IPL 2023: Best playing XI of the season

The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League has finally ended with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifting the title for the fifth time after defeating the defending champions Gujarat Titans in a thrilling final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Throughout the season, we have witnessed some exceptional performances from the players that change the course of the game in their team’s favour.

There were splendid performances by some young players who made their names famous all over the world, While there were also some players for whom IPL 2023 came as a redemption and they knocked on the doors of the Indian cricket team once again. However, picking up the best IPL XI of the season among so many talents turns out to be a hectic task. So

Here is the best playing XI of IPL 2023.

Openers:

A good start plays a crucial role to set the momentum for a team in a T20 game. The bigger the opening partnership is, the bigger the score team achieves. For this, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)skipper Faf du Plessis will be opening with the start batter of Gujarat Titans (GT), Shubman Gill. Du Plessis is the highest scorer of the season for RCB with 730 runs from 14 matches at an average of 56.15. While, Gill had a tremendous season with the bat as he finished as the highest run scorer of the with 890 runs from 17 matches including three centuries. Both batters have given a good start to their respective teams multiple times in the season and can form a good opening pair.

Middle-order batters:

At number three, RCB star Virat Kohli could be a perfect fit. The 34-year-old had a great season with the as he scored 639 runs from 14 games, where he scored two back-to-back centuries in the last two matches. He could play an anchor to bing balance in the batting lineup. After him, Cameron Green could take charge of the batting line-up. The 24-year-old has been tremendous in his maiden IPL season for Mumbai Indians where he scored 452 runs from 16 matches at an average of 50.22, including a century in the last league match for to confirm his team’s playoff qualification.

After that, as a finisher, Rinku Singh could be the perfect choice for at number five. After hitting five sixes against GT, Rinku didn’t look back and turned out be the leading run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023 with 474 runs from 14 matches at an average of 59.25. After him, MS Dhoni will be coming as wicket-keeper batter and skipper. No one is as fast as Dhoni as behind the wickets and a leader like him could create a match-winning team.

Bowlers and All-rounders

After the batters, Rashid Khan will be coming next as a bowling all-rounder. The Afghan leg spinner was third on the list of most wicket-takers of the tournament with 27 wickets from 17 games. Apart from that, Rashid can also come as a handy batter who could fire some big shot in the end. Coming to main bowlers, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma will spearhead the pace attack along with Mohammed Siraj. While Piyush Chawla will come as a second spinner.