IPL 2021 Purple Cap – Most wickets in an IPL season by Indian bowler: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Harshal Patel on Wednesday surpassed Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah to become the Indian bowler to pick most wickets in an IPL season. The current Purple Cap holder Harshal Patel has now picked up 29 wickets in 13 innings and has broken Jasprit Bumrah’s earlier record of 27 wickets in the IPL 2020 edition. For more updates on IPL 2021 Purple Cap, follow us on InsideSport.in
IPL 2021 Purple Cap: RCB’s Harshal Patel breaks Bumrah’s record to become the Indian bowler with the most wickets in an IPL season
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IPL 2021 Purple Cap – With 29 wickets in 13 games, Harshal Patel is the current Purple Cap holder in the ongoing season. Patel returned with another impressive figure of 3-33 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi today and surpassed Jasprit Bumrah’s record of most wickets by an Indian bowler in the IPL 2020 edition in UAE. He achieved this feat in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) here at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The 30-year-old speedster bagged the wickets of SRH captain Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, and Jason Holder. Sunrisers Hyderabad seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar stands third in terms of most wickets scalped by Indians in an IPL season. He bagged 26 wickets in the 2017 season. Spinner Harbhajan Singh stands at the fourth spot with 24 wickets in the 2013 season for Mumbai Indians.
Harshal Patel chasing Bravo’s all-time record: On the other hand, RCB pace spearhead Harshal Patel has continued to weave magic with the ball. The purple cap holder now has 29 wickets in 13 matches & is on the cusp of creating IPL history as the all-time highest wicket-taker in one single season. The all-time record for most wickets in a single IPL season is held by Dwayne Bravo – 32 wickets. With a couple of playoff games still remaining for Royal Challengers Banglore, Harshal Patel has a golden opportunity to breaking Bravo’s all-time record of most wickets.
Most wickets in an IPL season:
In the all-time list, Harshal Patel stands on third, in terms of most wickets in an IPL season, as Chennai Super Kings’ Dwayne Bravo and Delhi Capitals’ Kagiso Rabada lead that tally. Bravo had 32 wickets in the 2013 season while Rabada had 30 in the last season.
32 Dwayne Bravo (2013)
30 Kagiso Rabada (2020)
29 Harshal Patel (2021) *
28 Lasith Malinga (2011)
28 James Faulkner (2013
Most wickets – IPL 2021
| Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4 | 5 |
| HV Patel | 13* | 13 | 48.2 | 0 | 406 | 29 | 5/27 | 14.00 | 8.40 | 10.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Avesh Khan | 13 | 13 | 49.0 | 0 | 350 | 22 | 3/13 | 15.90 | 7.14 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Bumrah | 13 | 13 | 51.0 | 0 | 371 | 19 | 3/36 | 19.52 | 7.27 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | 13 | 13 | 48.4 | 1 | 373 | 18 | 3/21 | 20.72 | 7.66 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 11 | 11 | 37.2 | 0 | 307 | 16 | 5/32 | 19.18 | 8.22 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | 13* | 12 | 48.0 | 0 | 296 | 15 | 3/36 | 19.73 | 6.16 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| YS Chahal | 13* | 13 | 45.0 | 1 | 324 | 15 | 3/11 | 21.60 | 7.20 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CV Varun | 13 | 13 | 52.0 | 0 | 350 | 15 | 3/13 | 23.33 | 6.73 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 |
| SN Thakur | 13 | 13 | 49.5 | 1 | 425 | 15 | 2/13 | 28.33 | 8.52 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Patel | 9 | 9 | 35.0 | 0 | 212 | 14 | 3/21 | 15.14 | 6.05 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
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