IPL 2022: Yuzvendra Chahal won the Purple Cap.© BCCI/IPL
Yuzvendra Chahal may not have finished on the winner’s podium after Rajasthan Royals lost to Gujarat Titans in the IPL final, but he had much to be pleased about with his overall performance in the IPL 2022. The leg spinner won the Purple Cap by a total 27 wickets in IPL 2022. Going into the match, Chahal was in second place despite the same number of wickets (26) as RCB’s Wanindu Hasaranga. But thanks to a better economy, the Sri Lankan topped the list. In Sunday’s IPL final, Chahal took one wicket to take the outright lead in the Purple Cap race. Chahal also surpassed Imran Tahir to become the spinner with the most wickets in an IPL season.
Tahir had taken 26 wickets for the Chennai Super Kings in the 2019 IPL season.
This was Chahal’s first season with Rajasthan Royals after being bought by the team for Rs 6.50 crore in the IPL mega auction.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore did not exercise their option to keep Chahal, allowing the star spinner to move into the auction pool.
Chahal repaid RR’s trust by producing some spectacular performances with the ball in IPL 2022.
Here is the updated Top 10 Purple Cap list for IPL 2022:
1. Yuzvendra Chahal – 27 Wickets in 17 Matches
2. Wanindu Hasaranga – 26 wickets in 16 matches
3. Kagiso Rabada – 23 wickets in 13 matches
4. Umran Malik – 22 wickets in 14 matches
5. Kuldeep Yadav – 21 wickets in 14 matches
6. Mohammed Shami – 20 Wickets in 16 Matches
7. Josh Hazlewood – 20 Wickets in 12 Games
8. Rashid Khan – 19 Wickets in 16 Games
9. Harshal Patel – 19 wickets in 15 matches
10. Prasidh Krishna – 19 Wickets in 17 Games
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