New Delhi. In IPL 2024, the teams of Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals came face to face on 15 May. Here Rajasthan Royals had to face defeat. Harshal Patel took 2 wickets for Punjab Kings. In this way, Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings has snatched the Purple Cap from Jasprit Bumrah by dismissing the Rajasthan batsmen. He has now become the bowler taking the most wickets in this IPL.
After the match, Harshal said about Jasprit Bumrah that he is considering him as his competitor. Harshal said, “Jasprit Bumrah is such a bowler whom I always consider as my competitor. I always aspire to be as good as him. It's great for me that we are in the running for the Purple Cap competition.
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Let us tell you that Harshal Patel took 2 wickets against Rajasthan Royals. He took the wickets of Ryan Parag, who played the biggest innings for Rajasthan, and impact player Donovan Ferreira. Harshal bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets for 28 runs. Now he has a total of 22 wickets in his name in this IPL. With this, he is on top in the race for Purple Cap. At the same time, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has a total of 20 wickets in his name.
Talking about the top 5, Varun Chakraborty is at third place, Mukesh Kumar is at fourth place and Arshdeep Singh is at fifth place. So far these three have taken 18, 17 and 17 wickets respectively. Varun Chakraborty's KKR and Mukesh Kumar's Delhi Capitals are alive in this tournament. The result of whether Delhi team will be able to qualify or not will be known after the match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers. Delhi team is at 5th place in the points table.
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first published : May 16, 2024, 1:00 pm IST