IPL Records: Purple Cap - Top 10 bowlers in 2017 IPL season

#2 Jaydev Unadkat (RPS)

Jaydev Unadkat

Jaydev Unadkat improved his bowling skills after joining RPS. Due to his memorable performance in IPL 2017, he got a national call up in quick time. He was the key pacer in RPS team and didn’t fail to impress as he took 24 wickets in 12 innings.

The specialty of his bowling was the off cutter and the slower delivery that he used to bowl and trap the batsmen. With his heroics, RPS reached the finals. He also took a hat-trick in that edition of IPL. He had a bowling strike rate of 11.45 and an economy of 7.02.

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#1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Nicknamed Bhuvi, Kumar won the purple cap by collecting 26 wickets in his name in IPL 2017. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is someone who swings the ball beautifully and also bowls unplayable yorkers. Carrying his form from IPL 2016, he won the purple cap for the 2nd consecutive time.

He had an economy rate of 7.05 and an average of 14.19 in the 14 innings he bowled in. He also earned a five-wicket haul in IPL 2017. But, it didn’t help SRH to win the IPL trophy.

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