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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Debutant Ashwani Kumar jumps to 8th spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: CSK's Noor Ahmad maintained his lead in the Purple Cap race for another day but saw advent of new faces from their arch rivals camp. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award
Mumbai Indians debutant Ashwani Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets in his maiden IPL appearance and jumped to 8th spot. Let's take a look at 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) | 9 | 3 | 5/35 | 6.36 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 8 | 2 | 5/35 | 10.60 | 0 | 1 |
| 3. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 6 | 3 | 3/29 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 6 | 2 | 4/34 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 5 | 2 | 3/22 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 5 | 2 | 3/21 | 5.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Wanindu Hasaranga (RR) | 5 | 2 | 4/35 | 9.85 | 1 | 0 |
| 8. Ashwani Kumar (MI) | 4 | 1 | 4/24 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. Matheesha Pathirana (CSK) | 4 | 2 | 2/28 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. R Sai Kishore (GT) | 4 | 2 | 3/30 | 8.37 | 0 | 0 |
Updated after KKR vs MI on March 31
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
- Andre Russel - 2 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 5 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 2 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 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 - 9 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 6 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 4 wickets
- R Ashwin - 3 wickets
- Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Ashwani Kumar - 4 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 4 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 4 wickets
- Hardik Pandya - 3 wickets
- Trent Boult - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Mitchell Starc - 8 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav - 5 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
- Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket
- Mohit Sharma - 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
- Prasidh 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 - Top 10
| 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 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 183 | 215 | 4/34 | 7.15 | 1 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 182 | 177 | 5/19 | 7.55 | 2 | 2 |
| 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: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 16:42 [IST]
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