start of an innings; at the end of the over; at the fall of a wicket or when a batter retires.
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Once replaced, the substituted player can take no further part in the match, not even field.
The substitute could replace any player from the starting XI at any point before the end of the 14th over of either innings, and was allowed to bat and bowl his full quota of overs.
In the IPL, teams are permitted to field a maximum of four overseas players per match, meaning if four overseas players are named in the starting XI, the replacement player must be Indian.
The 'impact player' rule should offer greater tactical freedom than other systems that have been used previously in India and abroad, with the BBL scrapping their X-factor sub prior to the 2022/23 season.
