IPL 2022: Best XI from the fifth week of the season

The 15^th edition of the Indian Premier League is now five weeks old. The new IPL franchise Gujarat Titans is ruling the points table since the start of the season. The most successful IPL franchise Mumbai Indians have lost eight games in a row and have already got knocked out of the race for the playoffs.

The situation of the Chennai Super Kings are also not too different from MI. CSK has managed to win two games out of eight and are at the ninth position in the points table. Rajasthan Royals are also having a great season with the courtesy of Jos Butler. LSG, RCB, and SRH are having a good season too, it seems that two of them should qualify for the playoffs.

Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, and Kolkata Knight Riders will try their best to keep their chances alive. The Orange Cap is with the explosive Jos Butler who is having a dream season in 2022 scoring 499 runs in eight games. Yuzvendra Chahal has the purple cap with him picking 18 wickets in eight matches at a bowling average of 12.61.  Here it has been tried to make the-

Best XI from the fifth week of IPL 2022

1. Shikhar Dhawan

The Delhi Opener showed good form in the last few games and him getting in form is great news for the Punjab Kings. He has been playing IPL right from the inaugural edition of it. He has scored 6091 IPL runs in 200 games at an average of 35.01.

He has scored two hundreds as well and both of them came in consecutive games last season. Punjab Kings defeated the Chennai Super Kings on Monday 25^th of April. Shikhar played a solid knock of 88 off 59 balls and took PBKS to a good great score of 187 in 20 overs.

He made a great partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the second wicket. Having an experienced batter like Shikhar is a blessing for Punjab and they will want him to play many more good innings for them.