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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad holds to 1st spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad kept the purple cap for another day after his three-wicket haul as the latest IPL match saw none come close to him. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award
However, Gujarat Titans' Sai Kishore, who took three wickets in his first game of the season, took another wicket against Mumbai Indians to climb a spot to 5th. Let's take a look at how their performances have impacted the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 after the opening match of IPL 2025:
Most wickets in IPL 2025: Top 10 highest wicket-takers list in Purple Cap race
| Name | Wickets | Matches | Best spell | Economy Rate | 4-wicket spell | 5-wicket spell |
| 1. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 7 | 2 | 4/18 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 6 | 2 | 4/34 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 5 | 2 | 3/21 | 5.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 4 | 2 | 3/29 | 7.12 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. R Sai Kishore (GT) | 4 | 2 | 3/30 | 8.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 3 | 1 | 3/29 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Vignesh Puthur (MI) | 3 | 1 | 3/32 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 3 | 1 | 3/42 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Yash Dayal (RCB) | 3 | 2 | 2/18 | 7.16 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Tushar Deshpande (RR) | 3 | 2 | 3/44 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
Updated after GT vs MI on March 29
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 5 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 3 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
- Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 3 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 3 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 2 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 2 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 1 wicket
- Sandeep Sharma - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 3 wickets
- Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 2 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 2 wickets
- Adam Zampa - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 7 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 4 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 2 wickets
- R Ashwin - 2 wickets
- Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Vignesh Puthur - 3 wickets
- Hardik Pandya - 2 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 2 wickets
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1 wicket
- Will Jacks - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Mitchell Starc - 3 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav - 2 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
- Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 6 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 3 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
- M Siddharth - 2 wickets
- Prince Yadav - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- R Sai Sudharsan - 4 wickets
- Prasid Khrishna - 2 wickets
- Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 2 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 2 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 1 wicket
- Glenn Maxwell - 1 wicket
Most Wickets in IPL History
| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 205 | 160 | 5/40 | 7.84 | 6 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 182 | 177 | 5/19 | 7.55 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 182 | 214 | 4/34 | 7.13 | 1 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 181 | 178 | 5/19 | 6.73 | 7 | 1 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 165 | 133 | 5/10 | 7.30 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 160 | 242 | 5/16 | 7.64 | 3 | 1 |
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Story first published: Friday, March 28, 2025, 21:40 [IST]
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