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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Debutant Ashwani Kumar jumps to 8th spot: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

By MyKhel Staff

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: CSK's Noor Ahmad maintained his lead in the Purple Cap race for another day but saw advent of new faces from their arch rivals camp. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award

Mumbai Indians debutant Ashwani Kumar became the first Indian to take four wickets in his maiden IPL appearance and jumped to 8th spot. Let's take a look at the top wicket-takers list followed by teamwise top 5 after the opening match of IPL 2025:

Most Wickets in IPL 2025 Purple Cap Holder Noor Ahmad Mitchell Starc

Most wickets in IPL 2025: Top 10 highest wicket-takers list in Purple Cap race

Name Wickets Matches Best spell Economy Rate 4-wicket spell 5-wicket spell
1. Noor Ahmad (CSK) 9 3 5/35 6.36 1 0
2. Mitchell Starc (DC) 8 2 5/35 10.60 0 1
3. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) 6 3 3/29 7.81 0 0
4. Shardul Thakur (LSG) 6 2 4/34 10.00 1 0
5. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) 5 2 3/22 8.40 0 0
6. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) 5 2 3/21 5.37 0 0
7. Wanindu Hasaranga (RR) 5 2 4/35 9.85 1 0
8. Ashwani Kumar (MI) 4 1 4/24 6.00 1 0
9. Matheesha Pathirana (CSK) 4 2 2/28 8.00 0 0
10. R Sai Kishore (GT) 4 2 3/30 8.37 0 0

Updated after KKR vs MI on March 31

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

  • Josh Hazlewood - 5 wickets
  • Yash Dayal - 3 wickets
  • Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
  • Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

  • Varun Chakravarthy - 3 wickets
  • Vaibhav Arora - 3 wickets
  • Moeen Ali - 2 wickets
  • Harshit Rana - 2 wickets
  • Andre Russel - 2 wickets
  • Sunil Narine - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals

  • Wanindu Hasaranga - 5 wickets
  • Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
  • Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
  • Sandeep Sharma - 2 wickets
  • Jofra Archer - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

  • Harshal Patel - 3 wickets
  • Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
  • Mohammed Shami - 2 wickets
  • Pat Cummins - 2 wickets
  • Adam Zampa - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

  • Noor Ahmad - 9 wickets
  • Khaleel Ahmed - 6 wickets
  • Matheesha Pathirana - 4 wickets
  • R Ashwin - 3 wickets
  • Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

  • Ashwani Kumar - 4 wickets
  • Vignesh Puthur - 4 wickets
  • Deepak Chahar - 4 wickets
  • Hardik Pandya - 3 wickets
  • Trent Boult - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

  • Mitchell Starc - 8 wickets
  • Kuldeep Yadav - 5 wickets
  • Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
  • Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket
  • Mohit Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

  • Shardul Thakur - 6 wickets
  • Digvesh Singh Rathi - 3 wickets
  • Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
  • M Siddharth - 2 wickets
  • Prince Yadav - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

  • R Sai Sudharsan - 4 wickets
  • Prasidh Khrishna - 2 wickets
  • Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
  • Mohammed Siraj - 2 wickets
  • Rashid Khan - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings

  • Arshdeep Singh - 2 wickets
  • Marco Jansen - 1 wicket
  • Glenn Maxwell - 1 wicket

Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10

Full Name Wickets Matches Best Spell Economy Rate 4-Wicket Spells 5-Wicket Spells
Yuzvendra Chahal 205 160 5/40 7.84 6 1
Piyush Chawla 192 192 4/17 7.96 2 0
Dwayne Bravo 183 161 4/22 8.38 2 0
Ravichandran Ashwin 183 215 4/34 7.15 1 0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 182 177 5/19 7.55 2 2
Sunil Narine 181 178 5/19 6.73 7 1
Amit Mishra 174 162 5/17 7.37 4 1
Lasith Malinga 170 122 5/13 7.14 6 1
Jasprit Bumrah 165 133 5/10 7.30 2 2
Ravindra Jadeja 160 242 5/16 7.64 3 1

Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025

Story first published: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 16:42 [IST]
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