Who Has Taken The Most Wickets in IPL 2024?

After waiting for 2 months, finally! We have got a winner of the much-awaited Tata Indian Premier League 17th Edition, who has been a consistent performer throughout the tournament after winning  9 games out of 14 of which 2 were of no results. Despite this, the Kolkata-based franchise clinched their 3rd IPL title after winning the final against Sunrisers Hyderabad at MA Chidambaram Stadium by 8 wickets. It would not be wrong to say that the 17th edition was one of the most exciting seasons from the last 16th editions, where we witnessed an epic battle between the top 10 teams. However, there were several top performers throughout the season, who made their respective teams reach the playoffs of the Indian Premier League. Through this new piece, we will talk about 3 bowlers who have picked most wickets in IPL 2024.

1. Harshal Patel 

Harshal Patal has finished the tournament after being the highest wicket-taker in the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League with 24 wickets in 24 games with an efficient economy of 9.73 by conceding just 477 runs in a total of 49 overs.

Harshal has been among the top bowlers in the Indian Premier League, who made the hopes alive of qualifying in the playoffs till the end of the season. However, despite Harshal's effort, Punjab Kings were unable to qualify for the playoffs and finished the tournament in the 9th position after winning just 5 games out of 14.

2. Varun Chakravarthy

The Mystery bowler from the Kolkata Knight Riders team who played a crucial role in lifting their 3rd IPL trophy by picking 31 wickets in 15 games with an efficiency of 8.04, conceding just 402 runs while bowling 50 overs throughout the tournament.

Varun was picked up by the Kolkata-based franchise in IPL 2020 at a whopping price of 12 crores due to his unorthodox bowling, which is hard to pick for any batsman. However, he was unable to show magic with the balls in the first 3 years despite not performing well and going through injuries, he was backed up by the team management and in the 17th edition, where he showed his prowess by being the highest wicket-taker for the Kolkata-based-franchise. Apart from him, bowlers like Harshit Rana, Andre Russel and Sunil Nare have also picked the most wickets from the Kolkata Night Riders franchise, it is one of the reasons Kolkata won the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8  wickets at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

3. Japrit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah is one of the best bowlers in the world, he can make any batsman out with his toe-crushing yorkers and unpredictable bouncers, which makes him the number-one bowler for the Indian team. Despite Mumbai Indian's disappointing performance in the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League, the MI's star pacer finished the tournament as 3rd highest-wicket taker in the league and the bowler with the most wickets in IPL 2024.

Bumrah picked a total of 20 wickets in 13 games for the Mumbai-based franchise with an economy of 6.48 by conceding just 336 runs while bowling 41 overs throughout the tournament. However, his performance could take the 5-time title winner forward in the IPL 2024, where they finished the tournament on the bottom table by winning just 4 games out of 14.

Talking about the current season we have witnessed several match-winning performances from the Indian players one of them is the Indian run-machine, Virat Kohli, who finished the 17th edition of the tournament by scoring most runs in IPL 2024 from Bangalore-based franchise.

Not only that Virat Kohli is among the list of players who have scored most runs in IPL history by playing in 252 matches for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and scoring 8004 runs with an average of 38.66.

The good news for the Indian team is that Jasprit Bumrah is in top-notch form in the Indian Premier League 2024 season and with the finish of the tournament, the Indian team will be heading towards the USA for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which will be played from June 2nd 2024.