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KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- RCB faced GT in the final of the IPL 2026 season.
- Sohail Tanveer won the first-ever IPL Purple Cap award.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo have won the Purple Cap award the most times.
How is Purple Cap award decided?
The Purple Cap is presented to the highest wicket-taker of a particular edition of the Indian Premier League. At the end of the season, including the playoffs, the bowler who took the most wickets is presented with the award, which is in the shape of a cap and is Purple in colour.
If two bowlers are tied in total wickets taken, then the bowler with the lowest economy rate would win the award.
Who won Purple Cap award in IPL 2026?
(To be updated with the winner after the final)
Player (Team)InningsWicketsBBIAvg.Econ.Kagiso Rabada (GT)17*283/2520.789.43Bhuvneshwar Kumar (RCB)16*274/2318.158.00Jofra Archer (GT)16253/1722.369.31Anshul Kamboj (CSK)14213/2225.2310.52Eshan Malinga (SRH)15204/3225.359.33Full list of winners for taking most wickets in an IPL season from 2008 to 2026
Sohail Tanveer won the first-ever Purple Cap in 2008, as the then RR bowler took 22 wickets in 11 matches. RP Singh is the first-ever Indian to win the award in 2009.
To date, only two bowlers have won the award more than once: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2) and Dwayne Bravo (2).
YearPlayerWicketsInnings2008Sohail Tanvir (RR)22112009RP Singh (DEC)23162010Pragyan Ojha (DEC)21162011Lasith Malinga (MI)28162012Morne Morkel (DD)25162013Dwayne Bravo (CSK)32182014Mohit Sharma (CSK)23162015Dwayne Bravo (CSK)26162016Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)23172017Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)26142018Andrew Tye (KXIP)24142019Imran Tahir (CSK)26172020Kagiso Rabada (DC)30172021Harshal Patel (RCB)32152022Yuzvendra Chahal (RR)27172023Mohammed Shami (GT)28172024Harshal Patel (PBKS)24142025Prasidh Krishna (GT)25152026To keep up to date with all the latest cricket news and share your opinion on the biggest topics visit our Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) pages.