Purple Cap in IPL 2022: Chennai Super Kings star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has made it to the top 5 bowlers in the race for the Purple Cap of IPL 2022. In the match against Lucknow Super Giants, Deepak Hooda got the only wicket. With this wicket, he became the highest wicket-taker in the history of IPL, as well as he has reached the third position in the list of top 5 bowlers in the Purple Cap race. Bravo has taken four wickets in the two matches he has played so far. Wanindu Hasaranga of Royal Challengers Bangalore has taken the most 5 wickets in IPL 2022 so far. Let’s see the top 5 bowlers involved in the Purple Cap race –
Talking about the competition, Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and decided to bowl first. Robin Uthappa gave a quick start to CSK and played a stormy innings of 50 runs in 27 balls. Apart from Uthappa, Shivam Dube scored 49 runs in 30 balls and Dhoni-Jadeja gave the finishing touch. Jadeja made 17 off 9 balls and Dhoni scored 16 * off 6 balls.
Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul gave a great start to the Lucknow team chasing the target. Both the players shared 99 runs for the first wicket. After this, the team lost its three wickets in the form of KL Rahul (40), de Kock (61), Manish Pandey (5) in the next 40 runs. Then it seemed that Chennai would make a comeback, but Lewis played a stormy innings of 55 runs in 23 balls and tasted the team’s first victory.