Purple Cap

Purple Cap
Award details
Sport Cricket
Competition Indian Premier League (IPL)
Discipline Bowling
Given for Taking the most wickets in a season
History
First award 2008
Editions 8
First winner Sohail Tanvir (2008)
Most wins Dwayne Bravo (2 wins)
Most recent Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2016)

The Purple Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading wicket taker in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.[1][2]

History

After the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the Indian Premier League announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008. The bowler with most wickets in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding, with the overall leading wicket-taker at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season's final. In case of a tie, the bowler with superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap.[3]

The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, "We have seen over the course of the inaugural season of the League so far that bowlers have just as important a role to play in winning T20 matches as batsmen do.”[3]

Winners

Season Player Mat Wkts Ref
2008 Pakistan Sohail Tanvir (RR) 11 22 [4]
2009 India R. P. Singh (DC) 16 23 [5]
2010 India Pragyan Ojha (DC) 16 21 [6]
2011 Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga (MI) 16 28 [7]
2012 South Africa Morne Morkel (DD) 16 25 [8]
2013 Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo (CSK) 18 32 [9]
2014 India Mohit Sharma (CSK) 16 23 [10]
2015 Trinidad and Tobago Dwayne Bravo (CSK) 16 24 [11]
2016 India Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) 17 23 [12]

Awards won by team

Club Total
Chennai Super Kings 3
Deccan Chargers 2
Rajasthan Royals 1
Mumbai Indians 1
Delhi Daredevils 1
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IPl Stats".
  2. ↑ "bumrah takes Orange cap, sachin wins race for Purple cap".
  3. 1 2 "Purple Cap for bowlers". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Most wickets-2008". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Most wickets-2009". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Most wickets-2010". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Most wickets-2011". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Most wickets-2012". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Most wickets-2013". iplt20. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Most wickets-2014". iplt20. Retrieved 1 Jun 2014.
  11. ↑ "Most wickets-2015". iplt20. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Most wickets-2016". iplt20. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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