Who Will Win the Purple Cap in IPL 2025? Final Match to Decide the Top Wicket-Taker
With the Indian Premier League 2025 season at is end of its business, the competition for the prestigious Purple Cap, presented to the season’s leading wicket-taker, is intensifying. With just the grand finale remaining, an exciting competition is underway to see Who will win the Purple Cap award. Let’s look at Who Will Win the Purple Cap in IPL 2025?
Noor’s Magic Ends Early, Hazlewood Now Eyes the Throne
During the course of the season, a number of bowlers put up impressive performances. Among them, CSK’s youthful Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad left everyone astonished with his left-arm wrist spin, picking up 24 wickets from a mere 14 games, with two four-wicket hauls. His balling was consistent throughout. But since CSK got knocked out prematurely, Noor lost the chance to further consolidate his position.
Purple Cap Finale Breakdown
Now, it’s KKR pacer Prasidh Krishna who is in possession of the Purple Cap, having claimed 25 wickets in 15 games with an economy of 8.27. His ability to deliver in the powerplay and death overs has been pivotal to the success of KKR this season.
Trailing him, RCB’s Josh Hazlewood is fourth on 22 wickets from just 11 matches. His Purple Cap hopes are very much in the picture, as RCB face PBKS in the final. If Hazlewood can take at least 3 wickets in this game, he will surpass Prasidh Krishna to become the top wicket-taker in IPL 2025. Based on his high strike rate and pressure performance capacity, his chances of doing so are a probability of 60%. Nonetheless, he will face stiff competition from the batting-friendly surface of the Ahmedabad stadium.
Other challenges for the Purple Cap were Trent Boult wicket 22 wickets, Sai Kishore with 19 wickets, and Arshdeep Singh of PBKS, who has 18 wickets. If Arshdeep were to take the Purple Cap, he would have to pick an 8 wickets in the last game, and his opportunity would be less than 5%.
Conclusion:
Currently, the Purple Cap should be a contest between Josh Hazlewood and Prasidh Krishna. If Hazlewood is not successful, Prasidh will hold his ground and become the Purple Cap holder of IPL 2025. Everyone is now waiting to see what happens in the final encounter.
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