New Delhi. Punjab Kings gave a big blow to Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians. With Punjab's victory, Mumbai Indians have slipped to 10th i.e. last place in the points table. Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians also got a shock from this match. Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings has snatched the purple cap from Jasprit Bumrah by dismissing the Rajasthan batsmen.
Harshal Patel took 2 wickets against Rajasthan Royals. He dismissed Ryan Parag (48), who played the biggest innings for Rajasthan, and impact player Donovan Ferreira (7). Harshal's bowling analysis was 4-0-28-2. With this, Harshal Patel has increased his number of wickets to 22 in IPL 2024 and has captured the Purple Cap.
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Before the Punjab-Rajasthan match, the Purple Cap was in the name of Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has taken 20 wickets in 13 matches. Harshal has taken 22 wickets in the 13th match itself. Varun Chakraborty (18) of Kolkata Knight Riders is in this race for Purple Cap. Mukesh Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Khalil Ahmed have taken 17 wickets each.
Virat Kohli has orange cap
Royal Challengers Bangalore's star cricketer Virat Kohli remains at number one in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs with 661 runs. He has kept the orange cap with him for a long time. Ruturaj Gaikwad is second in the Orange Cap list with 583 runs.
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first published : May 16, 2024, 09:05 IST