The IPL 2021 Auction saw the bowlers acquiring higher bids than the batsman, from the likes of Chris Morris to Kyle Jamieson to Jhye Richardson, all of these pacers fetched loads of money for the upcoming IPL season. This is why unfortunately the majority of batsmen barring Glenn Maxwell ended up securing lower bids in the IPL 2021 auction.
With the bowlers being the highlight of the auction, let’s see if they live up to the expectation raised on them. In all this, today we take a look at five bowlers who have the potential to win the purple cap during IPL 2021 which is all set to take place in India starting in April.
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Let’s take a look at 5 bowlers who can win the purple cap in the IPL 2021 edition:
Jasprit Bumrah
The speedster from Mumbai Indians has come a long way ever since first representing the Mumbai Indians franchise in 2013, Bumrah not only went on to become a consistent performer for the Mumbai Indians but also don the India cap later in 2016. As of today, he’s the spearhead of the Indian pace bowling attack across all three formats and will surely go on to become one of India’s greatest match-winners with the ball in the near future.
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Talking about Jasprit Bumrah’s IPL record, the latter has picked up 109 wickets in 92 appearances for the Mumbai Indians franchise. In the 2020 season, Bumrah was the second-highest wicket just missing out on the purple cap by 3 wickets to Kagiso Rabada. The pacer is yet to win the purple cap which is why the IPL 2021 could be that season.
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Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada was on a phenomenal run during the previous season for the Delhi Capitals as there was just one game in the entire season where he went wicketless. In the process, Rabada overtook Sunil Narine who took 32 matches to reach 50 IPL wickets as Rabada achieved the feat in just 27 matches.
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When IPL 2020 took place in the UAE, Rabada went on to win the purple cap with 30 wickets under his name. The pacer played an integral role in the franchise playing their first-ever IPL final after failing to reach the occasion ever before in the history of the IPL. With the kind of performance Rabada has put up in the past, it is pretty much expected that the Proteas fast bowler will go on to become one of the highest wicket-takers even during IPL 2021.
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Yuzvendra Chahal
Yuzvendra Chahal has been the backbone of the Royal Challengers Bangalore along with AB de Villiers and Virat Kohli since 2014 as the leg spinner has been their leading wicket-taker picking up 121 wickets in 99 matches. During IPL 2020, Chahal was the 5th highest wicket-taker with 21 wickets under his belt making him the lone spinner in the highest wicket-takers bracket for the 2020 season.
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The cricketer from Haryana has been India’s mainstay spinner in the limited-overs format for the last couple of years making him one of India’s best spinners. Even though he has never won the purple cap in the history of the IPL, it’s just about time the spinners top the wickets list to win the award.
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Rashid Khan
The Afghan-born Rashid Khan has been a revelation when it has come to bowling the art of leg-spin. He’s not only been hailed to be one of the best spinners in the world at present but legends like Shane Warne predicted him to become one of the greatest spinners the cricketing world has ever seen.
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Bowling at an economy of 6.24, Rashid Khan has been a star performer of the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise with 62 wickets under his name. Being a top-notch performer across IPL seasons, we might as well go on to see the youngster from the neighbouring nation go on to win the purple cap in the upcoming IPL season.
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Ravichandran Ashwin
The bowling all-rounder from Tamil Nadu has made quite a few headlines in the last few months right from the Border-Gavaskar trophy to playing in the ongoing series against England. Ravichandran Ashwin has truly been one of the notch performers for the Indian side in recent times.
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During IPL 2020, Ashwin along with Rabada was responsible for providing Delhi Capitals with the much-needed early breakthroughs which helped Delhi reach the penultimate IPL final. With the IPL all set to take place in India, the conditions would favour the off-break which is why we might just see the ‘Kutti Story Teller’ win the purple cap.
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