The IPL Purple Cap is taken home by the bowler who takes the most wickets in the entire season. Harshal Patel took home the honour last season by picking up a record-equalling 32 wickets – the most in a single edition of the IPL.
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 got underway on March 26, Saturday, with the inaugural fixture between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). A total number of 70 league matches and four Playoff games will be played in the duration of 65 days. All the matches will be played in Mumbai and Pune with the iconic Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium holding 20 matches each while Brabourne and MCA International stadium, Pune, playing host to 15 fixtures each. The lucrative tournament has become the most successful T20 franchise league around the world. It not only gives a chance to youngsters to showcase their talents but also to the veterans to continue to be a part of the game even after their retirement.
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The IPL has also seen bowlers from across the world showcase their talents and prove themselves to be a handful even though the shortest format remains richly dominated by the batters. However, to encourage the bowlers, the parent body of the lucrative tournament — BCCI — gives away the IPL Purple Cap to take home for the player who accumulates the most wickets at the end of the season. Let us have a look at who is leading the race.
| POS | Player | Mat | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 10 | 10 | 40.0 | 291 | 19 | 40/5 | 15.31 | 7.27 | 12.63 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 10 | 36.4 | 309 | 18 | 14/4 | 17.16 | 8.42 | 12.22 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Kagiso Rabada | 9 | 9 | 33.0 | 273 | 17 | 33/4 | 16.05 | 8.27 | 11.64 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | T Natarajan | 9 | 9 | 35.0 | 303 | 17 | 10/3 | 17.82 | 8.65 | 12.35 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | W Hasaranga | 11 | 11 | 37.0 | 304 | 16 | 20/4 | 19.00 | 8.21 | 13.87 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Umesh Yadav | 10 | 10 | 40.0 | 286 | 15 | 23/4 | 19.06 | 7.15 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Mohammed Shami | 11 | 11 | 44.0 | 365 | 15 | 25/3 | 24.33 | 8.29 | 17.60 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Umran Malik | 10 | 10 | 38.0 | 339 | 15 | 25/5 | 22.60 | 8.92 | 15.20 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Khaleel Ahmed | 7 | 7 | 28.0 | 220 | 14 | 25/3 | 15.71 | 7.85 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Dwayne Bravo | 8 | 8 | 29.4 | 259 | 14 | 20/3 | 18.50 | 8.73 | 12.71 | 0 | 0 |
