IPL 2024 Purple Cap update: Tushar Deshpande rises to 4th after taking 2 wickets vs Rajasthan Royals | Ipl News
IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Chennai Super Kings seamer Tushar Deshpande went up to the 4th position in the Purple cap race after taking 2 wickets against the Rajasthan Royals on Sunday.
Mumbai Indians seamer Jasprit Bumrah returned to the top of the wicket-takers charts during the match against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Bumrah picked up two wickets while conceding 39 runs to extend his tally to 20 wickets, level with Harshal Patel, who had moved to the top of the table on Wednesday. Bumrah’s economy is superior to the Punjab Kings bowler, helping him to the top of the standings.
Also in the race for the purple cap are Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Nitish Rana after their match-winning performance against Mumbai.
IPL 2024 Purple Cap table updated today
No.
Player
M
Ins
Ovs
Runs
Wkts
BBI
Avg
Econ
SR
4w/5w
1
13
13
51.5
336
20
21/5
16.80
6.48
15.55
0/1
2
12
12
41.0
400
20
15/3
20.00
9.75
12.30
0/0
3
12
12
44.0
367
18
16/3
20.38
8.34
14.66
0/0
4
Tushar Deshpande
12
12
44.0
375
16
27/4
23.43
8.52
16.50
1/0
5
Nitish Rana
10
9
34.1
332
16
24/3
20.75
9.71
12.81
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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