Purple Cap in IPL 2025: Noor Ahmad Joins Prasidh Krishna at the Top, Varun Chakaravarthy Breaks Into Top Five
The IPL is into its 18th edition and fans will look forward to some memorable bowling performances with the Purple Cap on the line. Harshal Patel was last year's Purple Cap winner. Read below to check the IPL 2025 Purple Cap list.
IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder: Noor Ahmad joined Prasidh Krishna at the top of the list of most wickets taken in IPL 2025 after starring with a superb four-wicket haul in the CSK vs KKR match on May 7. With this, he also now has 20 wickets, the same as the Gujarat Titans pacer. Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Josh Hazlewood and Mumbai Indians' Trent Boult, with 18 wickets apiece, are third and fourth on this list, respectively. Kolkata Knight Riders' Varun Chakaravarthy has broken into the top five with a two-wicket haul against CSK, which has taken his overall tally to 17 this season. 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 | 11 | 20 | 4/41 | 7.65 | 16.45 |
| 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 KKR vs CSK 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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