IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: There were no changes to the top-five wicket takers tally of IPL 2024 after the KKR-DC game on Monday. Mustafizur Rahman and Matheesha Pathirana both rose up the table to 2nd and 4th respectively after Chennai Super Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In the same match, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s T Natarajan went to the 5th position after his 1 wicket against the Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians’ pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah regained the purple cap from Harshal Patel after his spell against the Delhi Capitals on Saturday which saw the 30-year-old remove in-form Rishabh Pant.
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 |
Jasprit Bumrah
|
9 | 9 | 36.00 | 239 | 14 | 21/5 | 17.07 | 6.63 | 15.42 | 0/1 |
| 2 |
Mustafizur Rahman
|
8 | 8 | 30.2 | 296 | 14 | 29/4 | 21.14 | 9.75 | 13.00 | 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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