Young Mayank Yadav, who is grabbing everyone’s attention for his speed, has entered the battle of the Indian Premier League Purple Cap race and is placed second in the list of Purple Cap holders. The find of the season of the Lucknow SuperGiants, Mayank, burned up the charts, and now once again on the back of the three-wicket haul is now next to Mustafizur Rahman. Mustafizur, who has seven wickets to his name, is leading the Purple Cap. The spellbound figures of Mayank (4/14 from 4 overs), which include a record-breaking delivery of almost 156 clicks, have taken his tally of wickets to 6, although he has bowled 4 overs fewer than the left-arm pacer of Bangladesh.
In the rest of the top 5 contenders in the race for the Purple Cap, there isn’t much change. The player of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals is in 3rd place with 6 wickets to his name whereas Mohit Sharma is on place 4 with 6 wickets in three matches. The bowler of the Delhi Capitals, Khaleel Ahmed, is at five, whereas Trent Boult is in sixth place, with the two left-arm seamers tied with five wickets each.
The Purple Cap of the IPL is a glimmering testament to the leading wicket-taker of the cash-rich league. This is given to the best bowler who has given an amazing performance in the spin or pace department while taking this honor to their name. However, the only player to win back to back purple caps is Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
The record for most wickets taken in a single season of the IPL is a tie, shared by Harshal Patel’s in 2021 and Dwayne Bravo’s in 2013. Both of them finished with a flourish, leaving a trail of dismissed batsmen and writing their names on the prestigious Purple Cap.
The left-arm whiz of Pakistan, Sohail Tanvir, burned the trail of the purple cap in the inaugural season of the IPL, which was in 2008, with 22 wickets. In the following season, when the tournament was shifted to South Africa, the express left-arm pacer of team India, RP Singh, bettered the tally of Tanvir by a wicket, finishing with 23 scalps. Pragyan Ojha, the Indian spinner, became the second Indian to win the Purple Cap in the 2010 season with 21 wickets on his name before overseas names began dominating the scene.
Lasith Malinga, the OG slinger of Sri Lanka, cast a spell with 28 wickets in the 2011 season. The giant of South Africa, Morne Morkel, followed suit with 25 wickets in 2012. The Caribbean all-rounder Dwayne Bravo then took center stage in 2013 with a staggering 32 wickets, a record that still stands today. In 2014, Indian seamer Mohit Sharma broke the international streak, claiming 23 wickets.
