IPL 2024 Purple Cap: Mustafizur Rahman leads the race for highest wicket taker

Post At: Mar 28/2024 02:10AM

IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: 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

IPL 2024 Purple Cap

In the 2024 edition, Chennai Super Kings bowler Mustafizur Rahman rules the roost with 6 wickets. He is followed by Punjab Kings’ Harpreet Brar with 3  and Mumbai Indians Jasprit Bumrah with 3. Next comes Punjab’s Kagiso Rabada and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan with 3 apiece as well.

No. Player M Ins Ovs Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w/5w
1 Mustafizur Rahman 2 2 8.0 59 6 29/4 9.83 7.37 8.00 1/0
2 Harpreet Brar 2 2 7.0 27 3 13/2 9.00 3.85 14.00 0/0
3 Jasprit Bumrah 2 2 8.0 50 3 14/3 16.66 6.25 16.00 0/0
4 Kagiso Rabada 2 2 8.0 59 3 23/2 19.66 7.37 16.00 0/0
5 T Natarajan 1 1 4.0 32 3 32/3 10.66 8.00 8.00 0/0

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.

Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal leads the overall list for the most wicket takers with 187 scalps. He is followed by retired CSK and West Indian legend Dwayne Bravo with 183 wickets and Mumbai Indians’ Piyush Chawla who comes third with 179 wickets. Next comes Lucknow Super Giants’ Amit Mishra with 173 scalps at 4th and Rajasthan Royals’ Ravichandran Ashwin with 171 wickets.

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