The Impact Player rule, introduced in IPL 2023, means each team can nominate as many as 5 substitute players along with their playing XI after the toss. One of them can replace a player from the XI at any stage during the match. Here's how these players fared so far
Ayush Badoni replaced Avesh Khan to become the Impact player for Lucknow Super Giants in the match against Delhi Capitals and could score only 23 runs before getting dismissed
Jason Behrendorff became the first overseas 'Impact Player' in the tournament to come on in place of Suryakumar Yadav. He opened in the bowling department for Mumbai Indians but he eventually went for 37 runs in his three overs without a wicket against RCB
Rajasthan Royals substituted Navdeep Saini for Yashasvi Jaiswal in 11 overs into Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase. Saini, however, yielded as many as 34 runs in two overs, including the costliest 20th over in IPL 2023 so far, which bore 23 runs
Delhi Capitals used Aman Khan as Impact Player against Lucknow Super Giants and he walked out when the team’s score stood at 112 for 6 in 15.3 overs in the chase of 194 but could only muster four runs
MS Dhoni included Tushar Deshpande to replace Ambati Rayudu in the tournament opener against Gujarat Giants. Deshpande conceded 51 runs in 3.2 overs but claimed the prized wicket of Shubman Gill.
Rishi Dhawan of Punjab Kings was the other Impact Player to be used in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, who was smashed for 15 runs in just one over he bowled after substituting Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Abdul Samad from Sunrisers Hyderabad smashed 32 as Impact Player in his team's 204-run chase against Rajasthan Royals
Venkatesh Iyer, who replaced Varun Chakravarthy, scored 34 runs for Kolkata Knight Riders against Punjab Kings but that effort was in vain