Top wicket takers in IPL 2024: Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, and more in race for Purple Cap

Ritabrata Banerjee

Top wicket takers in IPL 2024: Jasprit Bumrah, Harshal Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, and more in race for Purple Cap image

The 2024 IPL will be witnessing its final game on Sunday as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) go head-to-head against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to determine the new champions. 

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It has been a tough season for the bowlers since the the ever so adapting game has become even more batter-friendly. Even through such a nightmarish season for the bowlers, some have still managed to showcase their wicket-taking abilities. PBKS' Harshal Patel has led the chart for top wicket takers, followed by MI's Jasprit Bumrah and KKR's Varun Chakravarthy. 

Here we will round up all the leading wicket-takers as the tournament progresses.

Top wicket takers in IPL 2024

PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsAverageEcon.5-fersBBI
Harshal PatelPunjab Kings142419.879.7303/15
Jasprit BumrahMumbai Indians132016.806.4815/21
Varun ChakaravarthyKolkata Knight Riders142019.658.1803/16
T NatarajanSunrisers Hyderabad131922.948.8304/19
Avesh KhanRajasthan Royals161927.689.5903/27

Rajasthan Royals' Sohail Tanvir won the Purple Cap in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. Out of the last 16 editions of the tournament, seven overseas players have won the Purple Cap.

Gujarat Titans' Mohammed Shami took the most number of wickets in IPL 2023 as his team finished runners-up behind Chennai Super Kings.

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Top wicket takers in IPL history

The list of previous top wicket takers IPL.

YearPlayerTeamRuns
2008Sohail TanvirRR22
2009RP SinghDC (Deccan Chargers)23
2010Pragyan OjhaDC (Deccan Chargers)21
2011Lasith MalingaMI28
2012Morne MorkelDC (Delhi Capitals)25
2013Dwayne BravoCSK32
2014Mohit SharmaCSK23
2015Dwayne BravoCSK26
2016Bhuvneshwar KumarSRH23
2017Bhuvneshwar KumarSRH26
2018Andrew TyePBKS24
2019Imran TahirCSK26
2020Kagiso RabadaDC (Delhi Capitals)30
2021Harshal PatelRCB32
2022Yuzvendra ChahalRR27
2023Mohammed ShamiGT28

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Ritabrata Banerjee