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IPL 2016 Purple Cap

Updated 29 May 2016, after Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads IPL 2016 with 23 wickets (Sunrisers Hyderabad) · Yuzvendra Chahal (21) and Shane Watson (20) next

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#	Player · last 3 inningsPlayer	Team	Last 3 innings · newest first	Wickets	Mat	Inns	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Avg	Econ	4w	5w
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH 0/252/273/19	SRH	0/252/273/19	23	17	17	17	17	66.0	490	21.30	7.42	1	0
2	Yuzvendra Chahal RCB 1/351/423/32	RCB	1/351/423/32	21	13	13	13	13	49.1	401	19.10	8.16	1	0
3	Shane Watson RCB 0/614/290/27	RCB	0/614/290/27	20	16	16	16	16	56.3	485	24.25	8.58	1	0
4	Dhawal Kulkarni GL 0/324/142/41	GL	0/324/142/41	18	14	14	14	14	49.0	364	20.22	7.43	1	0
5	Mustafizur Rahman SRH 1/370/281/32	SRH	1/370/281/32	17	16	16	16	16	61.0	421	24.76	6.90	0	0
6	Dwayne Bravo GL 2/320/262/22	GL	2/320/262/22	17	15	15	15	15	56.0	494	29.06	8.82	1	0
7	Mitchell McClenaghan MI 0/380/262/24	MI	0/380/262/24	17	14	14	14	14	53.2	436	25.65	8.18	1	0
8	Jasprit Bumrah MI 1/423/130/13	MI	1/423/130/13	15	14	14	14	14	52.0	406	27.07	7.81	0	0
9	Sandeep Sharma PBKS 1/291/291/35	PBKS	1/291/291/35	15	14	14	14	14	50.0	366	24.40	7.32	0	0
10	Andre Russell KKR 0/321/111/21	KKR	0/321/111/21	15	12	12	12	12	36.3	291	19.40	7.97	1	0
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11	Barinder Sran	SRH		14	14	14	14	14	49.3	413	29.50	8.34	0	0
12	Axar Patel	PBKS		13	14	14	14	14	47.5	388	29.85	8.11	1	0
13	Mohit Sharma	PBKS		13	14	14	14	14	48.3	407	31.31	8.39	0	0
14	Amit Mishra	DC		13	14	14	14	14	46.0	344	26.46	7.48	1	0
15	Chris Morris	DC		13	12	12	12	12	44.0	308	23.69	7.00	0	0
16	Moises Henriques	SRH		12	17	17	17	17	52.0	415	34.58	7.98	0	0
17	Adam Zampa	RPS		12	5	5	5	5	17.0	115	9.58	6.76	0	1
18	Piyush Chawla	KKR		11	12	11	12	11	35.2	273	24.82	7.73	0	0
19	Sunil Narine	KKR		11	11	11	11	11	42.4	304	27.64	7.13	0	0
20	Chris Jordan	RCB		11	9	9	9	9	28.0	258	23.45	9.21	1	0
21	Ashok Dinda	RPS		11	9	9	9	9	30.3	231	21.00	7.57	0	0
22	Sreenath Aravind	RCB		11	9	9	9	9	29.1	216	19.64	7.41	0	0
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	RPS		10	14	14	14	14	44.0	319	31.90	7.25	1	0
24	Zaheer Khan	DC		10	12	12	12	12	43.4	337	33.70	7.72	0	0
25	Morne Morkel	KKR		10	10	10	10	10	35.3	297	29.70	8.37	0	0
26	Umesh Yadav	KKR		10	9	9	9	9	26.0	234	23.40	9.00	0	0
27	Praveen Kumar	GL		9	16	16	16	16	51.3	401	44.56	7.79	0	0
28	Harbhajan Singh	MI		9	14	14	14	14	49.0	392	43.56	8.00	0	0
29	Thisara Perera	RPS		9	12	11	12	11	33.1	326	36.22	9.83	0	0
30	Tim Southee	MI		9	11	11	11	11	43.0	329	36.56	7.65	0	0
31	Ashish Nehra	SRH		9	8	8	8	8	26.5	209	23.22	7.79	0	0
32	Ravindra Jadeja	GL		8	15	14	15	14	40.1	311	38.88	7.74	0	0
33	Dwayne Smith	GL		8	12	8	12	8	18.0	153	19.13	8.50	1	0
34	Marcus Stoinis	PBKS		8	7	7	7	7	23.0	194	24.25	8.43	1	0
35	Murugan Ashwin	RPS		7	10	10	10	10	28.3	241	34.43	8.46	0	0
36	Carlos Brathwaite	DC		7	8	8	8	8	23.1	189	27.00	8.16	0	0
37	Kane Richardson	SRH		7	4	4	4	4	14.0	136	19.43	9.71	0	0
38	Krunal Pandya	MI		6	12	11	12	11	31.1	236	39.33	7.57	0	0
39	Rajat Bhatia	RPS		6	10	10	10	10	34.0	244	40.67	7.18	0	0
40	Iqbal Abdulla	RCB		6	8	8	8	8	25.0	213	35.50	8.52	0	0
41	Shivil Koushik	GL		6	7	7	7	7	23.0	192	32.00	8.35	0	0
42	Kuldeep Yadav	SRH		6	3	3	3	3	12.0	100	16.67	8.33	0	0
43	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR		5	10	9	10	9	31.0	243	48.60	7.84	0	0
44	Mohammed Shami	DC		5	8	8	8	8	25.1	244	48.80	9.70	0	0
45	Pravin Tambe	GL		5	7	7	7	7	16.0	143	28.60	8.94	0	0
46	Imran Tahir	DC		5	4	4	4	4	16.0	138	27.60	8.63	0	0
47	Ben Cutting	SRH		5	4	4	4	4	11.1	80	16.00	7.16	0	0
48	Brad Hogg	KKR		4	5	5	5	5	16.0	142	35.50	8.88	0	0
49	Mitchell Marsh	SRH		4	3	3	3	3	9.0	45	11.25	5.00	0	0
50	Deepak Hooda	SRH		3	16	6	16	6	13.0	97	32.33	7.46	0	0
51	Hardik Pandya	MI		3	11	10	11	10	16.4	153	51.00	9.18	0	0
52	Bipul Sharma	SRH		3	6	6	6	6	14.0	121	40.33	8.64	0	0
53	KC Cariappa	PBKS		3	5	5	5	5	17.0	159	53.00	9.35	0	0
54	Pardeep Sahu	PBKS		3	5	5	5	5	17.3	146	48.67	8.34	0	0
55	Nathan Coulter-Nile	DC		3	4	4	4	4	15.0	114	38.00	7.60	0	0
56	Tabraiz Shamsi	RCB		3	4	4	4	4	16.0	147	49.00	9.19	0	0
57	Ishant Sharma	RPS		3	4	4	4	4	15.0	148	49.33	9.87	0	0
58	Ankit Rajpoot	KKR		3	4	4	4	4	11.0	98	32.67	8.91	0	0
59	RP Singh	RPS		3	4	4	4	4	12.0	111	37.00	9.25	0	0
60	Vinay Kumar	MI		3	3	3	3	3	9.0	64	21.33	7.11	0	0
61	Jean-Paul Duminy	DC		2	10	5	10	5	7.0	55	27.50	7.86	0	0
62	Chris Gayle	RCB		2	10	4	10	4	10.0	63	31.50	6.30	0	0
63	Varun Aaron	RCB		2	8	8	8	8	23.4	227	113.50	9.59	0	0
64	Sachin Baby	RCB		2	8	2	8	2	1.4	8	4.00	4.80	0	0
65	James Faulkner	GL		2	7	7	7	7	17.0	167	83.50	9.82	0	0
66	Gurkeerat Singh Mann	PBKS		2	7	3	7	3	4.0	31	15.50	7.75	0	0
67	Shadab Jakati	GL		2	6	6	6	6	20.0	178	89.00	8.90	0	0
68	Kyle Abbott	PBKS		2	5	5	5	5	16.0	177	88.50	11.06	0	0
69	Jayant Yadav	DC		2	5	5	5	5	17.0	125	62.50	7.35	0	0
70	Jason Holder	KKR		2	4	4	4	4	13.0	103	51.50	7.92	0	0
71	Shahbaz Nadeem	DC		2	4	4	4	4	15.0	127	63.50	8.47	0	0
72	Mitchell Johnson	PBKS		2	3	3	3	3	11.0	106	53.00	9.64	0	0
73	Scott Boland	DC		2	2	2	2	2	7.0	54	27.00	7.71	0	0
74	Albie Morkel	RPS		2	2	2	2	2	5.0	66	33.00	13.20	0	0
75	John Hastings	KKR		2	2	2	2	2	6.4	37	18.50	5.55	0	0
76	Rishi Dhawan	PBKS		2	2	2	2	2	7.0	56	28.00	8.00	0	0
77	Yusuf Pathan	KKR		1	14	4	14	4	6.0	33	33.00	5.50	0	0
78	Stuart Binny	RCB		1	12	11	12	11	17.0	134	134.00	7.88	0	0
79	Pawan Negi	DC		1	8	5	8	5	9.0	84	84.00	9.33	0	0
80	Rajagopal Sathish	KKR		1	6	3	6	3	6.0	59	59.00	9.83	0	0
81	Harshal Patel	SRH		1	5	5	5	5	14.0	147	147.00	10.50	0	0
82	Parvez Rasool	RCB		1	4	4	4	4	14.0	129	129.00	9.21	0	0
83	Ankit Sharma	RPS		1	3	3	3	3	11.0	84	84.00	7.64	0	0
84	Ashish Reddy	SRH		1	3	2	3	2	3.0	29	29.00	9.67	0	0
85	Adam Milne	RCB		1	1	1	1	1	4.0	43	43.00	10.75	0	0
86	Trent Boult	GL		1	1	1	1	1	4.0	39	39.00	9.75	0	0

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IPL 2016 Purple Cap

Bhuvneshwar Kumar topped IPL 2016 with 23 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad, ahead of Yuzvendra Chahal (21) and Shane Watson (20). The IPL 2016 Purple Cap leaderboard tracks the top wickets across all matches this season. These are the final standings from the IPL 2016 season.

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Who won the IPL 2016 Purple Cap?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar led IPL 2016 with 23 wickets from 17 matches, at an economy of 7.42 and an average of 21.3. Yuzvendra Chahal was second on 21 and Shane Watson third on 20. The table ranks every player in IPL 2016 by wickets, with their team and matches.

Who were the top wicket takers in IPL 2016?

The top three wicket takers in IPL 2016 were Bhuvneshwar Kumar (23 in 17 matches), Yuzvendra Chahal (21 in 13 matches) and Shane Watson (20 in 16 matches). Bhuvneshwar Kumar was 2 wickets clear of Yuzvendra Chahal. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.

What is the Purple Cap in cricket?

The Purple Cap is awarded to the leading wicket taker in an IPL season. The bowler who finishes with the most wickets at the end of the tournament takes home the Purple Cap.

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