Tushar Deshpande of Chennai Superkings bowling during match 68 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings held at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on the 18th May 2024. (Photo by Saikat Das / Sportzpics for IPL)IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Chennai Super Kings bowler Tushar Deshpande did not have the best of times in the must-win game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Saturday giving away 49 runs from 4 overs but he still managed to break into the Top 5 of the Purple cap race with 1 wicket.
Harshal Patel snapped up a couple of wickets to overtake Jasprit Bumrah in the leading wicket-takers’ tally in IPL 2024. The 2022 Purple Cap winner is now the holder of the Cap with 22 scalps in 13 matches.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians seamer Bumrah is second in the charts with 20 wickets to his name. Bumrah’s economy is superior to the Punjab Kings bowler, helping him to the top of the standings.
| No. | Player | M | Ins | Ovs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w/5w |
| 1 |
Harshal Patel
|
13 | 13 | 45.0 | 428 | 22 | 15/3 | 19.45 | 9.51 | 12.27 | 0/0 |
| 2 |
Jasprit Bumrah
|
13 | 13 | 51.5 | 336 | 20 | 21/5 | 16.80 | 6.48 | 15.55 | 0/1 |
| 3 |
Varun Chakaravarthy
|
12 | 12 | 44.0 | 367 | 18 | 16/3 | 20.38 | 8.34 | 14.66 | 0/0 |
| 4 |
Tushar Deshpande
|
13 | 13 | 48.0 | 424 | 17 | 27/4 | 24.94 | 8.83 | 16.94 | 1/0 |
| 5 | 13 | 13 | 50.0 | 469 | 17 | 11/3 | 27.58 | 9.38 | 17.64 | 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, 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. There has no change in the table after the clash between Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings.
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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