IPL 2025: Updated Purple Cap table after DC vs KKR Match 48

Updated Purple Cap leaderboard after IPL 2025 Match 48 (DC vs KKR). Starc & Varun enter top 5. See top wicket-takers!

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DC vs KKR Match 48

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a crucial 14-run win over Delhi Capitals (DC) yesterday in the 48th match of the ongoing IPL 2025. With this win, the defending champions are still in the race for the playoffs.

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In this game, fans witnessed some top bowling performances from players like DC’s Mitchell Starc and KKR’s Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine. It was Narine’s magical three-wicket spell that turned the game in favour of KKR.

With these performances, Starc is back in the Purple Cap race, currently in fourth place with 14 wickets in 10 matches. Varun is also now in seventh place with 13 wickets in 10 matches.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) Josh Hazlewood is still at the top with 18 wickets in 10 games. Gujarat Titans’ (GT) Prasidh Krishna is in second place with 17 wickets in nine games. Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) Noor Ahmad remains in third with 14 wickets in nine games.

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Harshal Patel from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) holds the fifth position with 13 wickets in eight games. Along with him and Varun, two more bowlers have taken 13 wickets so far — RCB’s Krunal Pandya, who is in sixth place with 13 wickets in 10 games, and Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Trent Boult, who is in eighth place with 13 wickets in 10 matches.

The last two positions in the top 10 list are taken by GT’s Sai Kishore and MI’s Hardik Pandya, both with 12 wickets in nine games.

Updated Purple Cap table after DC vs KKR Match 48

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Player

Mat

Overs

Runs

WKTS

ECO

1

Josh Hazlewood (Bengaluru)

10

36.5

311

18

8.44

2

Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat)

9

35

273

17

7.80

3

Noor Ahmad (Chennai)

9

31

249

14

8.03

4

Mitchell Starc (Delhi)

10

36

366

14

10.16

5

Harshal Patel (Hyderabad)

8

27

244

13

9.03

6

Krunal Pandya (Bengaluru)

10

32

276

13

8.62

7

Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata)

10

39

279

13

7.15

8

Trent Boult (Mumbai)

10

36

308

13

8.55

9

R Sai Kishore (Gujarat)

9

24.5

212

12

8.53

10

Hardik Pandya (Mumbai)

9

26

237

12

9.11

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