Chennai Super Kings, who are the on top of the points table currently, are also ruling the chart for the most wickets in IPL 2019. The top 4 spots are occupied by 4 bowlers from CSK. Imran Tahir is the proud owner of the Purple Cap currently. The leg-spinner has taken 4 wickets from 2 innings.
Tahir had bagged 3 wickets for just 9 runs from his 4 overs in the opening game of the season. Due to his heroics, Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for just 70. He followed it up with figures of 20/1 against Delhi Capitals that took his tally to 4.
Dwayne Bravo also has 4 wickets to his name but Tahir has a better economy rate which makes him the leader. Ravindra Jadeja and Harbhajan Singh have picked up 3 wickets each from 2 matches and occupy the third and fourth slots respectively.
Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Mitchell McClenaghan are the other bowlers with 3 wickets who appear next on the points table. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot and Amit Mishra are the others in the top 10 wicket takers of the league so far.
Most Wickets in IPL 2019 |
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| Rank | Player | Team | Matches | Balls | Runs | Wickets | 4-Fers | 5-Fers |
| 1 | Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 36 | 29 | 4 | – | – |
| 2 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 25 | 33 | 4 | – | – |
| 3 | Ravindra Jadeja | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 48 | 38 | 3 | – | – |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh | Chennai Super Kings | 2 | 48 | 50 | 3 | – | – |
| 5 | Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 46 | 49 | 3 | – | – |
| 6 | Ishant Sharma | Delhi Capitals | 2 | 42 | 62 | 3 | – | – |
| 7 | Mitchell McClenaghan | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 24 | 40 | 3 | – | – |
| 8 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Kings XI Punjab | 1 | 24 | 31 | 2 | – | – |
| 9 | Ankit Rajpoot | Kings XI Punjab | 1 | 24 | 33 | 2 | – | – |
| 10 | Amit Mishra | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 24 | 35 | 2 | – | – |
*This IPL 2019 Purple Cap table is updated on 26th March after the DC vs CSK match 5.
