Contenders for Purple cap. With the Indian Premier League 2024 set to begin, we have made an early prediction on who may end up winning the Purple Cap this year. The award is given to the leading wicket taker of the IPL season. In case of a tie between two players, the Purple Cap is given to that bowler who has a better economy rate.
Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan was the first bowler to win the Purple Cap when he played for Rajasthan Royals and took 22 wickets in 11 matches. Dwayne Bravo has the record for taking most no. of wickets it a season. He took 32 wickets in the 2013 season playing for Chennai Super Kings. In the last season the Purple cap was won by Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals taking 30 wickets from 17 matches.
We have done an in depth analysis on players who can win this season’s purple cap.
1. Rashid Khan – Contender for Purple cap
Rashid Khan holds the top spot in the ICC T20 Rankings for bowlers. He is the one bowler that every captain wants in his team. He has been the most successful player from his country Afghanistan. He can bowl successive dot balls which irritates the batsman and results in loosing the wicket. He is one of the top contender for Purple cap.
2. Trent Bolt – Contender for Purple cap
Boult joined the Rajasthan Royals from Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022 during the trade window, where he performed amazingly with Prasidh Krishna in the pace attack. He had an amazing season with the Mumbai Indians and won the trophy in 2021. He is also the best fast bowler of New Zealand right now. He has the ability to pick wickets in the opening overs. He has the ability to get his hands on Purple Cap this year.
3. Kagiso Rabada – Contender for Purple cap
Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap in 2020 while playing for Delhi Capitals. He took 30 wickets in 17 matches with an economy of 8.34. He also took 2 four-wicket hauls in that season. He has the ability to adapt to different conditions and make the best use of his variations. His prolific wicket-taking ability can help him to win the Purple cap with Punjab Kings this time.
4. Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Contender for Purple cap
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only bowlers who have won the purple cap twice in the IPL so far. Bhuvi won it consecutively in 2016 and 2017. He is one of the most economical bowlers in world cricket. He can easily clinch wickets in his death over bowling.
5. Jasprit Bumrah – Contender for Purple cap
Jasprit Bumrah is one of the best pacers for Indian and he is the best if the field when talking of death overs. He has the ability to bowl pinpoint yorkers. The Indian fast bowler has been suffering from injury for a long time. However, he is fit to play now. If he performs his best then no one can stop him from seizing his first Purple Cap.
6. Pat Cummins – Contender for Purple cap
Pat Cummins became the second most expensive player to in the history of IPL when he was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad. He is considered as an all rounder but also bowls his four over spell. After seeing his value it can be said that he might have something to prove for his team.
7. Yuzvendra Chahal – Contender for Purple cap
In the previous seasons of IPL, only one leg-spinner has won the IPL Purple Cap that is Imran Tahir and only one Indian spin bowler has taken the Purple Cap home that is Pragyan Ojha. If talking about current scenario then Chahal is the only Indian spinner who has the ability to claim Purple cap. Although he has not been in a good form for sometime but he definitely has the potential to clinch wickets.
8. Mohammed Shami – Contender for Purple cap
Mohammed Shami will be leading the bowling attack for Gujarat Titans. He has missed out on quite a few matches in recent times due to injury. But he is expected to be back for the IPL 2024. The veteran bowler has been in his best form in the past of couple of years.
See also : List of IPL Purple Cap winners in all seasons
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