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Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder - Noor Ahmad moves to 3rd Spot, Krunal Pandya jumps to 5th: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5
Most Wickets in IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans' pacer Prasidh Krishna holds on to the top spot after retaking lead in the Purple Cap race the other night as his nearest rivals didn't compete in the latest IPL Match on May 3. Also read: Most Runs in IPL 2025 | IPL Points Table | IPL Qualification Scenario | Most Sixes | Fairplay Award
Placed second and just a wicket behind, RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood missed the match against CSK, expectedly due to an injury. RCB are yet to give an official statement on the quantum of his recovery. Meanwhile, CSK's Noor Ahmad improved a spot to third. Another contender made steady progress as RCB's Krunal Pandya took a wicket on the night to improve from ninth to fifth spot!
Let's take a look at how their performances impacted the top wicket-takers list, followed by team-wise top 5, and eventually the Highest Wicket-Takers List in IPL history:
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. Prasidh Krishna (GT) | 19 | 10 | 4/41 | 7.48 | 1 | 0 |
| 2. Josh Hazlewood (RCB) | 18 | 10 | 4/53 | 8.20 | 1 | 0 |
| 3. Noor Ahmad (CSK) | 16 | 11 | 4/18 | 8.22 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. Trent Boult (MI) | 16 | 11 | 4/26 | 8.80 | 1 | 0 |
| 5. Krunal Pandya (RCB) | 14 | 11 | 4/45 | 8.57 | 2 | 0 |
| 6. Mohammed Siraj (GT) | 14 | 10 | 4/17 | 8.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 7. Khaleel Ahmed (CSK) | 14 | 11 | 3/29 | 9.85 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. Mitchell Starc (DC) | 14 | 10 | 5/35 | 10.14 | 0 | 1 |
| 9. Varun Chakravarthy (KKR) | 13 | 10 | 3/22 | 7.15 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. Arshdeep Singh (PBKS) | 13 | 10 | 3/43 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
- Updated after RCB vs CSK on May 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 - 18 wickets
- Krunal Pandya - 14 wickets
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 12 wickets
- Yash Dayal - 10 wickets
- Suyash Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Kolkata Knight Riders
- Varun Chakravarthy - 13 wickets
- Vaibhav Arora - 12 wickets
- Harshit Rana - 11 wickets
- Sunil Narine - 10 wickets
- Andre Russell - 8 wickets
- Moeen Ali - 3 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Rajasthan Royals
- Wanindu Hasaranga - 10 wickets
- Jofra Archer - 10 wickets
- Maheesh Theekshana - 10 wickets
- Sandeep Sharma - 9 wickets
- Tushar Deshpande - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Harshal Patel - 13 wickets
- Pat Cummins - 10 wickets
- Mohammed Shami - 6 wickets
- Zeeshan Ansari - 6 wickets
- Jaydev Unadkat - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Chennai Super Kings
- Noor Ahmad - 15 wickets
- Khaleel Ahmed - 14 wickets
- Matheesha Pathirana - 12 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja - 7 wickets
- R Ashwin - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians
- Trent Boult - 16 wickets
- Hardik Pandya - 13 wickets
- Jasprit Bumrah - 11 wickets
- Deepak Chahar - 9 wickets
- Vignesh Puthur - 6 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Delhi Capitals
- Mitchell Starc - 14 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav - 12 wickets
- Vipraj Nigam - 9 wickets
- Mukesh Kumar - 9 wickets
- Axar Patel - 5 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Lucknow Super Giants
- Shardul Thakur - 12 wickets
- Digvesh Singh Rathi - 10 wickets
- Avesh Khan - 10 wickets
- Ravi Bishnoi - 9 wickets
- Aiden Markram - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Gujarat Titans
- Prasidh Krishna - 19 wickets
- Mohammed Siraj - 14 wickets
- Sai Kishore - 12 wickets
- Rashid Khan - 7 wickets
- Ishant Sharma - 4 wickets
Top 5 wicket-takers for Punjab Kings
- Arshdeep Singh - 13 wickets
- Yuzvendra Chahal - 13 wickets
- Marco Jansen - 10 wickets
- Lockie Ferguson - 5 wickets
- Glenn Maxwell - 4 wickets
Most Wickets in IPL History - Top 10
| Full Name | Wickets | Matches | Best Spell | Economy Rate | 4-Wicket Spells | 5-Wicket Spells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 218 | 169 | 5/40 | 7.91 | 8 | 1 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 193 | 186 | 5/19 | 7.63 | 2 | 2 |
| Piyush Chawla | 192 | 192 | 4/17 | 7.96 | 2 | 0 |
| Sunil Narine | 190 | 184 | 5/19 | 6.77 | 7 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 185 | 217 | 4/34 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 183 | 161 | 4/22 | 8.38 | 2 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 176 | 140 | 5/10 | 7.28 | 3 | 2 |
| Amit Mishra | 174 | 162 | 5/17 | 7.37 | 4 | 1 |
| Lasith Malinga | 170 | 122 | 5/13 | 7.14 | 6 | 1 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 167 | 251 | 5/16 | 7.66 | 3 | 1 |
Note: Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025
Story first published: Friday, May 2, 2025, 22:20 [IST]
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