Gujarat Titans (GT) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) face each other for a ticket to the Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Qualifier 1 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday evening.
The Titans finished at the top of the league standings for the second consecutive year and are now facing CSK, who came in second.
How to watch GT vs CSK IPL Qualifier 1 match today
The two teams have faced off earlier in the season, with the GT emerging victorious in the IPL opener. Both GT and CSK advanced to the knockout stages after impressive away victories.
While, GT secured a narrow win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, thanks to a match-winning century by Shubman Gill, CSK dominated the Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, securing a higher position than the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) based on their Net Run Rate (NRR).
Impact substitutes are new for this year in the IPL, and they could play a part in deciding the outcome of this match.
CSK vs DC: Impact Player today?
CSK: Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh
Matheesha Pathirana will continue to be CSK's Impact Player against GT.
GT: Vijay Shankar, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Sai Sudharsan, Jayant yadav
Vijay Shankar is likely to be the Impact Player for Gujarat Titans, coming in for Darshan Nalkande when GT bat in the second innings.
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 five 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.
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