Based on the information available from June 2025, Prasidh Krishna of the Gujarat Titans finished as the leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season, also known as the Purple Cap winner.
Here is a summary of the top wicket-takers for IPL 2025:
Full Name
Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna
Born
February 19, 1996, Bangalore, Karnataka
Age
29y 150d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
TEAMS
What makes Prasidh Krishna different from other Indian fast bowlers is his ability to extract bounce from short of good length. He always had accuracy, and when he increased his pace, he became even more effective. On his ODI debut against England in Pune in 2021, he picked up 4 for 54, the best figures by a debutant for India at the time. He was on the path to becoming India’s enforcer in the middle overs, but a spate of injuries thwarted his career.
Prasidh made his first-class debut at the age of 19, in a tour match against Bangladesh A in Mysore in 2015. He picked up a wicket with his very first ball in the match, and five in the innings, but Karnataka’s settled pace attack meant he had to wait for three years for his next opportunity in the format.
He was far more regular in 50-over cricket. When Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2017-18, he was the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament. During IPL 2018, he joined Kolkata Knight Riders as an injury replacement; by the end of the tournament, he was their main seamer.
But his next few years were interrupted by injuries. He had a stress fracture on his left leg in 2019, a stress fracture of the back in 2022, and a quadriceps injury in 2024. In between, Rajasthan Royals bought him for INR 10 crore ahead of IPL 2022, and he made his T20I and Test debuts in 2023. But the comebacks were short-lived.
Prasidh Krishna IPL factfile
– After finishing as the joint second-highest wicket-taker in the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy to help Karnataka win the title, Prasidh Krishna was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as an injury replacement. He ended up with 10 wickets from seven matches
– He had a couple of quiet seasons before taking 12 wickets to help KKR reach the final in IPL 2021.
– In 2022, he had his best IPL season after being bought by Rajasthan Royals (RR). He took 19 wickets from 17 games and was more economical than ever before.
– A lumbar stress fracture and then a quad injury ruled him out of the 2023 and 2024 seasons respectively. Gujarat Titans (GT) then splashed INR 9.5 crore to secure his services ahead of IPL 2025.
| Rank | Player | Team | Wickets |
|---|
| 1 | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans (GT) | 25 |
| 2 | Noor Ahmad | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 24 |
| 3 | Josh Hazlewood | Royal Challengers (RCB) | 22 |
| 4 | Trent Boult | Mumbai Indians (MI) | 22 |
| 5 | Arshdeep Singh | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 21 |
IPL 2025 batting stats: Highest strike-rate, average & most sixes
Highest strike-rate
Minimum 20 balls faced
1. Romario Shepherd (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 291.66
2. Urvil Patel (Chennai Super Kings) – 212.50
3. Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) – 206.55
4. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 196.25
5. Abhishek Sharma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 193.39
Highest average
1. Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians) – 65.18
2. Tim David (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 62.33
3. Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans) – 59.77
4. Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 54.75
5. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) – 54.21
Most sixes
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) – 40 sixes
2. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) – 39
3. Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians) – 38
4. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) – 37
5. Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab Kings) – 30
IPL 2025 bowling stats: Best strike-rate, average & economy
Best strike-rate
1. Ayush Badoni (Lucknow Super Giants) – 5.00
2. M Shahrukh Khan (Gujarat Titans) – 6.00
3. Will O’Rourke (Lucknow Super Giants) – 10.33
4. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) – 11.18
=5. Josh Hazlewood & Lungi Ngidi (both Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Vignesh Puthur & Mujeeb Ur Rahman (both Mumbai Indians), Praveen Dubey & Musheer Khan (both Punjab Kings), Harsh Dubey (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 12.00
Best average
1. Ayush Badoni (Lucknow Super Giants) – 6.50
2. M Shahrukh Khan (Gujarat Titans) – 13.00
3. Jaydev Unadkat (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 15.90
4. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) – 17.00
5. Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 17.54
Best economy
Minimum of 24 balls bowled
1. Naman Dhir (Mumbai Indians) – 5.25
2. Nuwan Thushara (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 6.50
3. Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians) – 6.67
4. Anukul Roy (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 6.75
5. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) – 7.07
IPL 2025 purple cap: Who is highest wicket-taker?
1. Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat Titans) – 25 wickets
2. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) – 24
=3. Trent Boult (Mumbai Indians) & Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 22
5. Sai Kishore (Gujarat Titans) – 19
After being introduced in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008, the Purple Cap has been won by some of the world’s best players.
The first-ever winner of the coveted Purple Cap was Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir, who won it after claiming 22 scalps in 11 matches for Rajasthan Royals in the team’s only title-winning season to date.
Over the years, the Purple Cap has been won by some of the finest bowlers in the T20 format, including the likes of Lasith Malinga and Dwayne Bravo.
As far as the most extraordinary Purple Cap-winning performances go, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel’s 32 wickets each in 2013 and 2021, respectively, remain the standouts.
While Harshal took his 32 scalps in 15 matches for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2021, Bravo had taken just as many wickets in 18 games for Chennai Super Kings eight years earlier in 2013.
Apart from Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada is the only bowler to have won the Purple Cap after hitting the 30-wicket barrier in a season. The South African pacer took 30 wickets in 17 matches for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2020.
Meanwhile, Dwayne Bravo, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel have won the Purple Cap twice each.
Bravo won it twice with CSK in 2013 and 2015, while Harshal Patel won it first with RCB in 2021 before claiming it again in 2024 as a Punjab Kings bowler.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to win the Purple Cap in successive seasons after winning it with Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 and 2017.
Only three players in IPL history – Sohail Tanvir in 2008 with Rajasthan Royals, RP Singh with Deccan Chargers in 2009 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 2016 with Sunrisers Hyderabad – have won both the Purple Cap and the IPL trophy in the same season.
In the 17 completed IPL seasons so far, Indian bowlers have won the Purple Cap nine times while South Africans have held the honour on three occasions.
Winner of the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, RP Singh was the first Indian to win the Purple Cap after bagging 23 wickets in 16 matches in 2009 for the now-defunct Deccan Chargers team.
IPL 2025 Most Wickets: Purple Cap Holder and Leading Bowlers
The battle for the IPL 2025 Purple Cap is intensifying as bowlers sweat it out to top the list of the player with the most wickets in IPL 2025. This page is updated daily to reflect the latest statistics, including wickets taken, economy rate, average, and best bowling figures.
As of now, Prasidh Krishna from Gujarat Titans leads the pack with 25 wickets in 15 matches, showcasing consistent performances with the ball. Close behind are Noor Ahmad and Josh Hazlewood, making the race for the Purple Cap in IPL 2025 a thrilling subplot this season.
Unlike the Golden Boot trophy, which is given to the top goalscorers at the end of football tournaments, the Purple Cap in IPL is actually given whenever there is a change in the top wicket-takers’ list in the tournament.
The players with the Most Wickets in IPL 2025 play a crucial role in turning games around and driving their teams toward playoff contention. With every match, this leaderboard evolves—so keep checking back for real-time updates on the top wicket-takers of the tournament.
IPL 2025 Purple Cap Winner: Prasidh Krishna wins it with 25 wickets for Gujarat Titans.
India’s biggest cricket extravaganza aka the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to host its 18th edition in 2025. With ten teams setting their eyes on the coveted title, the competition has soared to new heights, especially in the bowling department. While batters often steal the limelight, the Purple Cap, which is awarded to the tournament’s highest wicket-taker, still remains a much-cherished prize for the bowlers in the shortest format of the game. The upcoming season will be an added pressure for the franchises due to the IPL 2025 mega auction.
All ten teams will look to reshape their squads bringing in new faces along with retaining some of their former players. The impact player rule, which stirred controversy in previous seasons, continues to be a burning question. Many franchises and players have voiced concerns about its potential continuation, recognizing how it could possibly affect bowling strategies. Despite the 2024 season seeing a huge number of runs being scored and new batting records being set every other day, franchises are aware that while batters win matches, it’s often the bowlers who help teams to achieve the glory.
In the previous auction, where pacers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins emerged as the most expensive players, they handsomely repaid the faith to their respective teams despite a huge price tag on their head. The IPL 2024 season also saw some promising bowlers come up the charts, like Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, and Vaibhav Arora, who could be key contenders for the Purple Cap in 2025. However, they’ll face stiff competition from established stars, including the previous season’s Purple Cap holder, Harshal Patel, who claimed an impressive 24 wickets. The Purple Cap race in 2025 will be fiercer this time around with more quality players playing this competition. With star leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who is currently at the helm of the all-time leading wicket-taker list in the IPL history, will once again look to do the trick with the ball in hand.
IPL Purple Cap Trivia
- Sohail Tanvir was the first bowler to be awarded the Purple Cap for taking 22 wickets in 11 matches in the 2008 season.
- The record of most wickets in a single edition is jointly held by Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel. Bravo scalped 32 wickets in the 2015 season while Patel had 32 victims to his name in the 2021 season.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to have won the Purple Cap in successive editions of the IPL (2016, 2017)
Rules for IPL Purple Cap 2025
- The Purple Cap is awarded to the leading wicket-taker of the IPL season.
- The bowler with the most wickets in the tournament during the season is allowed to wear the Cap in the field.
- In an event of a tie, the Purple Cap is awarded to the bowler with a better economy rate.
List of all IPL Purple Cap Winners from 2008 to 2025
In the inaugural IPL season in 2008, the Purple Cap award was won by Sohail Tanvir. The Pakistan left-arm seamer scalped a total of 22 wickets in the tournament and scalped his wickets at a stupendous average of 12.09.
The first Indian cricketer to have been the recipient of the Purple Cap award is former left-arm fast bowler RP Singh during the 2009 season of the IPL. Singh took 23 wickets at a strike rate of 15.50 to bag the award.
Dwayne Bravo and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are the only two cricketers to have won the Purple Cap award on two occasions. While Bravo won the award in 2013 and 2015, Kumar laid his hands on the Purple Cap in 2016 and 2017.
The other players to have been the recipient of the Purple Cap award in IPL history are Pragyan Ojha, Lasith Malinga, Morne Morkel, Mohit Sharma, Andrew Tye, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal.
In the 14th edition of the IPL, Harshal Patel won the Purple Cap award. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer scalped a gargantuan 32 wickets to win the Purple Cap award in 2021. Harshal shares the record for the most wickets in an IPL season with Dwayne Bravo, who scalped 32 wickets in the year 2013.
| Year | Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
| 2008 | Sohail Tanvir | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 22 |
| 2009 | RP Singh | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 23 |
| 2010 | Pragyan Ojha | Deccan Chargers | 16 | 21 |
| 2011 | Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians | 16 | 28 |
| 2012 | Morne Morkel | Delhi Daredevils | 16 | 25 |
| 2013 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 18 | 32 |
| 2014 | Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | 16 | 23 |
| 2015 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 26 |
| 2016 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 17 | 23 |
| 2017 | Bhuvaneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 26 |
| 2018 | Andrew Tye | Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 24 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings | 17 | 26 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Capitals | 17 | 30 |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 15 | 32 |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals | 17 | 27 |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami | Gujarat Titans | 17 | 28 |
| 2024 | Harshal Patel | Punjab Kings | 14 | 24 |
| 2025 | Prasidh Krishna | Gujarat Titans | 15 | 25 |
FAQ Related to Purple Cap in IPL
What is the Purple Cap in IPL for?
The Purple Cap is presented to the bowler who ends a season’s highest wicket-taker.
Who is having Purple Cap in IPL 2025?
Gujarat Titans’ pacer Prasidh Krishna won the Purple Cap race in IPL 2025 with 25 wickets.
Who has the most Purple Cap in IPL history?
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only bowlers to have won the Purple Cap two times in IPL history
Who won the 2008 IPL Purple Cap?
In 2008, Sohail Tanvir, playing for Rajasthan Royals, took 22 wickets in 11 matches and won the Purple Cap.
Who is the highest wicket-taker in IPL history?
Yuzvendra Chahal, with 221 wickets, holds the record for the highest number of wickets in IPL history.
Interesting toBlog Comment Creation see Prasidh Krishna bounce back so strongly in IPL 2025 after those injury setbacks. His ability to extract bounce consistently really sets him apart, especially on Indian pitches where that’s not always easy. It’ll be exciting to see if he can carry this form into international cricket again.