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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder Updated on April 20: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: A day after losing his Purple Cap, CSK's Noor Ahmad will have the chance to win it back on April 20 from Prasidh Krishna, who took the lead with a 14-wicket haul to his name. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Wickets | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award
Now dropped to third position, Noor Ahmad needs three wickets to take back sole lead in the race as CSK take on Mumbai Indians. Meanwhile, 10th-place Hardik Pandya and 4th-placed Josh Hazlewood failed to make any progress after a wicketless outing in their respective matches. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted the top wicket-takers list, followed by team-wise top 5, and Highest Wicket-Takers in IPL history:
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. Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 14 | 7* | 4/28* | 7.19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 12 | 7 | 3/22 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 12 | 7 | 4/18 | 7.12 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 12 | 8 | 3/14 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 12 | 8 | 4/34 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 6. Sai Kishore (GT) | 11 | 7 | 3/30 | 8.49 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) | 11 | 8 | 3/43 | 8.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 11 | 7* | 4/17 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 11 | 7 | 3/29 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Hardik Pandya (MI) | 11 | 7 | 5/36 | 8.90 | 0 | 1 |
- Updated after CSK innings vs MI on April 20
- Highlighted players are in action in today's match
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 12 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 10 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 8 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 7 wickets
- Suyash Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 10 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 10 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 8 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 7 wickets
- Andre Russell - 5 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 9 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 8 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 7 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 6 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 9 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 7 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 5 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
- Eshan Malinga - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 12 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 11 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 7 wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Hardik Pandya - 10 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
- Trent Boult - 6 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 6 wickets
- Ashwani Kumar - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
- Mitchell Starc - 10 wickets
- Vipraj Nigam - 7 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 5 wickets
- Mohit Sharma - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 9 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 8 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 8 wickets
- Akash Deep - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Prasidh Krishna - 14 wickets
- Sai Kishore - 11 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 11 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 4 wickets
- Arshad Khan - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 11 wickets
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 9 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 8 wickets
- Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
- Glenn Maxwell - 4 wickets
Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10
| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 214 | 168 | 5/40 | 7.90 | 7 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 189 | 182 | 5/19 | 7.57 | 2 | 2 |
| Sunil Narine | 187 | 183 | 5/19 | 6.74 | 7 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 185 | 217 | 4/34 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 169 | 137 | 5/10 | 7.30 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 164 | 247 | 5/16 | 7.64 | 3 | 1 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025
Story first published: Sunday, April 20, 2025, 16:08 [IST]
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