IPL 2022: IPL 2022 Purple Cap Race: KulCha is back in business and that can spell doom for Ravichandran Ashwin’s white-ball career. Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are at their best and are competing for the Purple Cap in IPL 2022 with 12 and 11 wickets respectively. Follow IPL 2022 and T20 World Cup Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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IPL 2022: ‘KULCHA’ shines in IPL 2022 Purple Cap RACE, Kuldeep & Chahal set for COMEBACK but is it end for R Ashwin in WHITE-BALL Cricket?
R Ashwin’s reemergence in T20 cricket paved the way for him to make it to the T20 World Cup 2021. He kept both Yuzvendra Chahal and an injured Kuldeep Yadav out of the World Cup. But the situation is now reversed.
Kul-Cha vs Ashwin in IPL 2022:
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 12 wickets in 5 matches
- Kuldeep Yadav – 11 wickets in 5 matches
- R Ashwin – 1 wicket in 5 matches
But stats may not be all. Captain Rohit Sharma and the chairman of the selection committee Chetan Sharma spoke about trusting wrist-spinners to do the job. With Adam Zampa a superhit in Australia, it should be noted that wrist spinners have had success in Australian conditions where the next T20 World Cup will be played.
IPL 2022: ‘KULCHA’ shines in IPL 2022 Purple Cap RACE, Kuldeep & Chahal set for COMEBACK but is it end for R Ashwin in WHITE-BALL Cricket?
IPL 2022: Why KulCha’s comeback could end R Ashwin’s white-ball career?
- Yuzvendra Chahal is the Purple Cap holder with 12 wickets.
- He has been consistent and has kept the economy rate below 7.
- Kuldeep Yadav with 11 wickets is also in the race and is just behind Chahal.
- Ashwin has managed just 1 wicket in 5 matches and has an economy rate of 7.15, behind Chahal.
- Ashwin hasn’t looked like a wicket-taking bowler this season in the IPL.
IPL 2022: ‘KULCHA’ shines in IPL 2022 Purple Cap RACE, Kuldeep & Chahal set for COMEBACK but is it end for R Ashwin in WHITE-BALL Cricket?
IPL 2022: Who are Ashwin competing with? – However, it’s not just Chahal and Kuldeep, Ashwin is competing with two all-rounders — Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. While Jadeja is a certainty, Axar Patel is also expected to be in the squad. Both give India the batting depth in T20s with some serious power-hitting. Ashwin falls short in that aspect. There are also Ravi Bishnoi and Rahul Chahar.
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Rahul Chahar
- Axar Patel
Furthermore, a look at IPL 2022 Purple Cap race will show that wrist-spinners are the wicket-taking spinners and not off-spinners. In the top 10, four are wrist-spinners while the rest are pacers.
IPL 2022: ‘KULCHA’ shines in IPL 2022 Purple Cap RACE, Kuldeep & Chahal set for COMEBACK but is it end for R Ashwin in WHITE-BALL Cricket?
IPL 2022 Purple Cap Race:
| POS | Player | Inns | Ov | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w |
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 5 | 20 | 136 | 12 | 41/4 | 11.33 | 6.8 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | T Natarajan | 6 | 20 | 170 | 12 | 37/3 | 15.45 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 0 |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | 5 | 19.4 | 162 | 11 | 35/4 | 14.72 | 8.23 | 10.72 | 1 |
| 4 | Avesh Khan | 6 | 22.4 | 188 | 11 | 24/4 | 17.09 | 8.29 | 12.36 | 1 |
| 5 | Wanindu Hasaranga | 6 | 23 | 195 | 11 | 20/4 | 17.72 | 8.47 | 12.54 | 1 |
| 6 | Umesh Yadav | 6 | 24 | 163 | 10 | 23/4 | 16.3 | 6.79 | 14.4 | 1 |
| 7 | Khaleel Ahmed | 4 | 16 | 122 | 8 | 25/3 | 15.25 | 7.62 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | Lockie Ferguson | 5 | 20 | 154 | 8 | 28/4 | 19.25 | 7.7 | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | Rahul Chahar | 5 | 20 | 145 | 7 | 25/3 | 20.71 | 7.25 | 17.14 | 0 |
| 10 | Trent Boult | 4 | 16 | 116 | 7 | 23/2 | 16.57 | 7.25 | 13.71 | 0 |
IPL 2022: ‘KULCHA’ shines in IPL 2022 Purple Cap RACE, Kuldeep & Chahal set for COMEBACK but is it end for R Ashwin in WHITE-BALL Cricket?
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