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IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Jasprit Bumrah continued to hold a slender lead in the race for most wickets in the IPL 2024 season despite going wicketless during Mumbai Indians’ defeat against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Monday.
Joining him at 13 wickets was Yuzvendra Chahal, who scalped his milestone 200th wicket during the match. The duo are joined by Harshal Patel on 13 wickets.
MI’s Gerald Coetzee and Punjab Kings’ stand-in captain Sam Curran make up the top-five.
No. | Player | M | Ins | Ovs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w/5w |
1 |
Jasprit Bumrah
|
8 | 8 | 32.0 | 204 | 13 | 21/5 | 15.69 | 6.37 | 14.76 | 0/1 |
2 |
Yuzvendra Chahal
|
8 | 8 | 30.0 | 265 | 13 | 11/3 | 20.38 | 8.83 | 13.80 | 0/0 |
3 |
Harshal Patel
|
8 | 8 | 29.0 | 278 | 13 | 15/3 | 21.38 | 9.58 | 13.38 | 0/0 |
4 | Gerald Coetzee | 8 | 8 | 28.3 | 288 | 11 | 34/4 | 24.00 | 10.10 | 14.25 | 1/0 |
5 | Sam Curran | 8 | 8 | 24.0 | 211 | 11 | 28/3 | 19.18 | 8.79 | 13.09 | 0/0 |
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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