IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder: There were no significant changes seen in the Purple Cap list after the Gujarat Titans vs Delhi Capitals Indian Premier League 2025 match. Gujarat speedster Prasidh Krishna continues to stay at the top with 21 wickets to his name. Chennai Super Kings leg-spinner Noor Ahmad is placed second with 20 wickets. Royal Challengers Bengaluru pacer Josh Hazlewood is ranked third, whereas Trent Boult and Varun Chakaravarthy are placed fourth and fifth positions, respectively. You can check the list of top wicket-takers in IPL 2025 below. IPL 2025 Points Table Updated With Net Run Rate: Check Latest Team Standings and Leaderboard of Indian Premier League Season 18. 

The Purple Cap is presented to a bowler once he overtakes others on the list of most wickets in the particular IPL season. Like the Orange Cap, the bowler wears the Purple Cap while fielding and gets identified as the season's highest wicket-taker because of it. On Which Channel IPL 2025 Will Be Telecast Live? How To Watch Free Live Streaming Online of Indian Premier League Season 18 T20 Cricket Matches in India?

IPL 2025 Purple Cap List

Pos Player Team M Wickets BBI Econ.  Avg
1 Prasidh Krishna GT 12 21 4/41 7.85 17.57
2 Noor Ahmad CSK 12 20 4/18 8.02 17.25
3 Josh Hazlewood RCB 10 18 3/34 8.44 17.27
4 Trent Boult MI 12 18 4/26 8.49 19.88
5 Varun Chakaravarthy KKR 12 17 3/22 7.00 19.35

(Updated after DC vs GT IPL 2025 Match)

(Important Abbreviations: M-Matches, BBI-Best Bowling Innings, Econ-Economy)

Last season, Harshal Patel, who played for the Punjab Kings, won the Purple Cap. The pacer will now represent Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025. Dwayne Bravo, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel are the only bowlers to have won the Purple Cap the most times- twice. Interestingly, Bhuvneshwar is the only bowler to win the Purple Cap back-to-back in 2016 and 2017.

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