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IPL 2025 Purple Cap
IPL 2025 Purple Cap
In the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Purple Cap recognizes the consistency of a bowler throughout a particular tournament. The IPL recognizes the best wicket-taker in a given season through the Purple Cap award.
The inaugural IPL season in 2008 saw Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistani left-arm pacer, claim the first Purple Cap. Since then, pacers like Lasith Malinga, Kagiso Rabada, and Dwayne Bravo, along with spinners like Yuzvendra Chahal and Imran Tahir, have won the award.
List of IPL Purple Cap winners
| Year | Winner | Innings | Wickets | Average | Economy | 4W hauls |
| 2008 | Sohail Tanvir (RR) | 11 | 22 | 12.09 | 6.46 | 1 |
| 2009 | RP Singh (Deccan Chargers) | 16 | 23 | 18.13 | 6.98 | 1 |
| 2010 | Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers) | 16 | 21 | 20.42 | 7.29 | 0 |
| 2011 | Lasith Malinga (MI) | 16 | 28 | 13.39 | 5.95 | 0 |
| 2012 | Morne Morkel (DD) | 16 | 25 | 18.12 | 7.19 | 1 |
| 2013 | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | 18 | 32 | 15.53 | 7.95 | 1 |
| 2014 | Mohit Sharma (CSK) | 16 | 23 | 19.65 | 8.39 | 1 |
| 2015 | Dwayne Bravo (CSK) | 17 | 26 | 16.38 | 8.14 | 0 |
| 2016 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (SRH) | 17 | 23 | 21.3 | 7.42 | 1 |
| 2017 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (SRH) | 14 | 26 | 14.19 | 7.05 | 0 |
| 2018 | Andrew Tye (PBKS) | 14 | 24 | 18.66 | 8 | 3 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir (CSK) | 17 | 26 | 16.57 | 6.69 | 2 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada (DC) | 17 | 30 | 18.26 | 8.34 | 2 |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel (RCB) | 15 | 32 | 14.34 | 8.14 | 1 |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) | 17 | 27 | 19.51 | 7.75 | 1 |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami (GT) | 17 | 28 | 18.64 | 8.03 | 2 |
| 2024 | Harshal Patel (PBKS) | 14 | 24 | 19.87 | 9.73 | 0 |
Rules for IPL Purple Cap 2025
- The Purple Cap of the IPL 2025 season will be awarded to the highest wicket-taker of the IPL 2025.
- The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the season is allowed to wear the cap on the field.
- The bowler with a better economy rate will receive the Purple Cap in the instance of a tie.
- If a situation occurs in which an opposition bowler surpasses the Purple Cap standings during the innings, then the previous lead-wicket-taker will be allowed to retain the Purple Cap until the end of the match. He will hand it over to the latest lead-wicket-taker after the conclusion of the match.
Who was the Purple Cap winner in IPL 2024?
Punjab Kings’ Harshal Patel was named the winner of the IPL Purple Cap in 2024. He bagged 24 wickets in 14 matches with an economy rate of 9.73 and a best figure of 15/3.
Who was the first-ever Purple Cap winner in the IPL?
Sohail Tanvir, the left-arm fast bowler of the inaugural IPL champions, Rajasthan Royals (RR), was the first-ever Purple Cap winner. He won the award in 2008 after taking 22 wickets at an economy rate of 6.46.
Who won the most IPL Purple Caps?
As of March 2025, Dwayne Bravo (2), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2), and Harshal Patel (2) have won the most IPL Purple Caps. Bhuvneshwar won his two IPL Purple Caps in consecutive seasons (2016 and 2017). He is the only player to have won two successive IPL Purple Caps.
Who was the first Indian to win the IPL Purple Cap?
RP Singh, the former Indian pacer, was the first Indian player to win the IPL Purple Cap. He won the honors in 2009 with the now-defunct Deccan Chargers after bagging 23 wickets.
Who was the first spinner to win the IPL Purple Cap?
Pragyan Ojha was the first-ever spinner to win the IPL Purple Cap when he took 21 wickets for the Deccan Chargers in 2010.
Who won the IPL Purple Cap with the best economy?
Lasith Malinga won the IPL Purple Cap in 2011 after he mustered 28 wickets at an economy rate of 5.95, the best for any IPL Purple Cap-winning player in a season (as of March 2025).
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