IPL 2024: Harshal Patel wins Purple Cap; KKR bowlers Chakarvarthy, Rana finish in top 5 | Ipl News
IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Punjab Kings bowler Harshal Patel ended the season with 24 wickets to clinch the Purple Cap in the IPL 2024 season.
This is the second time Harshal has won the Purple Cap, having bagged 32 wickets in the 2021 season. Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Varun Chakarvarthy jumped to the second spot during the team’s victorious triumph in the final on Sunday with a wicket.
Chakarvarthy ended up with 21 wickets in the season, the most among all spinners. India and Mumbai Indians pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah finished third with 20 wickets during his campaign.
SRH’s T Natarajan and Harshit Rana rounded up the top five for the season.
IPL 2024 Purple Cap table updated today
No.
Player
M
Ins
Ovs
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Avg
Econ
SR
4w/5w
1
14
14
49.0
477
24
15/3
19.87
9.73
12.25
0/0
2.
15
13
50.0
402
21
16/3
19.14
8.04
14.28
0/0
3.
13
13
51.5
336
20
21/5
16.80
6.48
15.55
0/1
4.
14
14
51.2
465
19
19/4
15.52
9.05
16.21
1/0
5.
13
11
42.1
383
19
24/3
20.15
9.08
13.31
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, there 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 his teammate Mohit Sharma with 27 scalps in 14 matches. At number 3 came Afghanan’s Rashid Khan, also of the GT with 27 wickets in 17 matches and he was trailed Mumbai Indians’ Piyush Chawla who took 22 wickets in 16 games. Rounding off the top 5 l was RR’s Chahal with 21 wickets in 14 matches. There has no change in the table after the clash between Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings.
Here’s a l of past Purple Cap winners
IPL 2023 Purple Cap Winner: Mohammed Shami
Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Gujarat Titans
IPL 2022 Purple Cap Winner: Yuzvendra Chahal
Total Wickets: 27 | Team: Rajasthan Royals
IPL 2021 Purple Cap Winner: Harshal Patel
Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore
IPL 2020 Purple Cap Winner: Kagiso Rabada
Total Wickets: 30 | Team: Delhi Capitals
IPL 2019 Purple Cap Winner: Imran Tahir
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
IPL 2018 Purple Cap Winner: Andrew Tye
Total Wickets: 24 | Team: Punjab Kings
IPL 2017 Purple Cap Winner: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad
IPL 2016 Purple Cap Winner: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad
IPL 2015 Purple Cap Winner: Dwayne Bravo
Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
IPL 2014 Purple Cap Winner: Mohit Sharma
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
IPL 2013 Purple Cap Winner: Dwayne Bravo
Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Chennai Super Kings
IPL 2012 Purple Cap Winner: Morne Morkel
Total Wickets: 25 | Team: Delhi Daredevils
IPL 2011 Purple Cap Winner: Lasith Malinga
Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Mumbai Indians
IPL 2010 Purple Cap Winner: Pragyan Ojha
Total Wickets: 21 | Team: Deccan Chargers
IPL 2009 Purple Cap Winner: RP Singh
Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Deccan Chargers
IPL 2008 Purple Cap Winner: Sohail Tanvir
Total Wickets: 22 | Team: Rajasthan Royals
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