It cannot be said when which player's luck will change in IPL. Many times, unknown players coming from domestic cricket leave their mark as soon as they arrive. At the same time, sometimes even famous players of international cricket are not bought in this league and even if bought, they do not get a chance to play.

There is a similar story of a star player from New Zealand, who had to sit on the bench for 2 consecutive seasons and now got a chance to play after 3 years. This player is star all-rounder Glenn Phillips, who debuted for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026.

Phillips was waiting for two years

In the fourth match of IPL 2026 in Mullanpur against Punjab Kings. gujarat titans Gave Glenn Phillips a chance in the playing-11. After losing the toss in this match, Gujarat captain Shubman Gill announced this. With this, Phillips got a chance to play in a match for the first time after 3 years.

His last match came in IPL 2023. Then he used to play for SRH. However, after this, SRH kept him on the bench for the entire 2024 season and he was not able to play any match.

While Phillips continued to play as a regular player in the New Zealand team, he did not get opportunities in the IPL, which surprised everyone. Phillips was bought by Gujarat Titans at a base price of Rs 2 crore in the mega auction held before IPL 2025. However, he could not play any match for Gujarat also because within 2 weeks of the start of the season, he got injured while fielding and was out of the tournament.

Such is the IPL career of the Kiwi all-rounder

But now finally the wait for the Kiwi player is over. Phillips made his debut in IPL in 2021. Then he was part of Rajasthan Royals. He played 3 matches in that season and could score only 26 runs. Whereas in IPL 2023, he played 5 matches for Sunrisers and could score only 39 runs. So now that he has got a chance again, Phillips will hope to improve his performance. If he is able to do wonders for Gujarat in his debut match itself, then he is sure to get a chance in the entire season.

Gujarat Titans playing-11

Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudarshan, joss buttler, washington beautiful, glen phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma And Mohammad Siraj.

Gujarat Titans playing-11

Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudarshan, joss buttler, washington beautiful, glen phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma And Mohammad Siraj.