IPL 2023: 5 best bowling performances from sixth week of tournament

We are almost in the business end of Indian Premier League's 2023 edition. Till the sixth week, 56 matches have been played. All the teams are still in hunt for the play offs, but there also are teams who only have the chance realistically. The players have put their hearts out for the franchise to get their side a place in top four. 

This week specially has been quite a roller coaster journey. Matches have been played where teams struggled to get past 140, and also 200+ totals have been chased down convincingly. It shows the true nature of the pitch and the way cricketers are putting their performances up for the franchises. In this piece, we talk about some top bowling performances of this week. 

In most instances, their teams have won the match. But even if their team lost, their efforts were valued. In this week's list, we have got three pacers and two wrist spinners to feature in this list. Special mention to Rahul Chahar, who missed out due to space constraints. 

5) Mitchell Marsh 3/18 vs CSK

Ever since his return from Australia, Mitchell Marsh is producing fiery spells. In an all important match against Chennai Super Kings, David Warner handed over the ball to him in the thirteenth over. Lalit Yadav's next over had CSK ahead in the race but Marsh got the dangerous Shivam Dube. 

He didn't concede a single boundary till then. Warner then held him for death overs and Marsh paid back the assurance. The penultimate over saw CSK skipper MS Dhoni taking out scoring 21 runs. When it looked almost inevitable that CSK would post a score over 180, Marsh came and dismissed both Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni to halt their run scoring. 

Marsh has been making full use of slower balls. His change of pace deceived the batters most of the time, as they looked to hit him out of the park. Unfortunately, Delhi Capitals couldn't take advantage and eventually lost the game. But Marsh's economical bowling on a batting deck was appreciated.