IPL 2024 Most Wickets: Chennai Super Kings’s Mustafizur Rahman celebrates the wicket of Royal Challengers Bengaluru Captain Faf du Plessis during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. (PTI)
IPL 2024 Most Wickets, Purple Cap Holder: Chennai Super Kings bowler Mustafizur Rahman made his way into the 4th spot of the Purple Cap table after taking a wicket against the Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday.
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.
IPL 2024 Purple Cap table updated today
| 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 | Mustafizur Rahman | 7 | 7 | 25.0 | 230 | 12 | 29/4 | 19.16 | 9.20 | 12.50 | 1/0 |
| 5 | Gerald Coetzee | 8 | 8 | 28.3 | 288 | 12 | 34/4 | 24.00 | 10.10 | 14.25 | 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.
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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