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IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah sped up and topped the Purple Cap charts with his 5-wicket haul against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Thursday. The pacer is tied with Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvendra Chahal who is at the second position with both at 10 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings Mustafizur Rahman who is at 9 scalps, is third in the standings. Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans bowler Mohit Sharma also re-entered the race when he took out Riyan Parag on Wednesday to take his tally to 8 wickets.
On Tuesday, Punjab Kings bowler Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets and is 4th in the table with 8 wickets after the clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
No. | Player | M | Ins | Ovs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w/5w |
1 |
Jasprit Bumrah
|
5 | 5 | 20.0 | 119 | 10 | 21/5 | 11.90 | 5.95 | 12.00 | 0/1 |
2 | 5 | 5 | 18.0 | 131 | 10 | 11/3 | 13.10 | 7.41 | 10.60 | 0/0 | |
3 |
Mustafizur Rahman
|
4 | 4 | 16.0 | 128 | 9 | 29/4 | 14.22 | 8.00 | 10.66 | 1/0 |
4 | Arshdeep Singh | 5 | 5 | 18.2 | 160 | 8 | 29/4 | 20 | 8.72 | 13.75 | 1/0 |
5 | Mohit Sharma | 6 | 6 | 23.0 | 216 | 8 | 25/3 | 27.00 | 9.39 | 17.25 | 0/0 |
Every year when the Indian Premier League (IPL) season comes around, a lot of eyes are on the players who take the most number of wickets in the season, thereby getting the Purple Cap.
These players, more often than not go on to represent their national teams in future tournaments like the T20 World Cup. Players also add to their value for the next season if they have a great campaign in the IPL.
In the 2023 season, Gujarat Titans’ Mohammed Shami won the Purple Cap with 28 wickets in 17 matches. He was followed by his teammate Mohit Sharma with 27 scalps in 14 matches. At number 3 came Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, also of the GT with 27 wickets in 17 matches and he was trailed by Mumbai Indians’ Piyush Chawla who took 22 wickets in 16 games. Rounding off the top 5 list was RR’s Chahal with 21 wickets in 14 matches.
Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Gujarat Titans
Total Wickets: 27 | Team: Rajasthan Royals
Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore
Total Wickets: 30 | Team: Delhi Capitals
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
Total Wickets: 24 | Team: Punjab Kings
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
Total Wickets: 25 | Team: Delhi Daredevils
Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Mumbai Indians
Total Wickets: 21 | Team: Deccan Chargers
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Deccan Chargers
Total Wickets: 22 | Team: Rajasthan Royals
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