IPL 2022 Purple Cap List Updated: Yuzvendra Chahal Scalps Most Wickets by a Spinner in a Season
The Purple Cap is one of the most prestigious awards at the IPL which is given to a player with most wickets in one season of the competition. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel had won the Purple Cap in IPL 2021, finishing with a season haul of 32 wickets.
Yuzvendra Chahal finished IPL 2022 as the winner of the Purple Cap. Chahal also created history by scalping 27 wickets, the most by a spinner in one IPL season. Wanindu Hasaranga ended on the second spot with 26 wickets. Kagiso Rabada, Umran Malik and Kuldeep Yadav finished third, fourth and fifth with 23, 22 and 21 wickets respectively. Meanwhile, you can take a look at the IPL 2022 Purple Cap updated list below. IPL 2022 Points Table Updated With NRR
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel turned on the heat last season with a whopping 32 wickets, the most in a season so far. His performances led RCB to buy him back at the IPL 2022 Auction and he would look to prove his mettle once again. Players like Bravo and Sunrisers Hyderabad's Bhuvneshwar Kumar have won the Purple Cap twice each. The first Purple Cap winner was Pakistan's Sohail Tanvir, who had bagged 22 wickets in Rajasthan Royals' title-winning inaugural IPL campaign.
IPL 2022 Purple Cap list:
| Position | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Wickets |
| 1 | Yuzvendra Chahal | RR | 17 | 17 | 27 |
| 2 | Wanindu Hasaranga | RCB | 16 | 16 | 26 |
| 3 | Kagiso Rabada | PBKS | 13 | 13 | 23 |
| 4 | Umran Malik | SRH | 14 | 14 | 22 |
| 5 | Kuldeep Yadav | DC | 14 | 14 | 21 |
You can check out the full list from IPL's official website here.
The race for winning the Purple Cap would be an intense one this season, especially with two new franchises --Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans entering the competition. This would provide more opportunities to local players and new names to shine and make name for themselves.
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