IPL 2023: Best Playing XI of Week 6

Week 6 of IPL 2023 was full of thrilling moments and witnessed some breathtaking individual performances. There were a few players who performed exceedingly well and took the excitement to a whole new level.

Here’s the best playing XI of Week 6 of IPL 2023:

Openers – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Philip Salt

While Rajasthan Royals have completely lost their momentum in the second half of IPL 2023, Yashasvi Jaiswal has continued to deliver some stellar knocks. He smashed the fastest fifty in the history of IPL off just 13 deliveries in the game against KKR.

He played an unbeaten knock of 98 runs at Eden Gardens to chase down the total in just 13.1 overs. Jaiswal also scored an 18-ball 35 in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad and has amassed 575 runs till now and is just behind Faf du Plessis in the race for the Orange Cap. Phil Salt has come as a ray of hope for the David Warner-led Delhi Capitals. He played a scintillating knock of 87 runs in just 47 deliveries in the game against RCB.

Middle order – Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera and Ravindra Jadeja

Suryakumar Yadav smashed 83 runs off just 35 balls in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The MI batter then went on to smash a ton against the Defending Champions Gujarat Titans and hence clearly deserves a spot in the best playing XI of Week 6 of IPL 2023. Sanju Samson scored 66 runs off 38 deliveries against SRH and a 29-ball 48 against KKR. He will don the wicket-keeper’s gloves in this team.

Glenn Maxwell has looked pretty decent throughout the IPL 2023 edition. He smashed 68 runs off just 33 deliveries in the game against Mumbai Indians. Nehal Wadhera has emerged as one of the finds of IPL 2023. He scored a 51-ball 64 against CSK and an unbeaten 34-ball 52 against Royal Challengers Bangalore and hence deserves a spot in the best-playing XI of Week 6.

Ravindra Jadeja has been quite impressive with the ball and so was the case with him in the game against MI and DC. He also chipped in with some crucial runs against Delhi Capitals.

Bowlers – Rashid Khan, Mohit Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Matheesha Pathirana

Rashid Khan took 4 wickets after conceding just 30 runs in the game against MI. He finished with the figures of 1 for 34 in the game against LSG. Mohit Sharma took 4 wickets after conceding just 29 runs in the game against LSG while he also took a wicket in the game against Mumbai Indians.

Yuzvendra Chahal scalped 4 wickets in the game against KKR. In the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad too, he took 4 wickets keeping himself amongst the wickets in IPL 2023. Matheesha Pathirana won the Player of the Match award against Mumbai Indians as he took 3 wickets for just 15 runs. He also took 3 wickets in the game against DC and has been magnificent with his yorkers and variations for CSK.