IPL 2023: Flop XI from sixth week

Chennai Super Kings has been on a roll in this year's IPL and are in the second spot in the points table after being in the bottom two in the previous edition. The all-round efforts by the CSK players have been excellent to watch and that coupled with MS Dhoni's finishing touches have often managed to do the job for CSK. 

In the sixth week of IPL, CSK locked horns with MI and DC at their home ground and as expected, returned with wins in both the games rather comfortably. However, the games were not that great for Ambati Rayudu. Rayudu has been playing for CSK for quite a few years now and has been a vital cog for CSK. This year with the Impact Player rule, Dhoni has been using him in that capacity, more often than not. 

Rayudu, playing both the matches against MI and DC, could only manage scores of 12 and 23, respectively. Rayudu would be rather disappointed with his performances as on both occasions, he had plenty of overs to make a big score for himself and could have even stayed till the end to finish the first game against MI where CSK were chasing a modest total of 140.