After delivering action for more than a month, the<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> Indian Premier League</strong></a> (IPL) has now entered its sixth week. In the 47th contest of IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a five-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), in an intriguing last-over thriller at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad. With this exciting clash, the fifth week of the marquee T20 event concluded with Gujarat Titans (GT) ending on the top of the points table for consecutive two weeks.&nbsp;

In the upcoming weeks, competition will get stiff for the teams to advance to the Playoffs. Noting this fact, the sides will look to overcome their weaknesses to see themselves in the top four at the end of the round-robin stage. At the crucial stage of the league round, some players have given headaches to their teams as they failed to live up to the expectations in the fifth week.

Discussing more here is the flop XI from the fifth week of the IPL

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1683369676072_Rohit-Sharma.jpeg" alt="Rohit sharma" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Rohit sharma. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)</figcaption>

For Mumbai Indians (MI), the fifth week was marvellous as they pulled off 200+ targets in consecutive two matches. In both contests, sensational batting efforts from key batters helped Mumbai to come out stronger and rack up four points. Amidst these positive scenes, what came out as a concern for MI is their captain <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/rohit-sharma-should-change-his-name-to-no-hit-sharma-krishnamachari-srikkanth-2377/" title="Rohit Sharma" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rohit Sharma</strong></a>’s form.

Following 213 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 42 of the IPL, Sharma got dismissed in the second over of the innings, scoring only three runs off five balls. In the end, MI bagged the game with the plucky knocks of Suryakumar Yadav’s 55 (29) and Tim David’s match-finishing 45 (13) but Rohit’s failure on his birthday also became the talk of the town.

Following the incredible win over RR, MI’s next assignment was against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mohali, and here they got success in chasing 215 with the batting heroics of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, respectively. However, what came out as negative from MI’s batting was Rohit’s performance. This time, the MI skipper fell to Rishi Dhawan in the first over on a duck.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680855614597_David-Warner-DC.jpeg" alt="David Warner" loading="lazy"><figcaption>David Warner. (Photo Source : Twitter)</figcaption>

There was a time when David Warner’s presence on the crease used to instil fear in bowlers. In the cash-rich league, he has achieved a lot not just as a batter but as a skipper too. The dashing left-handed batter led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) from the front in 2016 and won the title for the franchise with his incredible leadership and batting skills.

Going through his dazzling captaincy record, Delhi Capitals (DC) appointed him their captain for the 2023 IPL edition, in the absence of their regular skipper, Rishabh Pant. In the initial matches of the competition, Warner scored big runs for the team but at a sluggish pace. For his defensive batting approach, he faced the heat from former cricketers and ardent league supporters.

With every match, his struggle is getting worse as the veteran is consistently failing to provide ferocious starts to his team. In the previous week, he couldn’t rack up double-digit scores against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Titans (GT). Against SRH, he fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a duck while chasing 198. In the next game against the Titans, he got run out on two due to a misunderstanding with Priyam Garg.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680887441880_Krunal-Pandya.jpeg" alt="Krunal Pandya" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Krunal Pandya. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>

Despite Krunal Pandya’s dismal show in both batting and bowling departments, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) handed the captaincy mantle to the 32-year-old. As a skipper, his responsibility will be to reinforce the team in the upcoming matches with his all-round performance. In the fifth week, Pandya featured in three games and struggled to be decent in two of them.

Against Punjab Kings (PBKS), he didn’t get a chance to contribute much as he got a chance to face only two deliveries and bowl only one over. While against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/ipl-2023-delhi-capitals-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-match-50-talking-points-and-who-said-what/" title="Royal Challengers Bangalore" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Royal Challengers Bangalore</strong></a> (RCB), he bowled an economical over on a slow Lucknow surface but couldn’t do big with his bat. With the task of chasing 127, his role was to stand on the wicket and play a mature knock to help his team fetch the match.&nbsp;

Instead of doing that, he played a negligent shot and got caught on 14 (11) by Virat Kohli on the third delivery of Glenn Maxwell’s sole over. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he went on the field as a captain but nothing changed as he fell cheaply to Maheesh Theekshana on a duck.&nbsp;

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680785171723_Devdutt-Padikkal.jpeg" alt="Devdutt Padikkal" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Devdutt Padikkal. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

For Rajasthan Royals (RR), the previous week was unfortunate as they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) despite putting up 212 on the board. In the losing cause, their opening batter Yasahasvi Jaiswal performed exceptionally and notched up his maiden IPL century against the Men in Blue.&nbsp;

In the batting line-up, Jaiswal succeeded in dominating the MI bowling attack but all other batters failed to showcase their best. Before the MI game, Devdutt Padikkal was performing decently, and looking at that, he was expected to provide a solid knock to his side again.

After the scalps of Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson, Padikkal arrived at the crease but didn’t stay for long and followed his successors to the pavilion with his score of two off four deliveries. The left-handed batter got hunted by Piyush Chawla, who picked up Buttler earlier with his disciplined bowling.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680442777922_Harry-Brook.jpeg" alt="Harry Brook" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Harry Brook. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>

For Harry Brook, his maiden IPL season is becoming something to forget about. The flamboyant England batter’s disastrous show has caused a lot of damage to Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) campaign as they are now at the bottom of the table on the IPL 2023&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-points-table/" title="points table" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>points table</strong></a> with only six points in nine matches.

So far, Brook has appeared in nine matches in the ongoing season and has amassed only 163 runs at a strike rate of 121.64. In the 40th IPL 2023 contest, SRH emerged victorious against Delhi Capitals (DC) by nine runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, but Brook got dismissed for nought.

In the next game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Hyderabad, he remained inconsistent as the 24-year-old again threw his wicket on a duck and left his team in trouble. At the end of the day, his non-performance proved costly to the Orange Army as the hosts fell five runs short.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681150172450_Dinesh-Karthik.jpeg" alt="Dinesh Karthik" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Dinesh Karthik. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>

In this tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are facing a lot of criticism for their overreliance on Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell. The debacle of lower-order batters is affecting the performance of the Challengers as they have been seemingly inconsistent in the competition so far.

Senior players such as Kohli, du Plessis, and Maxwell have served the team efficiently so far but Dinesh Karthik, one of the senior players in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title="squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>squad</strong></a>, hasn’t performed according to his reputation Currently, with only 110 runs in 10 matches, the wicket-keeper batter has failed to justify his role in the side.

In the fifth week, RCB claimed an 18-run triumph against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a low-scoring match at the Ekana Stadium, but RCB’s concerns remained intact as Karthik again failed to put up a decent show with his bat, chipping in with only 16 off 11 in his team’s convincing victory.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1683113407913_Deepak-Hooda-.jpeg" alt="Deepak Hooda" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Deepak Hooda (Photo source : Twitter)</figcaption>

Deepak Hooda has got a lot of opportunities from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to display his power and become a valuable asset for the team. Trusting his batting capability, LSG gave him 10 matches in this season, in which he has accumulated only 64 runs at a strike rate of 91.42. The LSG team management tried him as a top-order batter in a majority of matches but, Hooda couldn’t prove himself with his dismal numbers.

At the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow clashed with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in match 43 of the tournament. In the low-scoring contest, Hooda got a strenuous task as his team was following a low total of 127 on Lucknow’s slow deck and the hosts lost their three early wickets at a score of 21.

With his team stuck in a tricky situation, Hooda’s job was to hold his nerves and utilise his experience and skills to take his team home. In the tense situation, the 28-year-old again fumbled and gave his wicket to Wanindu Hasaranga after scoring only one.&nbsp;

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680254203621_Sam-Curran.jpeg" alt="Sam Curran" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Sam Curran (Photo Source: PBKS/Twitter)</figcaption>

In early IPL matches, Sam Curran delivered a decent show to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in both batting and bowling departments. The youngster also captained his side for a few games in Shikhar Dhawan’s absence and delivered positive results with his leadership skills.&nbsp;

However, his recent bowling performance has witnessed a huge fall as the pacer hasn’t succeeded in delivering economical and wicket-taking spells to his team. Contesting against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in match 38 of the competition, Curran bowled three overs and ended his spell with expensive figures of 1/38.&nbsp;

The same story was against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepuak. This time, he bowled four overs and gave away 46 runs with one wicket in hand. In the high-scoring contest against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Mohali, the visitors failed to defend 214 and Curran again came out as one of the most expensive bowlers for PBKS.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681404883522_Kagiso-Rabada.jpeg" alt="Kagiso Rabada" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Kagiso Rabada. (Photo Source: Twitter/PunjabkingsIPL)</figcaption>

Kagiso Rabada is an integral part of the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) bowling line-up. As a premier speedster, his responsibility is to bolster the team with his discipline pace bowling, along with other key pacers Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh. However, the Protea hasn’t shown his best with the ball in this competition.

In his team’s 56-run defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rabada looked completely out of colour. Completing four overs, he picked up a couple of wickets but also leaked 52 runs. His expensive spell cost the team as LSG put up a colossal total of 257 on the board.&nbsp;

Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Cheapuk, PBKS took the game away in the last ball of the game but Rabada again lacked confidence with the ball. In Punjab’s thrilling victory, Rabada couldn’t scalp any wickets and also conceded 34 runs in his four-over spell.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/featureimage/2022/05/Arshdeep-Singh.jpg" alt="Arshdeep Singh" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Arshdeep Singh. (Photo Source: Twitter/IPL)</figcaption>

During the first half of the tournament, Punjab Kings (PBKS) won a few matches due to stunning bowling displays from Arshdeep Singh. However, things changed for him in the previous week as he became an easy target for batters in back-to-back high-scoring matches.

In the 38th game of the league, Lucknow Super Giants’ batters demolished the PBKS bowling attack and notched up the second-highest IPL score (257/5). Throughout LSG innings, Punjab bowlers struggled to put up a fight and Arshdeep was not an exception as Lucknow batters plundered 54 runs in his four overs and gave only one wicket to the pacer.&nbsp;

His horrendous form followed him in his next two matches played in Chennai and Mohali. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI), the 24-year-old again got hammered and ended up with bowling figures of 1/37 and 1/66, against the quality CSK and MI sides, respectively.

<img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1681308332344_Trent-Boult.jpeg" alt="Trent Boult" loading="lazy"><figcaption>Trent Boult. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>

In the first few matches, Trent Boult looked impactful for Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he consistently delivered wicket-taking spells to the team. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC), he delivered early breakthroughs for the Royals to bag the matches comfortably.

So far, the New Zealand bowler has done well against struggling sides but against quality teams, he has delivered satisfactory numbers. Against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, his team was saving a mammoth total of 212, and noticing his experience and form, the Kiwi quick was required to spearhead RR’s pace attack from the front.

However, along with other RR bowlers, he also failed to contain MI batters. In his four overs, he grabbed Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket but also became the second-most expensive bowler in the match by spending 43 runs at a terrible economy of 10.75.

collage of Harry Brook, Kagiso Rabada and Devdutt Padikkal

<p>After delivering action for more than a month, the<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> Indian Premier League</strong></a> (IPL) has now entered its sixth week. In the 47th contest of IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a five-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), in an intriguing last-over thriller at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad. With this exciting clash, the fifth week of the marquee T20 event concluded with Gujarat Titans (GT) ending on the top of the points table for consecutive two weeks.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the upcoming weeks, competition will get stiff for the teams to advance to the Playoffs. Noting this fact, the sides will look to overcome their weaknesses to see themselves in the top four at the end of the round-robin stage. At the crucial stage of the league round, some players have given headaches to their teams as they failed to live up to the expectations in the fifth week.</p>
<h3>Discussing more here is the flop XI from the fifth week of the IPL</h3>
<h3>1. Rohit Sharma</h3>
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<figcaption>Rohit sharma. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)</figcaption>
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<p>For Mumbai Indians (MI), the fifth week was marvellous as they pulled off 200+ targets in consecutive two matches. In both contests, sensational batting efforts from key batters helped Mumbai to come out stronger and rack up four points. Amidst these positive scenes, what came out as a concern for MI is their captain <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/rohit-sharma-should-change-his-name-to-no-hit-sharma-krishnamachari-srikkanth-2377/" title="Rohit Sharma" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rohit Sharma</strong></a>’s form.</p>
<p>Following 213 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 42 of the IPL, Sharma got dismissed in the second over of the innings, scoring only three runs off five balls. In the end, MI bagged the game with the plucky knocks of Suryakumar Yadav’s 55 (29) and Tim David’s match-finishing 45 (13) but Rohit’s failure on his birthday also became the talk of the town.</p>
<p>Following the incredible win over RR, MI’s next assignment was against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mohali, and here they got success in chasing 215 with the batting heroics of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, respectively. However, what came out as negative from MI’s batting was Rohit’s performance. This time, the MI skipper fell to Rishi Dhawan in the first over on a duck.</p>
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<h3>2. David Warner</h3>
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<figcaption>David Warner. (Photo Source : Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>There was a time when David Warner’s presence on the crease used to instil fear in bowlers. In the cash-rich league, he has achieved a lot not just as a batter but as a skipper too. The dashing left-handed batter led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) from the front in 2016 and won the title for the franchise with his incredible leadership and batting skills.</p>
<p>Going through his dazzling captaincy record, Delhi Capitals (DC) appointed him their captain for the 2023 IPL edition, in the absence of their regular skipper, Rishabh Pant. In the initial matches of the competition, Warner scored big runs for the team but at a sluggish pace. For his defensive batting approach, he faced the heat from former cricketers and ardent league supporters.</p>
<p>With every match, his struggle is getting worse as the veteran is consistently failing to provide ferocious starts to his team. In the previous week, he couldn’t rack up double-digit scores against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Titans (GT). Against SRH, he fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a duck while chasing 198. In the next game against the Titans, he got run out on two due to a misunderstanding with Priyam Garg.</p>
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<h3>3. Krunal Pandya</h3>
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<figcaption>Krunal Pandya. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>Despite Krunal Pandya’s dismal show in both batting and bowling departments, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) handed the captaincy mantle to the 32-year-old. As a skipper, his responsibility will be to reinforce the team in the upcoming matches with his all-round performance. In the fifth week, Pandya featured in three games and struggled to be decent in two of them.</p>
<p>Against Punjab Kings (PBKS), he didn’t get a chance to contribute much as he got a chance to face only two deliveries and bowl only one over. While against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/ipl-2023-delhi-capitals-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-match-50-talking-points-and-who-said-what/" title="Royal Challengers Bangalore" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Royal Challengers Bangalore</strong></a> (RCB), he bowled an economical over on a slow Lucknow surface but couldn’t do big with his bat. With the task of chasing 127, his role was to stand on the wicket and play a mature knock to help his team fetch the match.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Instead of doing that, he played a negligent shot and got caught on 14 (11) by Virat Kohli on the third delivery of Glenn Maxwell’s sole over. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he went on the field as a captain but nothing changed as he fell cheaply to Maheesh Theekshana on a duck.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>4. Devdutt Padikkal</h3>
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<figcaption>Devdutt Padikkal. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>For Rajasthan Royals (RR), the previous week was unfortunate as they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) despite putting up 212 on the board. In the losing cause, their opening batter Yasahasvi Jaiswal performed exceptionally and notched up his maiden IPL century against the Men in Blue.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the batting line-up, Jaiswal succeeded in dominating the MI bowling attack but all other batters failed to showcase their best. Before the MI game, Devdutt Padikkal was performing decently, and looking at that, he was expected to provide a solid knock to his side again.</p>
<p>After the scalps of Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson, Padikkal arrived at the crease but didn’t stay for long and followed his successors to the pavilion with his score of two off four deliveries. The left-handed batter got hunted by Piyush Chawla, who picked up Buttler earlier with his disciplined bowling.</p>
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<h3>5. Harry Brook</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680442777922_Harry-Brook.jpeg" alt="Harry Brook" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Harry Brook. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>For Harry Brook, his maiden IPL season is becoming something to forget about. The flamboyant England batter’s disastrous show has caused a lot of damage to Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) campaign as they are now at the bottom of the table on the IPL 2023&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-points-table/" title="points table" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>points table</strong></a> with only six points in nine matches.</p>
<p>So far, Brook has appeared in nine matches in the ongoing season and has amassed only 163 runs at a strike rate of 121.64. In the 40th IPL 2023 contest, SRH emerged victorious against Delhi Capitals (DC) by nine runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, but Brook got dismissed for nought.</p>
<p>In the next game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Hyderabad, he remained inconsistent as the 24-year-old again threw his wicket on a duck and left his team in trouble. At the end of the day, his non-performance proved costly to the Orange Army as the hosts fell five runs short.</p>
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<h3>6. Dinesh Karthik</h3>
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<figcaption>Dinesh Karthik. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>In this tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are facing a lot of criticism for their overreliance on Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell. The debacle of lower-order batters is affecting the performance of the Challengers as they have been seemingly inconsistent in the competition so far.</p>
<p>Senior players such as Kohli, du Plessis, and Maxwell have served the team efficiently so far but Dinesh Karthik, one of the senior players in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title="squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>squad</strong></a>, hasn’t performed according to his reputation Currently, with only 110 runs in 10 matches, the wicket-keeper batter has failed to justify his role in the side.</p>
<p>In the fifth week, RCB claimed an 18-run triumph against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a low-scoring match at the Ekana Stadium, but RCB’s concerns remained intact as Karthik again failed to put up a decent show with his bat, chipping in with only 16 off 11 in his team’s convincing victory.</p>
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<h3>7. Deepak Hooda</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1683113407913_Deepak-Hooda-.jpeg" alt="Deepak Hooda" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Deepak Hooda (Photo source : Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>Deepak Hooda has got a lot of opportunities from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to display his power and become a valuable asset for the team. Trusting his batting capability, LSG gave him 10 matches in this season, in which he has accumulated only 64 runs at a strike rate of 91.42. The LSG team management tried him as a top-order batter in a majority of matches but, Hooda couldn’t prove himself with his dismal numbers.</p>
<p>At the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow clashed with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in match 43 of the tournament. In the low-scoring contest, Hooda got a strenuous task as his team was following a low total of 127 on Lucknow’s slow deck and the hosts lost their three early wickets at a score of 21.</p>
<p>With his team stuck in a tricky situation, Hooda’s job was to hold his nerves and utilise his experience and skills to take his team home. In the tense situation, the 28-year-old again fumbled and gave his wicket to Wanindu Hasaranga after scoring only one.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>8. Sam Curran</h3>
<figure class="image align-center" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/1680254203621_Sam-Curran.jpeg" alt="Sam Curran" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption>Sam Curran (Photo Source: PBKS/Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>In early IPL matches, Sam Curran delivered a decent show to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in both batting and bowling departments. The youngster also captained his side for a few games in Shikhar Dhawan’s absence and delivered positive results with his leadership skills.&nbsp;</p>
<p>However, his recent bowling performance has witnessed a huge fall as the pacer hasn’t succeeded in delivering economical and wicket-taking spells to his team. Contesting against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in match 38 of the competition, Curran bowled three overs and ended his spell with expensive figures of 1/38.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The same story was against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepuak. This time, he bowled four overs and gave away 46 runs with one wicket in hand. In the high-scoring contest against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Mohali, the visitors failed to defend 214 and Curran again came out as one of the most expensive bowlers for PBKS.</p>
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<h3>9. Kagiso Rabada</h3>
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<figcaption>Kagiso Rabada. (Photo Source: Twitter/PunjabkingsIPL)</figcaption>
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<p>Kagiso Rabada is an integral part of the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) bowling line-up. As a premier speedster, his responsibility is to bolster the team with his discipline pace bowling, along with other key pacers Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh. However, the Protea hasn’t shown his best with the ball in this competition.</p>
<p>In his team’s 56-run defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rabada looked completely out of colour. Completing four overs, he picked up a couple of wickets but also leaked 52 runs. His expensive spell cost the team as LSG put up a colossal total of 257 on the board.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Cheapuk, PBKS took the game away in the last ball of the game but Rabada again lacked confidence with the ball. In Punjab’s thrilling victory, Rabada couldn’t scalp any wickets and also conceded 34 runs in his four-over spell.</p>
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<h3>10. Arshdeep Singh</h3>
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<figcaption>Arshdeep Singh. (Photo Source: Twitter/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>During the first half of the tournament, Punjab Kings (PBKS) won a few matches due to stunning bowling displays from Arshdeep Singh. However, things changed for him in the previous week as he became an easy target for batters in back-to-back high-scoring matches.</p>
<p>In the 38th game of the league, Lucknow Super Giants’ batters demolished the PBKS bowling attack and notched up the second-highest IPL score (257/5). Throughout LSG innings, Punjab bowlers struggled to put up a fight and Arshdeep was not an exception as Lucknow batters plundered 54 runs in his four overs and gave only one wicket to the pacer.&nbsp;</p>
<p>His horrendous form followed him in his next two matches played in Chennai and Mohali. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI), the 24-year-old again got hammered and ended up with bowling figures of 1/37 and 1/66, against the quality CSK and MI sides, respectively.</p>
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<h3>11. Trent Boult</h3>
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<figcaption>Trent Boult. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>In the first few matches, Trent Boult looked impactful for Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he consistently delivered wicket-taking spells to the team. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC), he delivered early breakthroughs for the Royals to bag the matches comfortably.</p>
<p>So far, the New Zealand bowler has done well against struggling sides but against quality teams, he has delivered satisfactory numbers. Against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, his team was saving a mammoth total of 212, and noticing his experience and form, the Kiwi quick was required to spearhead RR’s pace attack from the front.</p>
<p>However, along with other RR bowlers, he also failed to contain MI batters. In his four overs, he grabbed Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket but also became the second-most expensive bowler in the match by spending 43 runs at a terrible economy of 10.75.</p>

<p>After delivering action for more than a month, the<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/t20/ipl-indian-premier-league/" title=" Indian Premier League " target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> Indian Premier League</strong></a> (IPL) has now entered its sixth week. In the 47th contest of IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a five-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), in an intriguing last-over thriller at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad. With this exciting clash, the fifth week of the marquee T20 event concluded with Gujarat Titans (GT) ending on the top of the points table for consecutive two weeks.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the upcoming weeks, competition will get stiff for the teams to advance to the Playoffs. Noting this fact, the sides will look to overcome their weaknesses to see themselves in the top four at the end of the round-robin stage. At the crucial stage of the league round, some players have given headaches to their teams as they failed to live up to the expectations in the fifth week.</p>
<h3>Discussing more here is the flop XI from the fifth week of the IPL</h3>
<h3>1. Rohit Sharma</h3>
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<figcaption>Rohit sharma. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema)</figcaption>
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<p>For Mumbai Indians (MI), the fifth week was marvellous as they pulled off 200+ targets in consecutive two matches. In both contests, sensational batting efforts from key batters helped Mumbai to come out stronger and rack up four points. Amidst these positive scenes, what came out as a concern for MI is their captain <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/rohit-sharma-should-change-his-name-to-no-hit-sharma-krishnamachari-srikkanth-2377/" title="Rohit Sharma" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Rohit Sharma</strong></a>’s form.</p>
<p>Following 213 against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 42 of the IPL, Sharma got dismissed in the second over of the innings, scoring only three runs off five balls. In the end, MI bagged the game with the plucky knocks of Suryakumar Yadav’s 55 (29) and Tim David’s match-finishing 45 (13) but Rohit’s failure on his birthday also became the talk of the town.</p>
<p>Following the incredible win over RR, MI’s next assignment was against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Mohali, and here they got success in chasing 215 with the batting heroics of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, respectively. However, what came out as negative from MI’s batting was Rohit’s performance. This time, the MI skipper fell to Rishi Dhawan in the first over on a duck.</p>
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<h3>2. David Warner</h3>
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<figcaption>David Warner. (Photo Source : Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>There was a time when David Warner’s presence on the crease used to instil fear in bowlers. In the cash-rich league, he has achieved a lot not just as a batter but as a skipper too. The dashing left-handed batter led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) from the front in 2016 and won the title for the franchise with his incredible leadership and batting skills.</p>
<p>Going through his dazzling captaincy record, Delhi Capitals (DC) appointed him their captain for the 2023 IPL edition, in the absence of their regular skipper, Rishabh Pant. In the initial matches of the competition, Warner scored big runs for the team but at a sluggish pace. For his defensive batting approach, he faced the heat from former cricketers and ardent league supporters.</p>
<p>With every match, his struggle is getting worse as the veteran is consistently failing to provide ferocious starts to his team. In the previous week, he couldn’t rack up double-digit scores against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Gujarat Titans (GT). Against SRH, he fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar on a duck while chasing 198. In the next game against the Titans, he got run out on two due to a misunderstanding with Priyam Garg.</p>
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<h3>3. Krunal Pandya</h3>
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<figcaption>Krunal Pandya. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>Despite Krunal Pandya’s dismal show in both batting and bowling departments, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) handed the captaincy mantle to the 32-year-old. As a skipper, his responsibility will be to reinforce the team in the upcoming matches with his all-round performance. In the fifth week, Pandya featured in three games and struggled to be decent in two of them.</p>
<p>Against Punjab Kings (PBKS), he didn’t get a chance to contribute much as he got a chance to face only two deliveries and bowl only one over. While against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/cricket-news/ipl-2023-delhi-capitals-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-match-50-talking-points-and-who-said-what/" title="Royal Challengers Bangalore" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Royal Challengers Bangalore</strong></a> (RCB), he bowled an economical over on a slow Lucknow surface but couldn’t do big with his bat. With the task of chasing 127, his role was to stand on the wicket and play a mature knock to help his team fetch the match.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Instead of doing that, he played a negligent shot and got caught on 14 (11) by Virat Kohli on the third delivery of Glenn Maxwell’s sole over. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), he went on the field as a captain but nothing changed as he fell cheaply to Maheesh Theekshana on a duck.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>4. Devdutt Padikkal</h3>
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<p>For Rajasthan Royals (RR), the previous week was unfortunate as they lost to Mumbai Indians (MI) despite putting up 212 on the board. In the losing cause, their opening batter Yasahasvi Jaiswal performed exceptionally and notched up his maiden IPL century against the Men in Blue.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the batting line-up, Jaiswal succeeded in dominating the MI bowling attack but all other batters failed to showcase their best. Before the MI game, Devdutt Padikkal was performing decently, and looking at that, he was expected to provide a solid knock to his side again.</p>
<p>After the scalps of Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson, Padikkal arrived at the crease but didn’t stay for long and followed his successors to the pavilion with his score of two off four deliveries. The left-handed batter got hunted by Piyush Chawla, who picked up Buttler earlier with his disciplined bowling.</p>
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<h3>5. Harry Brook</h3>
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<p>For Harry Brook, his maiden IPL season is becoming something to forget about. The flamboyant England batter’s disastrous show has caused a lot of damage to Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) campaign as they are now at the bottom of the table on the IPL 2023&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/ipl-points-table/" title="points table" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>points table</strong></a> with only six points in nine matches.</p>
<p>So far, Brook has appeared in nine matches in the ongoing season and has amassed only 163 runs at a strike rate of 121.64. In the 40th IPL 2023 contest, SRH emerged victorious against Delhi Capitals (DC) by nine runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, but Brook got dismissed for nought.</p>
<p>In the next game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Hyderabad, he remained inconsistent as the 24-year-old again threw his wicket on a duck and left his team in trouble. At the end of the day, his non-performance proved costly to the Orange Army as the hosts fell five runs short.</p>
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<h3>6. Dinesh Karthik</h3>
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<figcaption>Dinesh Karthik. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>In this tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are facing a lot of criticism for their overreliance on Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell. The debacle of lower-order batters is affecting the performance of the Challengers as they have been seemingly inconsistent in the competition so far.</p>
<p>Senior players such as Kohli, du Plessis, and Maxwell have served the team efficiently so far but Dinesh Karthik, one of the senior players in the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/indian-premier-league-ipl-teams-and-squads/" title="squad" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>squad</strong></a>, hasn’t performed according to his reputation Currently, with only 110 runs in 10 matches, the wicket-keeper batter has failed to justify his role in the side.</p>
<p>In the fifth week, RCB claimed an 18-run triumph against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a low-scoring match at the Ekana Stadium, but RCB’s concerns remained intact as Karthik again failed to put up a decent show with his bat, chipping in with only 16 off 11 in his team’s convincing victory.</p>
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<h3>7. Deepak Hooda</h3>
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<p>Deepak Hooda has got a lot of opportunities from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to display his power and become a valuable asset for the team. Trusting his batting capability, LSG gave him 10 matches in this season, in which he has accumulated only 64 runs at a strike rate of 91.42. The LSG team management tried him as a top-order batter in a majority of matches but, Hooda couldn’t prove himself with his dismal numbers.</p>
<p>At the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow clashed with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in match 43 of the tournament. In the low-scoring contest, Hooda got a strenuous task as his team was following a low total of 127 on Lucknow’s slow deck and the hosts lost their three early wickets at a score of 21.</p>
<p>With his team stuck in a tricky situation, Hooda’s job was to hold his nerves and utilise his experience and skills to take his team home. In the tense situation, the 28-year-old again fumbled and gave his wicket to Wanindu Hasaranga after scoring only one.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>8. Sam Curran</h3>
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<figcaption>Sam Curran (Photo Source: PBKS/Twitter)</figcaption>
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<p>In early IPL matches, Sam Curran delivered a decent show to Punjab Kings (PBKS) in both batting and bowling departments. The youngster also captained his side for a few games in Shikhar Dhawan’s absence and delivered positive results with his leadership skills.&nbsp;</p>
<p>However, his recent bowling performance has witnessed a huge fall as the pacer hasn’t succeeded in delivering economical and wicket-taking spells to his team. Contesting against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in match 38 of the competition, Curran bowled three overs and ended his spell with expensive figures of 1/38.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The same story was against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Chepuak. This time, he bowled four overs and gave away 46 runs with one wicket in hand. In the high-scoring contest against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Mohali, the visitors failed to defend 214 and Curran again came out as one of the most expensive bowlers for PBKS.</p>
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<h3>9. Kagiso Rabada</h3>
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<p>Kagiso Rabada is an integral part of the Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) bowling line-up. As a premier speedster, his responsibility is to bolster the team with his discipline pace bowling, along with other key pacers Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh. However, the Protea hasn’t shown his best with the ball in this competition.</p>
<p>In his team’s 56-run defeat at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rabada looked completely out of colour. Completing four overs, he picked up a couple of wickets but also leaked 52 runs. His expensive spell cost the team as LSG put up a colossal total of 257 on the board.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Cheapuk, PBKS took the game away in the last ball of the game but Rabada again lacked confidence with the ball. In Punjab’s thrilling victory, Rabada couldn’t scalp any wickets and also conceded 34 runs in his four-over spell.</p>
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<h3>10. Arshdeep Singh</h3>
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<figcaption>Arshdeep Singh. (Photo Source: Twitter/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>During the first half of the tournament, Punjab Kings (PBKS) won a few matches due to stunning bowling displays from Arshdeep Singh. However, things changed for him in the previous week as he became an easy target for batters in back-to-back high-scoring matches.</p>
<p>In the 38th game of the league, Lucknow Super Giants’ batters demolished the PBKS bowling attack and notched up the second-highest IPL score (257/5). Throughout LSG innings, Punjab bowlers struggled to put up a fight and Arshdeep was not an exception as Lucknow batters plundered 54 runs in his four overs and gave only one wicket to the pacer.&nbsp;</p>
<p>His horrendous form followed him in his next two matches played in Chennai and Mohali. Against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI), the 24-year-old again got hammered and ended up with bowling figures of 1/37 and 1/66, against the quality CSK and MI sides, respectively.</p>
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<h3>11. Trent Boult</h3>
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<figcaption>Trent Boult. (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL)</figcaption>
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<p>In the first few matches, Trent Boult looked impactful for Rajasthan Royals (RR) as he consistently delivered wicket-taking spells to the team. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Delhi Capitals (DC), he delivered early breakthroughs for the Royals to bag the matches comfortably.</p>
<p>So far, the New Zealand bowler has done well against struggling sides but against quality teams, he has delivered satisfactory numbers. Against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, his team was saving a mammoth total of 212, and noticing his experience and form, the Kiwi quick was required to spearhead RR’s pace attack from the front.</p>
<p>However, along with other RR bowlers, he also failed to contain MI batters. In his four overs, he grabbed Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket but also became the second-most expensive bowler in the match by spending 43 runs at a terrible economy of 10.75.</p>

After delivering action for more than a month, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has now entered its sixth week. In the 47th contest of IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) clinched a five-run victory

IPL 2023: Flop XI from fifth week

These players delivered disappointing numbers to their respective teams in the fifth week of the T20 tournament.

8. Sam Curran