IPL 2022: Purple cap list

The IPL 2022 season commenced on March 26 with a match between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai‘s Wankhede Stadium. The round-robin stage, which will span two months, will feature ten teams. The final will be held in Ahmedabad on May 29.

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, and Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune will host league matches this year. There will be 12 doubleheaders, with the first starting at 3:30 pm IST and the second starting at 7:30 pm IST.

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Two more clubs have been added to the IPL roster. KL Rahul leads the Lucknow Super Giants, backed by entrepreneur Sanjiv Goenka, while Hardik Pandya leads the Gujarat Titans. In 2022, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli will not lead their respective clubs, CSK and RCB. Instead, the armband will be worn by Ravindra Jadeja and Faf du Plessis.

The ten franchises were split into two virtual groups. They were seeded according to how many times they won the IPL or advanced to the finals.

Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, and Lucknow Super Giants are in Group A.

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Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings, and Gujarat Titans are in Group B.

The clubs will play a total of 14 games throughout the league phase. They will play twice against each team in their group as well as the opposing group’s side in the same row, but only once against the remaining teams. The top four clubs in each division will progress to the playoffs.

Purple Cap:

The Purple Cap is awarded to the player who has taken the most wickets. Last year, Harshal Patel won the title with a record-equaling 32 wickets — the most in a single IPL season.

Yuzvendra Chahal leads the list with 26 wickets in 14 matches this year. With 24 wickets from as many matches, Wanindu Hasaranga is second in the purple cap race. Kagiso Rabada and Umran Malik are third and fourth with 23 and 22 wickets, while Mohammed Shami of Gujarat Titans completes the top five with 19 wickets.

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While many people have earned the Purple Cap, only Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo have won it twice. In reality, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only player to have won the Purple Cap two seasons in a straight, with 23 and 27 wickets in 2016 and 2017.