GT vs PBKS Impact Players: Rahul Tewatia, Vijaykumar Vyshak And Harpreet Brar — Who Will Be The X-Factor In Today’s IPL Match At Narendra Modi Stadium?

By Samira Vishwas On May 3, 2026

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2026: Gujarat Titans will look to push the Punjab Kings further onto the back foot when they face them in the IPL 2026 fixture at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 3, Sunday. The Titans necessarily need a victory to stay in the reckoning for the playoffs, while the Punjab Kings will look to return to winning ways after suffering their only defeat so far in the season to the Rajasthan Royals. With the impact player rule that was introduced in the 2024 edition and changing the face of IPL, it will yet again be in focus on Sunday. The likes of Rahul Tewatia, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Harpreet Brar remain in focus.

GT vs PBKS Impact players for today’s IPL match

3) Rahul Tewatia

Rahul Tewatia came in as an impact player in the game against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Ahmedabad and played an important hand of 27* to drive the Titans to victory. Tewatia does offer a crucial hand as a lower-order batter and could yet again be an impact player against the Punjab Kings.

2) Vijaykumar Vyshak

Punjab Kings pacer Vijaykumar Vyshak has been quite effective so far in their campaign, picking up six wickets in seven matches with some wily variations. Vyshak has played as an impact player once in IPL 2026 and the right-arm seamer could come in the same capacity again.

1) Harpreet Brar

Harpreet Brar experienced his first outing in IPL 2026 in Mullanpur against the Rajasthan Royals and bowled a tidy spell of 4-0-25-0 in an otherwise poorly executed bowling performance by the Punjab Kings. With the Titans having the likes of Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler in the line-up, PBKS could bring the left-arm spinner to tie down the Titans in the middle overs.

GT vs PBKS Predicted Playing XIs And Impact Players

Gujarat Titans XI: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.

(Impact players: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat).

SunRisers Hyderabad XI: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Cooper Connolly, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

(Impact players: Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Harpreet Brar).