IPL 2024 Purple Cap: While on one hand there is a fight among the teams to reach the top 4 in IPL 2024, on the other hand the race for the Purple Cap among the bowlers is also becoming interesting. Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah had been in control of this position for a long time, but now he has lagged behind and Punjab Kings fast bowler Harshal Patel has gone to the forefront. However, both these teams are now out of the race for the playoffs.
Harshal Patel became the bowler taking the highest wicket in IPL 2024
Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings has become the bowler who has taken the most wickets in the IPL at present. He has managed to take 20 wickets in 12 matches. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah is at second place with 18 wickets. He has also played only 12 matches. There is a difference of only 2 wickets between these two. Meanwhile, Varun Chakraborty, who plays for KKR, is at third place. He has taken 16 wickets in just 11 matches.
These bowlers are also included in the top 5
Only Indian bowlers can be seen in the top 3. After this, if we talk about the top 5 bowlers, then at fourth place is Arshdeep Singh of Punjab Kings, who has taken 16 wickets in his name so far after playing 12 matches. At number five is T Natarajan of Sunrisers Hyderabad. He has succeeded in taking 15 wickets in his name after playing 10 matches. Although this time they seem to be the contenders to win the Purple Cap, but there are still many matches left, the table may also change in this.
Mumbai and Punjab teams out of the race for IPL playoffs
Meanwhile, the interesting thing is that the teams of the bowlers who are currently on top, are now out of the race to reach the top 4. No equation can take them there. But now these players can play the remaining matches for their respective teams. Harshal Patel’s team, which is ranked number one, has played 12 matches and two matches are left, while Jasprit Bumrah’s team Mumbai has also played 12 matches, two are left. Now it has to be seen how these bowlers perform in the remaining matches and how far their wicket count reaches.
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