The IPL Purple Cap is an award which is given every season to the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. IPL 2021 will be starting from 9 April, the race for the trophy will begin between the 8 teams. Along with IPL trophy there will be a race among players for the purple cup. IPL awards a player with an purple cap. The bowlers will be competing to win the prestigious Purple Cap at the end of IPL 2021. Purple Cap is awarded to the bowler with the most number of wickets in a particular IPL season. Over the last 13 seasons of the Indian Premier League, different players have won the purple cap after taking highest no. of wickets in the tournament.
Here in this article we will take a look at all the winners of the purple cap in the history of the Indian Premier League.
- 2008 – Sohail Tanvir of Rajasthan Royals won the Purple Cap. He took 22 wickets in 11 matches with an economy of 6.46. He also took 1 four-wicket haul and 1 five-wicket haul in that season.
- 2009 – RP Singh of Deccan Chargers won the Purple Cap. He took 23 wickets in 16 matches with an economy of 6.98. He also took 1 four-wicket haul in that season.
- 2010 – Pragyan Ojha of Deccan Chargers won the Purple Cap. He 21 took wickets in 16 matches with an economy of 7.29.
- 2011 – Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians won the Purple Cap. He took 28 wickets in 16 matches with an economy of 5.95. He also took 1 five-wicket haul in that season.
- 2012 – Morne Morkel of Delhi Daredevils won the Purple Cap. He took 25 wickets in 16 matches with an economy of 7.91. He also took 1 four-wicket haul in that season.
- 2013 – Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap. He took 32 wickets in 18 matches with an economy of 7.95. He also took 1 four-wicket haul in that season.
- 2014 – Mohit Sharma of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap. He took 23 wickets in 16 matches with an economy of 8.39. He also took 1 four-wicket haul in that season.
- 2015 – Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap. He took 26 wickets in 17 matches with an economy of 8.14.
- 2016 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad won the Purple Cap. He took 23 wickets in 17 matches with an economy of 7.42. He also took 1 four-wicket haul in that season.
- 2017 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad won the Purple Cap. He took 26 wickets in 14 matches with an economy of. He also took 1 five-wicket haul in that season.
- 2018 – Andrew Tye of Kings XI Punjab won the Purple Cap. He took 24 wickets in 14 matches with an economy of 8. He also took 3 four-wicket hauls in that season.
- 2019 – Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings won the Purple Cap. He took 26 wickets in 17 matches with an economy of. He also took 2 four-wicket hauls in that season.
- 2020 – Kagiso Rabada of Delhi Capitals won the Purple Cap. He took 30 wickets in 17 matches with an economy of 8.34. He also took 2 four-wicket hauls in that season.
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- List of IPL Orange Cap winners in all seasons
