The Indian Premier League 2022 features 10 teams and the league stage is being played at four venues in Maharashtra.

Each year, the Purple Cap is taken home by the bowler who picks the most wickets in the season. In the previous edition of the tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Harshal Patel picked up 32 wickets to win the prize.

This year, the race for the Purple Cap is a close one but Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal currently holds the bragging rights for most wickets. Kuldeep Yadav too is in the mix but RCB’s Wanindu Hasaranga is now giving it a good go as well.

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Here is the list of the top 10 wicket-takers so far this season:

After Qualifier 2

Player Inns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR
Wanindu Hasaranga 16 430 26 18/5 16.53 7.54 13.15
Yuzvendra Chahal 16 507 26 40/5 19.50 7.92 14.76
Kagiso Rabada 13 406 23 33/4 17.65 8.45 12.52
Umran Malik 14 444 22 25/5 20.18 9.03 13.40
Kuldeep Yadav 14 419 21 14/4 19.95 8.43 14.19
Josh Hazlewood 12 377 20 25/4 18.85 8.10 13.95
Harshal Patel 15 410 19 34/4 21.57 7.66 16.89
Mohammad Shami 15 455 19 25/3 23.94 7.98 18.00
Rashid Khan 15 403 18 24/4 22.38 6.73 19.94
Prasidh Krishna 16 511 18 22/3 28.38 8.17 20.83