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

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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

Player Team Matches Wickets Average Econ. 5-fers BBI
Harshal Patel Punjab Kings 14 24 19.87 9.73 0 3/15
Jasprit Bumrah Mumbai Indians 13 20 16.80 6.48 1 5/21
Varun Chakaravarthy Kolkata Knight Riders 14 20 19.65 8.18 0 3/16
T Natarajan Sunrisers Hyderabad 13 19 22.94 8.83 0 4/19
Avesh Khan Rajasthan Royals 16 19 27.68 9.59 0 3/27

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.

Year Player Team Runs
2008 Sohail Tanvir RR 22
2009 RP Singh DC (Deccan Chargers) 23
2010 Pragyan Ojha DC (Deccan Chargers) 21
2011 Lasith Malinga MI 28
2012 Morne Morkel DC (Delhi Capitals) 25
2013 Dwayne Bravo CSK 32
2014 Mohit Sharma CSK 23
2015 Dwayne Bravo CSK 26
2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH 23
2017 Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH 26
2018 Andrew Tye PBKS 24
2019 Imran Tahir CSK 26
2020 Kagiso Rabada DC (Delhi Capitals) 30
2021 Harshal Patel RCB 32
2022 Yuzvendra Chahal RR 27
2023 Mohammed Shami GT 28

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