IPL 2018: Top 5 Purple Cap candidates

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Purple Cap winner, 2011

#2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar; Sunrisers Hyderabad

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Can he make it three in a row?

India’s most consistent limited overs bowler for more than a year now. Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the Purple Cap on previous two occasions in IPL when he took 23 and 26 wickets in IPL 2016 and IPL 2017 respectively. He has a career IPL economy of 7.08. He was retained by SRH for a fee of $1.7 million/Rs 8.5 Cr.

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Bhuvneshwar’s speciality is his ability to swing the new ball and bowl accurately during the death overs. He is very consistent and took at least 18 wickets in the last 4 editions of the Indian Premier League. He is also the sixth highest wicket-taker in the tournament.

The 27-year-old opens and finishes the bowling for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. He is in supreme form right now and will definitely play a huge role for SRH in 2018. Expect him to bag the Purple Cap for the third time in a row.

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