IPL 2026 Purple Cap Today: Wickets Tally & Race Analysis

IPL 2026 Purple Cap Today: The Purple Cap in IPL is awarded to the leading wicket-taker of the tournament.

The Purple Cap is given to the bowler with the most wickets in an IPL season. It is the bowling version of the Orange Cap and shows consistency and impact with the ball. It keeps changing during the tournament as bowlers move up and down the wicket charts.

The current holder from last season is Prasidh Krishna. He took 25 wickets for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025. He finished as the top wicket-taker. In all-time records, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel hold the record for most wickets in a single IPL season. Both took 32 wickets each in 2013 and 2021.

The record for most wickets in a single season is 32, shared by Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel. Bravo reached it in 2013 in 18 matches. Harshal matched it in 2021 in just 15 games, which makes it more impressive. For most Purple Cap wins, three bowlers lead with two each. Dwayne Bravo won in 2013 and 2015. Bhuvneshwar Kumar won back-to-back in 2016 and 2017. Harshal Patel added his wins in 2021 and 2024.

Kagiso Rabada holds the record for fastest to 50 IPL wickets. He reached it in just 27 matches, beating Sunil Narine’s mark by five games. The record for the most hat-tricks overall belongs to Amit Mishra. He has taken three in his IPL career. For a single match, the best bowling figures ever recorded are 6 wickets for 12 runs, achieved by Alzarri Joseph in 2019.

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