There is a fierce competition going on between the teams in the Indian Premier League. After every match, teams are leaving other teams behind after winning, whereas the team which loses goes down in the points table. Meanwhile, players are also competing in terms of scoring runs and taking wickets. The batsman who scores the most runs gets an orange cap, while the bowler who takes the most wickets is given a purple cap. Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah has taken the most wickets so far and has been given the Purple Cap.
Bumrah got purple cap
Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs in the match played against Punjab Kings in Mohali on Thursday. With this, he has overtaken Yuzvendra Chahal to become the bowler taking the most wickets so far this year, while Chahal has reached the second position. Bumrah has played 7 matches so far and during this he has taken 13 wickets in his name. Once he has also achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets.
12 wickets in the name of Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal, who was at number one till now, has now reached second place. Chahal has played 7 matches so far and has taken 12 wickets during this period. Meanwhile, Gerald Coetzee has also performed well for Mumbai Indians and now he too has taken 12 wickets. That means equal to Chahal. Gerald Coetzee is now in third place.
Excellent performance by these bowlers too
Talking about the rest of the bowlers who made it to the top 5, Khalil Ahmed of Delhi Capitals is at number four with 10 wickets and Kagiso Rabada is at number 5. He also has only 10 wickets. Apart from these, bowlers who took 10 wickets are also Sam Curran, Mustafizur Rahman and Harshal Patel. Which are at number six, seventh and eighth.
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