Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians takes catch of Deepak Hooda of Lucknow Super Giants during match 48 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on the 30th April 2024. (Sportzpics)IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: There were no changes to the top-five wicket takers tally of IPL 2024 after the CSK vs PBKS match on Wednesday. Mumbai Indians’ pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah remained top of the tally with 14 scalps from 10 games.
Mustafizur Rahman, featuring in the game against Punjab, went wicketless and remained second while Matheesha Pathirana, who didn’t play on Wednesday is fourth in the tally.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan occupied the 5th position after his 1 wicket against the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Punjab Kings seamer Harshal Patel moved to the third position of the Purple Cap leaderboard with a wicket against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
| No. | Player | M | Ins | Ovs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w/5w |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 40.00 | 256 | 14 | 21/5 | 18.28 | 6.40 | 17.14 | 0/1 | |
| 2 |
Mustafizur Rahman
|
9 | 9 | 34.2 | 318 | 14 | 29/4 | 22.71 | 9.26 | 14.71 | 1/0 |
| 3 |
Harshal Patel
|
9 | 9 | 32.0 | 326 | 14 | 3/15 | 23.28 | 10.18 | 13.71 | 0/0 |
| 4 |
Matheesha Pathirana
|
6 | 6 | 22.0 | 169 | 13 | 28/4 | 13.00 | 7.68 | 10.15 | 1/0 |
| 3 |
T Natarajan
|
7 | 7 | 28.0 | 252 | 13 | 19/4 | 19.38 | 9.00 | 12.92 | 1/0 |
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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