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Most Wickets In IPL 2025, Purple Cap Holder After CSK vs RR- Prasidh Krishna Swells Lead On May 20: Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers and Teamwise Top 5

Most Wickets In IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans' Prasidh Krishna leads the Purple Cap race with 21 wickets in 12 matches as on 20th May, 2025 after CSK vs RR clash. He's bowled 47 overs, conceding 369 runs at an average of 17.57, with best figures of 4/41 and an economy rate of 7.85.

Chennai Super Kings' spinner Noor Ahmad follows closely with 20 wickets from 12 games. He has an average of 17.25, economy of 8.02, and best figures of 4/18.

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Josh Hazlewood (RCB) and Trent Boult (MI) both have 18 wickets. Hazlewood's came in 10 matches at an average of 17.27 and a strike rate of 12.27, while Boult managed his haul in 12 games with best figures of 4/26.

Varun Chakaravarthy (KKR) rounds off the top five with 17 wickets from 12 matches. He boasts the best economy (7.00) among the group.

POS Player Team Wkts Mat Inns Ov Runs BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1 Prasidh Krishna GT 21 12 12 47.0 369 4/41 17.57 7.85 13.42 1 0
2 Noor Ahmad CSK 20 12 12 43.0 345 4/18 17.25 8.02 12.90 2 0
3 Josh Hazlewood RCB 18 10 10 36.5 311 4/33 17.27 8.44 12.27 1 0
4 Trent Boult MI 18 12 12 42.1 358 4/26 19.88 8.49 14.05 1 0
5 Varun Chakaravarthy KKR 17 12 12 47.0 329 3/22 19.35 7.00 16.58 0 0
6 Arshdeep Singh PBKS 16 12 11 40.2 351 3/16 21.93 8.70 15.12 0 0
7 Vaibhav Arora KKR 16 11 11 38.3 391 3/29 24.43 10.15 14.43 0 0
8 Sai Kishore GT 15 12 12 33.3 294 3/30 19.60 8.77 13.40 0 0
9 Mohammed Siraj GT 15 12 12 45.0 406 4/17 27.06 9.02 18.00 1 0
10 Harshal Patel KKR 15 11 11 38.0 370 4/28 24.66 9.73 15.20 2 0

*Stats updated after CSK vs RR match on 20th May

Team-wise Top 5 Wicket-Takers - IPL 2025

RCB: Josh Hazlewood (18), Krunal Pandya (14), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (12), Yash Dayal (10), Suyash Sharma (4)

KKR: Varun Chakravarthy (17), Vaibhav Arora (16), Harshit Rana (15), Sunil Narine (10), Andre Russell (8)

RR: Wanindu Hasaranga (11), Jofra Archer (11), Maheesh Theekshana (11), Sandeep Sharma (9), Tushar Deshpande (9)

SRH: Harshal Patel (15), Pat Cummins (13), Eshan Malinga (8), Jaydev Unadkat (7), Zeeshan Ansari (6)

CSK: Noor Ahmad (21), Khaleel Ahmed (14), Matheesha Pathirana (12), Ravindra Jadeja (8), R Ashwin (7)

MI: Trent Boult (18), Jasprit Bumrah (13), Hardik Pandya (11), Deepak Chahar (10), Ashwani Kumar (8)

DC: Mitchell Starc (14), Kuldeep Yadav (12), Vipraj Nigam (9), Mukesh Kumar (9), Axar Patel (5)

LSG: Digvesh Singh Rathi (14), Shardul Thakur (13), Avesh Khan (10), Ravi Bishnoi (9), Aiden Markram (4)

GT: Prasidh Krishna (21), Sai Kishore (15), Mohammed Siraj (15), Rashid Khan (8), Md Arshad Khan (5)

PBKS: Arshdeep Singh (16), Yuzvendra Chahal (14), Marco Jansen (13), Harpreet Brar (7), Lockie Ferguson (5)

Most Wickets In IPL History

Player Span Mat Inns Balls Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
YS Chahal* (MI/PBKS/RCB/RR) 2013-2025 172 170 3743 623.5 4 4956 219 5/40 22.63 7.94 17.09 8 1
B Kumar* (PWI/RCB/SRH) 2011-2025 186 186 4138 689.4 14 5268 193 5/19 27.29 7.63 21.44 2 2
PP Chawla (CSK/KKR/KXIP/MI) 2008-2024 192 191 3850 641.4 2 5108 192 4/17 26.60 7.96 20.05 2 -
SP Narine (KKR)* 2012-2025 188 186 4321 720.1 3 4880 190 5/19 25.68 6.77 22.74 7 1
R Ashwin* (CSK/DC/KXIP/RPS/RR) 2009-2025 221 217 4710 785.0 4 5652 187 4/34 30.22 7.20 25.18 1 -
DJ Bravo (CSK/GL/MI) 2008-2022 161 158 3119 519.5 3 4360 183 4/22 23.82 8.38 17.04 2 -
JJ Bumrah (MI)* 2013-2025 141 141 3245 540.5 8 3929 178 5/10 22.07 7.26 18.23 3 2
A Mishra (DC/DCH/LSG/SRH) 2008-2024 162 162 3371 561.5 6 4145 174 5/17 23.82 7.37 19.37 4 1
SL Malinga (MI) 2009-2019 122 122 2827 471.1 8 3365 170 5/13 19.79 7.14 16.62 6 1
RA Jadeja* (CSK/GL/Kochi/RR) 2008-2025 252 223 4026 671.0 2 5144 168 5/16 30.61 7.66 23.96 3 1

*Highlighted players are active in IPL 2025

Story first published: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 15:12 [IST]
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