Purple Cap 2024: With total of 13 wicket Jasprit Bumrah has overtaken Yuzvendra Chahal for Purple Cap followed by Harshal Patel with 13 wickets
| POS | PLAYERS | MAT | OV | RUNS | WKTS | BBI | AVG | ECON | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Jaspreet Bumrah MI | 8 | 30.0 | 180 | 13 | 21/5 | 13.84 | 6.00 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Yuzvendra Chahal RR | 8 | 30.0 | 265 | 13 | 11/3 | 20.38 | 8.83 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Harshal Patel PBKS | 8 | 29 | 278 | 13 | 15/3 | 21.38 | 9.58 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gerald Coetzee MI | 8 | 27.3 | 279 | 12 | 34/4 | 23.25 | 10.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Sam Curran PBKS | 8 | 24.0 | 211 | 11 | 28/3 | 19.18 | 8.79 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Mustafizur Rahman CSK | 6 | 24.0 | 226 | 11 | 29/4 | 20.54 | 9.41 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Kuldeep Yadav DC | 5 | 20.0 | 154 | 10 | 55/4 | 15.40 | 7.70 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | T Natarajan SRH | 5 | 20.0 | 170 | 10 | 19/4 | 17.00 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Kagiso Rabada PBKS | 8 | 32.0 | 273 | 10 | 18/2 | 27.30 | 8.53 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Khaleel Ahmed DC | 8 | 31.0 | 280 | 10 | 21/2 | 28.0 | 9.03 | 0 | 0 |
IPL Purple Cap FAQ’s
What is Purple Cap?
In the IPL, there’s a prestigious award called the Purple Cap. It’s like a trophy for the bowler who takes the most wickets throughout the season. Whenever a bowler is leading in wickets, they get to wear a special purple cap during matches, kind of like a badge of honor.
Who wins Purple Cap?
At the end of the IPL season, the bowler with the highest number of wickets overall gets to keep the real Purple Cap as a reward.
Who wins Purple Cap if there is tie between two bowlers?
If there’s a tie between two bowlers in wickets, the one with the better economy rate, meaning they didn’t give away too many runs per over, gets the cap.
Who won first Purple Cap in IPL?
Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to be awarded the Purple Cap in 2008. He took 22 wickets in 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals.
Who has won Purple Cap twice?
Only two players, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo, have managed to win the Purple Cap twice. There was an exciting season where Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel both took 32 wickets, but Dwayne Bravo secured the cap because he was more effective in keeping the runs down while bowling.
Who won Purple Cap in 2023?
Mohammed Shami won 2023 Purple Cap with 28 wickets in 17 matches.
Who’s highest wicket takers to win Purple Cap in all IPL editions?
Dwayne Bravo 32 wickets in 18 matches in 2013 and Harshal Patel with 32 wickets in 15 matches are highest wicket takers to win IPL matches.
Which Team has most Purple Cap winners in IPL?
CSK has 4 Purple Cap winner in IPL with Dwayne Bravo(2013), Mohit Sharma(2014), Dwayne Bravo(2015) and Imran Tahir(2019).
Are played allowed to wear Purple Cap on field?
Yes, the Purple cap owner will be allowed to wear the orange cap till the end of the innings even if an opposition bowlers has overtaken his number of wickets.
