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List of Purple Cap holder in each season of IPL

List of Purple Cap holder in each season of IPL

From 2008 to 2023, here is the complete list of bowlers who have won "Purple Cap" in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Every year, the Purple Cap is given to the IPL’s top wicket-taker. Among the athletes who have earned the Purple Cap are cricket legends like Lasith Malinga. The complete list of IPL Purple Cap winners from 2008 to 2023 is included in the following article.

Interestingly, Pakistan’s Sohail Tanvir became the first bowler to receive the Purple Cap in the inaugural season in 2008. He took 22 wickets for the Rajasthan Royals in 11 games during that season.

YearPlayerTeamWickets
2023Mohammed ShamiGujarat Titans 28
2022Yuzvendra ChahalRajasthan Royals27
2021Harshal PatelRoyal Challengers Bangalore32
2020Kagiso RabadaDelhi Capitals30
2019Imran TahirChennai Super Kings26
2018Andrew TyeKings XI Punjab24
2017Bhuvneshwar KumarSunrisers Hyderabad26
2016Bhuvneshwar KumarSunrisers Hyderabad23
2015Dwayne BravoChennai Super Kings26
2014Mohit SharmaChennai Super Kings23
2013Dwayne BravoChennai Super Kings32
2012Morne MorkelDelhi Daredevils25
2011Lasith MalingaMumbai Indians28
2010Pragyan OjhaDeccan Chargers21
2009RP SinghDeccan Chargers23
2008Sohail TanvirRajasthan Royals22

Bowlers with most Purple caps in IPL

Dwayne Bravo

Dwayne Bravo won two Purple caps in Indian Premier League history. Bravo won his first Purple Cap in IPL 2013 for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) where he had taken 32 wickets. In 2015, he again became the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 26 wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

After Dwayne Bravo, Sunrisers Hyderabad medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the second bowler to win ‘Purple Cap’ in two seasons. Kumar took 23 wickets in IPL 2016 and the next season, he won the ‘Purple Cap’ with 26 scalps in 2017.

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