List of purple cap holders in the IPL

9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, IPL 9:

Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged 23 wickets in 17 matches to take the Purple Cap in the 9th edition of the IPL. He had a bowling average of 21.3 in the tournament and an economy of just 7.42 with the best of 4/29. He bowled the most dot balls in the tournament too, with as many as 156 dots to his name, the next being Mustafizur with 137 dots. Bhuvi formed a lethal pair with Mustafizur in the bowling department and was highly influential in Sunrisers claim to the tournament championship.

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