IPL 2023: Top 5 bowling performances from fifth week

An exciting week of IPL 2023 came to an end where plenty of runs were scored and wicket were taken in tandem. Some of performances ended up in losing causes, but they must be appreciated.

In a game of small margins, bowlers do not get good figures often. But this week had some four-wicket hauls and even in a match where teams scored over 200 runs, the bowlers were successful in pulling things back.

The likes of Piyush Chawla, Varun Chakravarthy and Josh Little have continued their superb form in this week, but there were some performers who fared better than them. On that note, here are top five bowling performances from Week 5 of IPL 2023:

5. Moeen Ali 2/13 vs LSG

Moeen Ali has not had a great IPL till now as he has neither scored big nor taken wickets regularly except for Chennai Super Kings' second match. However, CSK's washed-out game against LSG saw one of the best bowling performances as Moeen was brought on inside the Powerplay and he got dangerous Kyle Mayers out. 

He was giving the ball flight and getting the purchase off the surface. He maintained fuller lengths outside off and in his third over, he got Karan Sharma caught and bowled, leaving LSG 44/5. When Moeen came to finish his spell, Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran were just seeing him off, taking no risk. 

MS Dhoni utilised him inside the first 12 overs and the spinner took advantage of a slow track as he not only denied LSG a single boundary off his bowling, but bowled 11 dots. The match was washed out but Moeen would be happy to get back taking wickets and contributing for CSK.