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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad holds lead for another day, Sai Kishore goes joint 2nd: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

By MyKhel Staff

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad continues keep the lead for another day while Gujarat Titans R Sai Kishore came close to the top with a three-wicket haul on the day. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | Most Sixes

He holds the joint second spot with five other bowlers including the likes of Krunal Pandya, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Starc among others. Let's take a look at how their performances impacted 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

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) 4 1 4/18 4.50 1 0
2. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) 3 1 3/29 7.25 0 0
3. Krunal Pandya (RCB) 3 1 3/29 7.25 0 0
4. R Sai Kishore (GT) 3 1 3/30 7.50 0 0
4. Vignesh Puthur (MI) 3 1 3/32 8.00 0 0
5. Mitchell Starc (DC) 3 1 3/42 10.50 0 0
6. Tushar Deshpande (RR) 3 1 3/44 11.00 0 0
7. Shardul Thakur (LSG) 2 1 2/19 9.50 0 0
8. Kuldeep Yadav (DC) 2 1 2/20 5.00 0 0
9. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) 2 1 2/22 5.50 0 0
10. Digvesh Singh (LSG) 2 1 2/31 7.75 0 0

Updated after LSG innings vs DC on March 24

Teamwise Top 5 wicket-takers

Top 5 wicket-takers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru

  • Krunal Pandya - 3 wickets
  • Josh Hazlewood - 2 wickets
  • Yash Dayal - 1 wicket
  • Rasikh Salam - 1 wicket
  • Suyash Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders

  • Sunil Narine - 1 wicket
  • Vaibhav Arora - 1 wicket
  • Varun Chakravarthy - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royal

  • Tushar Deshpande - 3 wickets
  • Maheesh Theekshana - 2 wickets
  • Sandeep Sharma - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad

  • Harshal Patel - 2 wickets
  • Simarjeet Singh - 2 wickets
  • Mohammed Shami - 1 wicket
  • Adam Zampa - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings

  • Noor Ahmad - 4 wickets
  • Khaleel Ahmed - 3 wickets
  • R Ashwin - 1 wicket
  • Nathan Ellis - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians

  • Vignesh Puthur - 3 wickets
  • Will Jacks - 1 wicket
  • Deepak Chahar - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals

  • Mitchell Starc - 3 wickets
  • Kuldeep Yadav - 2 wickets
  • Mukesh Kumar - 1 wicket
  • Vipraj Nigam - 1 wicket

Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants

  • Digvesh Singh - 2 wickets
  • Shardul Thakur - 2 wickets
  • M Siddharth - 2 wickets
  • Ravi Bishnoi - 2 wickets

Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans

  • R Sai Sudharsan - 3 wickets
  • Kagiso Rabada - 1 wicket
  • 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

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
Sunil Narine 181 178 5/19 6.73 7 1
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 181 176 5/19 7.56 2 2
Ravichandran Ashwin 181 213 4/34 7.12 1 0
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 160 241 5/16 7.61 3 1

Note: Players in bold are active

Story first published: Monday, March 24, 2025, 22:02 [IST]
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