WPL Purple Cap

Cricket is not just a game of batters, but bowlers too. Bowlers plays a vital role in a game and put their best efforts to restrict the opposition to a below required score. The Purple Cap in Women’s Premier League is a symbol of masterclasses by the ball and the winner of it is remembered as a bowler with rich skills and edging prowess. It is awarded to the bowler with the maximum wicket tally, that is, one who bags the most number of wickets in a season. The WPL purple cap holder highlights the skills of a bowler who outshines their competitors by bagging more wickets than them.

The bowling department of the WPL has seen as much improvement as the batting skills of the players. New bowling techniques and actions have always given a technical edge to the bowler. From crafty spinners to fiery pacers, the games in WPL has seen them all and its a tough battle on the WPL Purple Cap leaderboard as each and every wicket bagged by a bowler takes them a step closer to become the Purple Cap holder Women’s Premier League.

Being the most highly rated recognization of a bowler in the league, we witness each player vying for the supremacy in the bowling department. The bowlers playing for the victory of their team also eyes the list of Purple Cap in WPL all season and while etching for continuos team victory, get their names written in the WPL Purple Cap records. As the anticipation and excitement for another season of the league awaits, the fans are desperate to know about the newest entry in the Purple Cap in Women’s Premier League list.

Now, you can visit Cricket Addictor for the information on the league and the updated list of WPL purple cap records.

MOST WICKETS

No	Player	M	Inns	OVR	Runs	WK	Avg	ECN	SR	4W	5W
1	Amelia Kerr (MUM-W)	36	36	121.4	926	54	17.15	7.63	13.49	2	1
2	Hayley Matthews (MUM-W)	34	34	113.2	863	46	18.76	7.62	14.77	0	0
3	Sophie Ecclestone (UP-W)	33	34	127.6	877	43	20.40	6.87	17.80	1	0
4	Natalie Sciver (MUM-W)	36	36	119.0	960	40	24.00	8.07	17.85	0	0
5	Marizanne Kapp (DEL-W)	34	34	133.0	804	38	21.16	6.05	21.00	1	1
6	Shikha Pandey (DEL-W,UP-W)	35	35	130.0	936	37	25.30	7.20	21.08	0	0
7	Deepti Sharma (UP-W)	33	33	119.4	1011	34	29.74	8.47	21.07	1	0
8	Jess Jonassen (DEL-W)	24	24	88.3	685	33	20.76	7.76	16.05	1	0
9	Ashleigh Gardner (GUJ-W)	34	34	105.9	931	31	30.03	8.79	20.50	0	0
10	Shreyanka Patil (BLR-W)	24	24	70.5	624	30	20.80	8.85	14.10	3	1
11	Georgia Wareham (BLR-W,GUJ-W)	28	28	81.6	719	27	26.63	8.81	18.13	0	0
12	Sophie Devine (BLR-W,GUJ-W)	27	23	64.5	540	26	20.77	8.37	14.88	1	0
13	Shabnim Ismail (MUM-W,UP-W)	27	27	106.3	709	26	27.27	6.67	24.53	0	0
14	Saika Ishaque (MUM-W)	24	23	68.5	530	25	21.20	7.74	16.44	1	0
15	Rajeshwari Gayakwad (GUJ-W,UP-W)	25	25	82.0	689	24	28.71	8.40	20.50	0	0
16	Tanuja Kanwar (GUJ-W)	33	31	99.1	795	23	34.57	8.02	25.85	0	0
17	Kim Garth (BLR-W,GUJ-W)	15	16	54.6	443	20	22.15	8.11	16.38	1	1
18	Chinelle Henry (DEL-W,UP-W)	15	15	56.0	473	20	23.65	8.45	16.80	0	0
19	Sobhana Asha (BLR-W,UP-W)	23	23	61.0	494	20	24.70	8.10	18.30	1	1
20	Renuka Thakur (BLR-W,GUJ-W)	32	32	98.4	817	20	40.85	8.30	29.52	0	0
21	Kashvee Gautam (GUJ-W)	18	18	60.0	477	19	25.11	7.95	18.95	0	0
22	Issy Wong (MUM-W)	12	12	38.3	260	18	14.44	6.79	12.77	1	0
23	Nadine de Klerk (BLR-W)	10	10	36.0	286	18	15.89	7.94	12.00	2	0
24	Nandani Sharma (DEL-W)	10	10	38.0	316	17	18.59	8.32	13.41	1	1
25	Radha Yadav (BLR-W,DEL-W)	29	27	70.0	534	16	33.38	7.63	26.25	1	0
26	Arundhati Reddy (BLR-W,DEL-W)	27	24	74.5	629	16	39.31	8.44	27.94	0	0
27	Minnu Mani (DEL-W)	26	22	50.0	381	15	25.40	7.62	20.00	0	0
28	Grace Harris (BLR-W,UP-W)	31	21	48.8	389	15	25.93	7.97	19.52	1	0
29	Shree Charani (DEL-W)	10	10	37.4	313	14	22.36	8.37	16.03	1	0
30	Ellyse Perry (BLR-W)	25	20	52.2	432	14	30.86	8.28	22.37	1	1
31	Annabel Sutherland (DEL-W,GUJ-W)	17	17	60.6	524	13	40.31	8.65	27.97	0	0
32	Sneh Rana (BLR-W,DEL-W,GUJ-W)	27	26	62.9	598	13	46.00	9.51	29.03	0	0
33	Lauren Bell (BLR-W)	9	9	36.0	199	12	16.58	5.53	18.00	0	0
34	Sophie Molineux (BLR-W)	10	10	38.0	278	12	23.17	7.32	19.00	0	0
35	Alice Capsey (DEL-W)	18	14	31.3	225	11	20.45	7.19	17.07	0	0
36	Deandra Dottin (GUJ-W,UP-W)	11	11	38.4	359	11	32.64	9.35	20.95	0	0
37	Sayali Satghare (BLR-W,GUJ-W)	10	8	26.0	239	10	23.90	9.19	15.60	0	0
38	Meghna Singh (GUJ-W)	14	14	37.0	372	9	41.33	10.05	24.67	1	0
39	Amanjot Kaur (MUM-W)	37	20	43.0	374	9	41.56	8.70	28.67	0	0
40	Kranti Goud (UP-W)	16	16	45.0	395	9	43.89	8.78	30.00	1	0
41	Tara Norris (DEL-W)	5	5	11.0	89	7	12.71	8.09	9.43	1	1
42	Nicola Carey (MUM-W)	6	6	20.0	178	7	25.43	8.90	17.14	0	0
43	Pooja Vastrakar (BLR-W,MUM-W)	18	12	28.3	202	7	28.86	7.14	24.26	0	0
44	Anjali Sarvani (UP-W)	14	14	35.0	325	7	46.43	9.29	30.00	0	0
45	Priya Mishra (GUJ-W)	9	9	26.1	239	6	39.83	9.16	26.10	0	0
46	Sanskriti Gupta (MUM-W)	18	11	16.3	121	5	24.20	7.42	19.56	0	0
47	Tahlia McGrath (UP-W)	18	11	25.5	254	5	50.80	9.96	30.60	0	0
48	Heather Knight (BLR-W)	8	4	7.0	78	4	19.50	11.14	10.50	0	0
49	Shabnam Md Shakil (GUJ-W)	4	4	12.0	84	4	21.00	7.00	18.00	0	0
50	Titas Sadhu (DEL-W)	7	7	15.0	126	4	31.50	8.40	22.50	0	0

M: Matches,

W: Won,

L: Lost,

T: Tie,

N/R: No Result,

PTS: Points,

Net RR: Net run rate,

Q: Qualified

WPL Purple Cap FAQs

The purple cap is the biggest recognition for the bowlers in the WPL and is given to the bowler with the most number of bagged wickets at the end of a season.

Shreyanka Patil from RCB won the purple cap in the 2024 season of the WPL bagging 13 wickets at an average of 12.

Hayley Matthews from the Mumbai Indians is the inaugural purple cap holder in WPL, scalping 16 wickets in 10 matches of the season in 2023.