IPL 2025 Purple Cap Standings: Updated Most Wickets List After LSG Vs MI Match
Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap: The latest bowling leaderboard after LSG vs MI. Find out the top wicket-takers, their economy rates, and Purple Cap rankings.
Most Wickets in IPL 2025, Purple Cap: Star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya created history on Friday (April 4) by becoming the first captain to take a five-wicket haul in the IPL. The 31-year-old cricketer from Baroda is leading the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025, and on Friday he picked up five wickets for 36 runs in four overs against the Lucknow Super Giants. The maiden five-wicket in IPL helped Hardik restrict LSG to 203/8 in Lucknow and also rise to the No. 2 position in the list of leading wicket-takers in IPL 2025.
The five-time IPL winner has 8 wickets to his name in three IPL 2025 matches played so far. Only Noor Ahmad of Chennai Super Kings has dismissed more batters than him in the IPL this year. Noor, who will lead CSK’s spin attack against Delhi Capitals on Saturday afternoon, has dismissed nine batters so far.
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Delhi Capitals’ pacer Mitchell Starc is in third place with 8 wickets, and LSG’s Shardul Thakur is in fourth position with 7 wickets in four matches. The former PBKS, CSK, DC and KKR bowler dismissed one Mumbai Indians batter on Friday.
LSG spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi has taken his tally of wickets to six in four matches of IPL 2025. The 25-year-old cricketer from Delhi clean bowled Naman Dhir (46 from 24 balls) and finished with figures of 1 for 21 in four overs.
Most Wickets in IPL 2025 – Purple Cap leaderboard after LSG vs MI match
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY RATE | BEST FIGURES |
| 1. | Noor Ahmad | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 9 | 6.83 | 4/18 |
| 2. | Hardik Pandya | Mumbai Indians | 3 | 8 | 7.50 | 5/36 |
| 3. | Mitchell Starc | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 8 | 10.04 | 5/35 |
| 4. | Shardul Thakur | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 7 | 10.15 | 4/34 |
| 5. | Varun Chakaravarthy | Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 6 | 6.26 | 3/22 |
| 6. | Josh Hazlewood | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 3 | 6 | 7.26 | 3/21 |
| 7. | R Sai Kishore | Gujarat Titans | 3 | 6 | 7.41 | 3/30 |
| 8. | Digvesh Rathi | Lucknow Super Giants | 4 | 6 | 7.62 | 2/30 |
| 9. | Khaleel Ahmed | Chennai Super Kings | 3 | 6 | 7.91 | 3/29 |
| 10. | Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 | 6 | 9.45 | 3/29 |
24-year-old uncapped Indian spinner Vignesh Puthur caught and bowled Mitchell Marsh on Friday to extend his tally of wickets to five in IPL 2025 for Mumbai Indians. Puthur is 12th on the list of leading wicket-takers in the IPL this year.
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