Prasidh Krishna jumps up top in Purple Cap leaderboard with Buttler and Jaiswal jumping up the Orange Cap standings.
Prasidh the new leader on IPL 2025 Purple Cap table after Saturday double-header.
Finally, things are beginning to shift on the IPL 2025 Orange Cap and Purple Cap leaderboards. in a significant manner. A new name at the top of the wicket-takers’ list, as well as a new No. 3 and No. 4 on the run-scorers’ table, were revealed during Saturday’s doubleheader between the Gujarat Titans (GT) vs. Delhi Capitals (DC) and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Noor Ahmad, who was ranked first on the second day of the competition, has eventually lost. Prasidh Krishna, the GT fast bowler, has taken over that responsibility after going 4 for 41 in the victory over DC, which puts him two wickets ahead of the pack. Noor is in second place, Josh Hazlewood, who was at number two on Friday night with 12 wickets, is in fourth place, and Kuldeep Yadav of DC is in third place after going 1 for 30 to reach 12 wickets.
The other numbers are related to the locations on the table: While the IPL ranks bowlers according to economy rate, with Kuldeep at No. 2, followed by Noor and Hazlewood, Rules makes distinctions based on bowling average.
However, there is no denying that Prasidh is the best. He has taken at least one wicket every game, has one three-for and now a four-for after going 41 runs in his season opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS) without taking any wickets.
LSG’s Shardul Thakur grabbed 1 for 34 last night, giving him 12 wickets and a position at No. 5 in the standings.
R Sai Kishore and Mohammed Siraj of GT, MI captain Hardik Pandya, and Khaleel Ahmed, Noor’s teammate, are below the top five with 11 wickets.
We are finally seeing change after days of Nicholas Pooran, B Sai Sudharsan, and Mitchell Marsh at the top: Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal are causing a stir.
Where they were, the top two. Despite yet another setback, Pooran of LSG remains the top scorer, followed by Sai Sudharsan, who put up a 21-ball 36 to help GT win, while Marsh is now in fifth place. Jaiswal hit 74 in 52 balls against LSG, his third consecutive half-century, while Buttler, thanks to his 97 not out off 54 balls against DC, are at three and four, respectively.
At this point in the IPL, those four are also the only players to surpass the 300-run milestone. However, Marsh has 299 against his name and is only one run away.
After his 66 against RR, Aiden Markram has moved up to No. 5, a few runs behind Marsh. The other players to reach 250 are KL Rahul (DC), Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians – MI), and Shreyas Iyer (PBKS).