Yuzvendra Chahal is the most wicket taker in 2022 with the highest wickets of 27.
Purple Cap in IPL 2022 will be awarded to the player who picks up the highest number of wickets in the tournament. The BCCI introduced the Purple Cap in the first season which happened in 2008. For the first time in 15 seasons, the IPL Purple Cap 2022 will have a title sponsor.
Saudi Aramco will sponsor the Purple Cap and the player who takes the most wickets in IPL 2022 will win the first-ever Aramco Purple Cap award. Here are all things you need to know about IPL Purple Cap 2022.
Dwayne Bravo’s 32 wickets in the 2013 season is the most by a bowler in a single IPL season. Bravo could very well repeat that sort of performance and find himself in the IPL 2021 Purple Cap list. Kasigo Rabada is the latest winner of the award, taking 30 wickets from 17 matches in the 2020 season of IPL. He will also be a contender for taking the top spot in the IPL Purple Cap list 2021 along with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal.
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The Purple Cap is a special prize in IPL given to the bowler who picks up the most number of wickets. The Purple Cap race officially starts after all franchises have played one game each.
Purple Cap holders change as the season progresses, and the player who has the most wickets in IPL 2022 after the final takes the prestigious prize home.
All bowlers aim to win the Purple Cap in IPL once in their careers, but not everyone is able to accomplish the feat. To win the Purple Cap, a bowler needs to pick up wickets consistently.
Scalping more than one wicket in every game ensures that a bowler is ahead in the race to win the Purple Cap. Players who are inconsistent generally finish in the bottom half of the race.
5 Indians have won the Purple Cap in the IPL. They are RP Singh (2009), Pragyan Ojha (2010), Mohit Sharma (2014), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2016 and 2017) and Harshal Patel (2021).
The benefits of being a Purple Cap holder is that more people know about a bowler’s talent, especially when the player is uncapped. Purple Cap holders also get to wear a special cap while fielding for their franchise.
Last year, the Purple Cap winner additionally received a prize money of INR 10 lakh.
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The only uncapped player to win the Purple Cap in IPL history is Harshal Patel. He won the award in 2021, picking up 32 wickets in 15 matches.
No, Super Over wickets are not considered for calculation of Purple Cap.
Many legendary all-rounders have played in the IPL, but not a single player has held the Orange Cap and the Purple Cap simultaneously in the same season.
Some of the top contenders to win the IPL Purple Cap 2022 are Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
1 | Harshal Patel | 15 | 56.2 | 459 | 32 |
2 | Avesh Khan | 16 | 61 | 450 | 24 |
3 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 55 | 410 | 21 |
4 | Shardul Thakur | 16 | 59.5 | 527 | 21 |
5 | Mohammad Shami | 14 | 52.4 | 395 | 19 |
6 | Varun Chakaravarthy | 17 | 68 | 448 | 18 |
7 | Rashid Khan | 14 | 56 | 375 | 18 |
8 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 15 | 53 | 374 | 18 |
9 | Arshdeep Singh | 12 | 41.2 | 342 | 18 |
10 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 56 | 361 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wickets |
1 | Kagiso Rabada | 17 | 56.2 | 548 | 30 |
2 | Jasprit Bumrah | 15 | 61 | 404 | 27 |
3 | Trent Boult | 15 | 55 | 457 | 25 |
4 | Anrich Nortje | 16 | 59.5 | 512 | 22 |
5 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 15 | 52.4 | 405 | 21 |
6 | Rashid Khan | 16 | 68 | 344 | 20 |
7 | Jofra Archer | 14 | 56 | 365 | 20 |
8 | Mohammad Shami | 14 | 53 | 460 | 20 |
9 | Varun Chakravarthy | 13 | 41.2 | 356 | 17 |
10 | T Natarajan | 16 | 56 | 504 | 16 |
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Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Imran Tahir | 17 | 64.2 | 431 | 26 |
2 | Kagiso Rabada | 12 | 47 | 368 | 25 |
3 | Deepak Chahar | 17 | 64.3 | 482 | 22 |
4 | Shreyas Gopal | 14 | 48 | 347 | 20 |
5 | Jasprit Bumrah | 16 | 61.4 | 409 | 19 |
6 | Khaleel Ahmed | 9 | 34.5 | 287 | 19 |
7 | Mohammad Shami | 14 | 54 | 469 | 19 |
8 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 14 | 49.2 | 386 | 18 |
9 | Rashid Khan | 15 | 60 | 377 | 17 |
10 | Harbhajan Singh | 11 | 44 | 312 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Andrew Tye | 14 | 56 | 448 | 24 |
2 | Rashid Khan | 17 | 68 | 458 | 21 |
3 | Siddarth Kaul | 17 | 66 | 547 | 21 |
4 | Umesh Yadav | 14 | 53.1 | 418 | 20 |
5 | Trent Boult | 14 | 52.4 | 466 | 18 |
6 | Hardik Pandya | 13 | 42.4 | 381 | 18 |
7 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 54 | 372 | 17 |
8 | Sunil Narine | 16 | 61 | 467 | 17 |
9 | Kuldeep Yadav | 16 | 51.2 | 418 | 17 |
10 | Shardul Thakur | 13 | 46.4 | 431 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 52.2 | 369 | 26 |
2 | Jaydev Unadkat | 12 | 45.5 | 322 | 24 |
3 | Jasprit Bumrah | 16 | 59.2 | 439 | 20 |
4 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 14 | 54 | 507 | 19 |
5 | Imran Tahir | 12 | 47 | 369 | 18 |
6 | Rashid Khan | 14 | 54 | 358 | 17 |
7 | Sandeep Sharma | 13 | 48 | 398 | 17 |
8 | Umesh Yadav | 14 | 48.3 | 410 | 17 |
9 | Chris Woakes | 13 | 44 | 386 | 17 |
10 | Pawan Negi | 12 | 32.1 | 197 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 17 | 66 | 490 | 23 |
2 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 13 | 49.1 | 401 | 21 |
3 | Shane Watson | 16 | 56.3 | 485 | 20 |
4 | Dhawal Kulkarni | 14 | 49 | 364 | 18 |
5 | Mustafizur Rahman | 16 | 61 | 421 | 17 |
6 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 14 | 53.2 | 436 | 17 |
7 | Dwayne Bravo | 15 | 56 | 494 | 17 |
8 | Sandeep Sharma | 14 | 50 | 366 | 15 |
9 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 52 | 406 | 15 |
10 | Andre Russell | 12 | 36.3 | 291 | 15 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Dwayne Bravo | 17 | 52.2 | 426 | 26 |
2 | Lasith Malinga | 15 | 60 | 444 | 24 |
3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 15 | 46.5 | 415 | 23 |
4 | Ashish Nehra | 16 | 62 | 449 | 22 |
5 | Mitchell Starc | 13 | 43 | 291 | 20 |
6 | Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 57 | 446 | 18 |
7 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 51.4 | 407 | 18 |
8 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 12 | 47 | 386 | 18 |
9 | Harshal Patel | 15 | 43.5 | 328 | 17 |
10 | David Wiese | 14 | 42.2 | 353 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Mohit Sharma | 16 | 53.5 | 452 | 23 |
2 | Sunil Narine | 16 | 64 | 407 | 21 |
3 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 14 | 53.1 | 354 | 20 |
4 | Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 54.2 | 443 | 19 |
5 | Sandeep Sharma | 11 | 40.1 | 354 | 18 |
6 | Axar Patel | 17 | 66 | 405 | 17 |
7 | Mitchell Johnson | 14 | 53.3 | 444 | 17 |
8 | Lasith Malinga | 10 | 39.1 | 253 | 16 |
9 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 16 | 59.5 | 437 | 16 |
10 | Varun Aaron | 10 | 36.4 | 299 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Dwayne Bravo | 18 | 62.3 | 497 | 32 |
2 | James Faulkner | 16 | 63.1 | 427 | 28 |
3 | Harbhajan Singh | 19 | 70 | 456 | 24 |
4 | Mitchell Johnson | 17 | 64 | 459 | 24 |
5 | Vinay Kumar | 16 | 60.1 | 493 | 23 |
6 | Sunil Narine | 16 | 64 | 350 | 22 |
7 | Amit Mishra | 17 | 62 | 394 | 21 |
8 | Mohit Sharma | 15 | 50.4 | 326 | 20 |
9 | Lasith Malinga | 17 | 65.2 | 468 | 20 |
10 | Dale Steyn | 17 | 67.5 | 384 | 19 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Morne Morkel | 16 | 63 | 453 | 25 |
2 | Sunil Narine | 15 | 59.1 | 324 | 24 |
3 | Lasith Malinga | 14 | 55.3 | 350 | 22 |
4 | Umesh Yadav | 17 | 61 | 453 | 19 |
5 | Vinay Kumar | 15 | 55.5 | 480 | 19 |
6 | Dale Steyn | 12 | 46.4 | 285 | 18 |
7 | Zaheer Khan | 16 | 60 | 453 | 17 |
8 | Parvinder Awana | 12 | 47 | 372 | 17 |
9 | Piyush Chawla | 16 | 57 | 419 | 16 |
10 | Kieron Pollard | 14 | 43.5 | 350 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Lasith Malinga | 16 | 63 | 375 | 28 |
2 | Munaf Patel | 15 | 54.2 | 358 | 22 |
3 | Sreenath Aravind | 13 | 46 | 368 | 21 |
4 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 16 | 63 | 388 | 20 |
5 | Amit Mishra | 14 | 53.2 | 358 | 19 |
6 | Doug Bollinger | 13 | 47 | 329 | 17 |
7 | Rahul Sharma | 14 | 50 | 273 | 16 |
8 | Iqbal Abdulla | 15 | 50 | 305 | 16 |
9 | Ryan Harris | 13 | 47 | 382 | 16 |
10 | Piyush Chawla | 12 | 41.2 | 336 | 16 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Pragyan Ojha | 16 | 58.5 | 429 | 21 |
2 | Anil Kumble | 16 | 63.2 | 407 | 17 |
3 | Amit Mishra | 14 | 53 | 363 | 17 |
4 | Harbhajan Singh | 15 | 53.3 | 377 | 17 |
5 | Vinay Kumar | 14 | 46.1 | 396 | 16 |
6 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 48 | 329 | 15 |
7 | Dale Steyn | 15 | 59 | 406 | 15 |
8 | Lasith Malinga | 13 | 49 | 344 | 15 |
9 | Kieron Pollard | 14 | 37 | 274 | 15 |
10 | Zaheer Khan | 14 | 48.2 | 376 | 15 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | RP Singh | 16 | 59.4 | 417 | 23 |
2 | Anil Kumble | 16 | 59.1 | 347 | 21 |
3 | Lasith Malinga | 13 | 49.3 | 312 | 18 |
4 | Pragyan Ojha | 15 | 53.3 | 348 | 18 |
5 | Irfan Pathan | 14 | 50.2 | 390 | 17 |
6 | Munaf Patel | 11 | 34.5 | 241 | 16 |
7 | Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 50 | 261 | 14 |
8 | Amit Mishra | 11 | 42.1 | 294 | 14 |
9 | Shane Warne | 13 | 50 | 365 | 14 |
10 | Yusuf Abdulla | 9 | 28 | 241 | 14 |
Pos. | Player | Matches | Overs | Runs | Wkts |
1 | Sohail Tanvir | 11 | 41.1 | 266 | 22 |
2 | Shane Warne | 15 | 52 | 404 | 19 |
3 | Shanthakumaran Sreesanth | 15 | 51.1 | 442 | 19 |
4 | Shane Watson | 15 | 54.1 | 383 | 17 |
5 | Manpreet Gony | 16 | 60 | 443 | 17 |
6 | Piyush Chawla | 15 | 46.5 | 389 | 17 |
7 | Albie Morkel | 13 | 48 | 399 | 17 |
8 | Yo Mahesh | 11 | 42.1 | 370 | 16 |
9 | Irfan Pathan | 14 | 53 | 350 | 15 |
10 | MF Maharoof | 10 | 36 | 249 | 15 |