IPL 2024 Purple Cap: Harshal snatched the title of ‘Best Bowler’ from Bumrah, Varun also challenged

New Delhi. Punjab Kings gave a big blow to Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. With Punjab’s victory, Mumbai Indians have slipped to 10th i.e. last position in the points table. Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians also got a shock from this match. Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings has snatched the purple cap from Jasprit Bumrah by dismissing the batsmen of Rajasthan.

Harshal Patel took 2 wickets against Rajasthan Royals. He dismissed Ryan Parag (48) and impact player Donovan Ferreira (7), who played the biggest innings for Rajasthan. Harshal’s bowling analysis was 4-0-28-2. With this, Harshal Patel has increased his number of wickets in IPL 2024 to 22 and has captured the Purple Cap.

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Before the Punjab-Rajasthan match, the Purple Cap was in the name of Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has taken 20 wickets in 13 matches. Harshal has taken 22 wickets in the 13th match itself. Varun Chakraborty (18) of Kolkata Knight Riders is in this race for Purple Cap. Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Khalil Ahmed have taken 17 wickets each.

Virat Kohli has orange cap
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star cricketer Virat Kohli remains at number one in the list of highest run scorers with 661 runs. He has held the orange cap for a long time. Ruturaj Gaikwad is second in the Orange Cap list with 583 runs.

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