IPL 2024 Purple Cap: Mohit Sharma moves to the top with 7 wickets after GT vs PBKS

IPL 2024 Purple Cap Holder: The Purple Cap is awarded to the leading wicket-taker every season. This table gets updated after each match.

Gujarat Titans' Mohit Sharma celebrates the wicket of Sunrisers' Hyderabad's Washington Sundar during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (PTI Photo)

IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Gujarat Titans’ Mohit Sharma moved to the top of the Purple Cap race with 7 wickets while Chennai Super Kings Mustafizur Rahman, who is also with 7 wickets, slid down to 2nd.

Lucknow Super Giants’ Mayank Yadav who got the better of Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar on Tuesday came down to third while Yuzvendra Chahal and Khaleel Ahmed are in the 4th position and 5th position respectively.

LSG’s Yadav, just 21 years of age, also bowled the fastest delivery of IPL 2024: a scorching thunderbolt of 156.7 kph in the game against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

IPL 2024 Purple Cap table updated after GT vs PBKS

No.	Player	M	Ins	Ovs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w/5w
1	Mohit Sharma	4	4	14.0	109	7	25/3	15.57	7.78	12.00	0/0
2	Mustafizur Rahman	3	3	12.0	106	7	29/4	15.14	8.83	10.28	1/0
3	Mayank Yadav	2	2	8.0	41	6	14/3	6.83	5.12	8.00	0/0
4	Yuzvendra Chahal	3	3	10.0	55	6	11/3	9.16	5.50	10.00	0/0
5	Khaleel Ahmed	4	4	16.0	131	6	21/2	21.83	8.18	16.00	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.

Here’s a list of past Purple Cap winners

IPL 2023 Purple Cap Winner: Mohammed Shami

Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Gujarat Titans

IPL 2022 Purple Cap Winner: Yuzvendra Chahal

Total Wickets: 27 | Team: Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2021 Purple Cap Winner: Harshal Patel

Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Royal Challengers Bangalore

IPL 2020 Purple Cap Winner: Kagiso Rabada

Total Wickets: 30 | Team: Delhi Capitals

IPL 2019 Purple Cap Winner: Imran Tahir

Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2018 Purple Cap Winner: Andrew Tye

Total Wickets: 24 | Team: Punjab Kings

IPL 2017 Purple Cap Winner: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad

IPL 2016 Purple Cap Winner: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Sunrisers Hyderabad

IPL 2015 Purple Cap Winner: Dwayne Bravo

Total Wickets: 26 | Team: Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2014 Purple Cap Winner: Mohit Sharma

Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2013 Purple Cap Winner: Dwayne Bravo

Total Wickets: 32 | Team: Chennai Super Kings

IPL 2012 Purple Cap Winner: Morne Morkel

Total Wickets: 25 | Team: Delhi Daredevils

IPL 2011 Purple Cap Winner: Lasith Malinga

Total Wickets: 28 | Team: Mumbai Indians

IPL 2010 Purple Cap Winner: Pragyan Ojha

Total Wickets: 21 | Team: Deccan Chargers

IPL 2009 Purple Cap Winner: RP Singh

Total Wickets: 23 | Team: Deccan Chargers

IPL 2008 Purple Cap Winner: Sohail Tanvir

Total Wickets: 22 | Team: Rajasthan Royals

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First uploaded on: 04-04-2024 at 23:14 IST

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