India, March 26 -- When Vijaykumar Vyshak came in as an Impact Player for Punjab Kings in their IPL 2025 opener against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, GT needed 75 runs in six overs with eight wickets in hand. Jos Buttler and Sherfane Rutherford were looking ominous. considering the nature of the pitch, the conditions - there was a lot of dew - one would have to GT had their noses in front in run chase. But Vyshak's introduction changed everything. The right-arm pacer from Karnataka executed wide yorkers to perfection, giving away just 28 runs in his three overs. He bowled the 15th, 17th and 19th over not allowing GT batters to get away. In the end, PBKS won the match by 11 runs.

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