IPL Purple Cap 2025 - Most Wickets

India’s biggest cricket extravaganza aka the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to host its 18th edition in 2025. With ten teams setting their eyes on the coveted title, the competition has soared to new heights, especially in the bowling department. While batters often steal the limelight, the Purple Cap, which is awarded to the tournament's highest wicket-taker, still remains a much-cherished prize for the bowlers in the shortest format of the game. The upcoming season will be an added pressure for the franchises due to the IPL 2025 mega auction.

All ten teams will look to reshape their squads bringing in new faces along with retaining some of their former players. The impact player rule, which stirred controversy in previous seasons, continues to be a burning question. Many franchises and players have voiced concerns about its potential continuation, recognizing how it could possibly affect bowling strategies. Despite the 2024 season seeing a huge number of runs being scored and new batting records being set every other day, franchises are aware that while batters win matches, it's often the bowlers who help teams to achieve the glory.

In the previous auction, where pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins emerged as the most expensive players, they handsomely repaid the faith to their respective teams despite a huge price tag on their head. The IPL 2024 season also saw some promising bowlers come up the charts, like Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, and Vaibhav Arora, who could be key contenders for the Purple Cap in 2025. However, they'll face stiff competition from established stars, including the previous season's Purple Cap holder, Harshal Patel, who claimed an impressive 24 wickets. The Purple Cap race in 2025 will be fiercer this time around with more quality players playing this competition. With star leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who is currently at the helm of the all-time leading wicket-taker list in the IPL history, will once again look to do the trick with the ball in hand.

IPL Purple Cap Trivia

• Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to be awarded the Purple Cap for taking 22 wickets in 11 matches in the 2008 season.
• The record of most wickets in a single edition is jointly held by Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel. Bravo scalped 32 wickets in the 2015 season while Patel had 32 victims to his name in the 2021 season.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to have won the Purple Cap in successive editions of the IPL (2016, 2017)

Rules for IPL Purple Cap 2025

• The Purple Cap is awarded to the leading wicket-taker of the IPL season.
• The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the season is allowed to wear the Cap in the field.
• In an event of a tie, the Purple Cap is awarded to the bowler with a better economy rate.

List of all IPL Purple Cap Winners from 2008 to 2025

In the inaugural IPL season in 2008, the Purple Cap award was won by Sohail Tanvir. The Pakistan left-arm seamer scalped a total of 22 wickets in the tournament and scalped his wickets at a stupendous average of 12.09.

The first Indian cricketer to have been the recipient of the Purple Cap award is former left-arm fast bowler RP Singh during the 2009 season of the IPL. Singh took 23 wickets at a strike rate of 15.50 to bag the award.

Dwayne Bravo and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the only two cricketers to have won the Purple Cap award on two occasions. While Bravo won the award in 2013 and 2015, Kumar laid his hands on the Purple Cap in 2016 and 2017.

The other players to have been the recipient of the Purple Cap award in IPL history are Pragyan Ojha, Lasith Malinga, Morne Morkel, Mohit Sharma, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal.

In the 14th edition of the IPL, Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap award. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer scalped a gargantuan 32 wickets to win the Purple Cap award in 2021. Harshal shares the record for the most wickets in an IPL season with Dwayne Bravo, who scalped 32 wickets in the year 2013. With the 2024 season already underway, the race to grab the IPL Orange cap 2024 is also in full flow and several high-profile batters are trying to pip each other.

FAQ Related to Purple Cap in IPL

What is the purple cap in IPL for?

The Purple Cap is presented to the bowler who ends a season's highest wicket-taker.

Who is having Purple Cap in IPL 2024?

Punjab Kings (PBKS) pacer Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap race in IPL 2024 with 24 wickets.

Who has the most Purple Cap in IPL history?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only bowlers to have won the Purple Cap two times in IPL history

Who won the 2008 IPL Purple Cap?

In 2008, Sohail Tanvir, playing for Rajasthan Royals, took 22 wickets in 11 matches and won the Purple Cap.

Who is the highest wicket-taker in IPL history?

Yuzvendra Chahal, with 205 wickets, holds the record for the highest number of wickets in IPL history.