IPL 2025: You Won’t Believe Who’s Leading the Purple Cap Race!

The IPL 2025 will launch yet another action-packed season with intense competition between hitters and bowlers. The Purple Cap, which is awarded for leading in wickets taken, is among the most sought-after awards in the tournament. All these years, however, there have been some of the finest bowlers like Lasith Malinga, Dwayne Bravo, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, etc.,

who ruled the wickets show. With IPL 2025 just around the corner, cricket lovers are waiting to see who will be the top wicket-taker and wear that Purple Cap for this season. Let’s take a deep dive into the history of winners of the Purple Cap and assess the candidates for IPL 2025.

IPL Purple Cap Winners List (2008 – 2024)

The Purple Cap has been awarded to some of the finest bowlers in IPL history. Here’s a look at the previous winners:

Top Contenders for the IPL 2025 Purple Cap

1. Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

Jasprit Bumrah will be one of the contenders for the Purple Cap in IPL 2025, and he can very well be one of the leading contenders among the pacers. His ability to bowl magnificent yorkers at the death certainly puts him on the list of contenders.

Rashid Khan

The spin magician has always troubled clubs with his variations. If he finds his rhythm early, Rashid Khan can take the highest wicket tally in IPL 2025.

Harshal Patel

The 2024 holder of the Purple Cap, Harshal Patel, has been exemplary with his slow ones and dead bowling. Can he do it again in IPL 2025?

Mohammed Shami

Still one of the main men here after his Purple Cap win in IPL 2023 is Mohammed Shami. His new-ball spells and swing capabilities make him a tough nut to crack.

Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal was the most outstanding wicket-taker in 2022 and continues to be a major threat. He just might get the Purple Cap back in IPL 2025 with RR’s brilliant bowling barrage.