IPL (IPL 2023) Starting from 31st March. Along with this, purple cap in bowlers (Purple cap) The race to get will also start. Now this season, who is able to get the purple cap on the basis of his sharp bowling. It will be interesting to see, but before that we are going to tell you today that in the history of IPL till now, which bowlers have won the Purple Cap by taking the most wickets in the season.
Purple cap
In the first season of IPL (2008), Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir won the Purple Cap by taking 22 wickets in 11 matches while playing for Rajasthan Royals. In IPL 2009, Indian fast bowler RP Singh won the Purple Cap for Deccan Chargers by taking 23 wickets in 16 matches. In IPL 2010, Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha took 21 wickets in 16 matches while playing in the Deccan Chargers team and captured the Purple Cap.
In IPL 2011, Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga registered his name on the Purple Cap by taking 28 wickets in 16 matches while playing for Mumbai. Morne Markle of South Africa became the Purple Cap winner for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2012. He took 25 wickets in 16 matches. In IPL, Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap by taking 32 wickets in 18 matches. In 2014, Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Mohit Sharma captured the Purple Cap by taking 23 wickets in 16 matches.
Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap in IPL 2015 by taking 26 wickets in 17 matches. In 2016, Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar for Sunrisers Hyderabad kept the Purple Cap in his hands by taking 23 wickets in 17 matches. After this Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Jalba was also seen in 2017. He won the Purple Cap for the second consecutive season. This time Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 26 wickets in 14 matches.
In IPL 2018, Australia’s Andrew Tye took 24 wickets in 14 matches for Kings XI Punjab and won the Purple Cap. Playing for Chennai Super Kings in 2019, South African spin bowler Imran Tahir won the Purple Cap by taking 26 wickets in 16 matches. In IPL 2020, South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada captured the Purple Cap by taking 30 wickets in 17 matches played for Delhi Capitals.
Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last season of IPL 2021, Indian bowler Harshal Patel took 32 wickets in 15 matches. For this he was awarded the Purple Cap. In IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals leg-spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal won the Purple Cap. He took 27 wickets in 17 matches in the 15th season of IPL.
In the 15 seasons of IPL so far, there have been only 6 Indian bowlers who have won the Purple Cap. While foreign bowlers have won the Purple Cap 9 times. This time it will be interesting to see in whose hands this purple cap is applied.
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