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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder Updated after KKR vs SRH: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings' Noor Ahmad remains in the lead of the highest wicket-taking chart as none of his rivals got close to him in the latest OPL match. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award
KKR's Varun Chakravarthy, meanwhile, took three wickets in the victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad to rise to the third spot and just three more wickets behind the Purple Cap Holder. His teammate Vaibhav Arora matched his haul too with a three-wicket spell as well. 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: 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. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) | 6 | 4 | 3/22 | 6.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 6 | 3 | 3/21 | 7.26 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. Sai Kishore (GT) | 6 | 3 | 3/30 | 7.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 6 | 3 | 3/29 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Shardul Thakur (LSG) | 6 | 3 | 4/34 | 10.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 8. Vaibhav Arora (KKR) | 6 | 3 | 3/29 | 9.45 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) | 5 | 2 | 3/22 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Digvesh Singh (LSG) | 5 | 3 | 2/30 | 8.41 | 0 | 0 |
- Updated after KKR vs SRH on April 3
- Highlighted players are in action in today's match
Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers
Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru
- Josh Hazlewood - 6 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 3 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 2 wickets
- Liam Livingstone - 2 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 6 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 6 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 3 wickets
- Andre Russell - 4 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 2 wickets
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
- Zeeshan Ansari - 4 wickets
- Harshal Patel - 4 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 3 wickets
- Simarjeet Singh - 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 - 5 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 3 wickets
- M Siddharth - 2 wickets
- Prince Yadav - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- B Sai Kishore - 6 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 5 wickets
- Prasidh Khrishna - 3 wickets
- Kagiso Rabada - 2 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 1 wicket
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 5 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 2 wickets
- Glenn Maxwell - 2 wickets
- Lockie Ferguson - 1 wicket
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 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 | 206 | 161 | 5/40 | 7.86 | 6 | 1 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 183 | 178 | 5/19 | 7.54 | 2 | 2 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 183 | 215 | 4/34 | 7.15 | 1 | 0 |
| 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: Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 21:43 [IST]
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