IPL 2024 Purple Cap: Khaleel Ahmed back in the race, Jasprit Bumrah stays at the top

IPL 2024 Purple Cap Holder: Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah both have 10 scalps to their name from five outings.

By: Sports Desk
Updated: April 13, 2024 07:36 AM IST

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IPL 2024 purple cap: Khaleel Ahmed back into top 5

While Khaleel Ahmed has nine scalps to his name from six outings, Jasprit Bumrah still holds the purple cap after having nabbed a 5-fer against RCB. (Sportzpics)

IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Delhi Capitals’ Khaleel Ahmed rose back among the top-five wicket takers of IPL 2024 after snapping two wickets against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday at the Ekana International Stadium. Khaleel now has nine wickets to his name from the six outings this season.

Still at the top of the tally is Jasprit Bumrah, who claimed a second five-wicket haul in his IPL career on Thursday and now has 10 scalps from half as many outings. At second in the race for the purple cap is Yuzvendra Chahal, who is the all-time leading wicket taker in IPL history. This season, Chahal has snapped 10 wickets from five games.

Also among the top five are Mustafizur Rahman (third with nine dismissals) and Arshdeep Singh (fifth with eight wickets).

Orange cap after LSG vs DC match

IPL 2024 Purple Cap table updated today

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	Yuzvendra Chahal	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	Khaleel Ahmed	6	6	24.0	211	9	21/2	23.44	8.79	16.00	0/0
5	Arshdeep Singh	5	5	18.2	160	8	29/4	20	8.72	13.75	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.