Royal Challengers Bangalore leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who took four wickets in the 6th match of IPL 2022 against Kolkata Knight Riders, has reached the front of the Purple Cap race. He tops the list by taking the most 5 wickets in IPL 2022 so far. The KKR batsmen were seen dancing in front of Hasranga’s spin on Wednesday. Batting first, the entire team of KKR were bundled out for 128 runs, while RCB achieved this target with 3 wickets and 4 balls to spare. Hasranga was awarded the man of the match award for his excellent performance.
Talking about the top 5 bowlers in the Purple Cap race, after Hasaranga, Umesh Yadav of Kolkata Knight Riders, Akash Deep of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kuldeep Yadav of Delhi Capitals and Dwayne Bravo of Chennai Super Kings are in this list.
See the list of bowlers who took the most wickets in IPL 2022
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| player | wicket | best figure | economy | 4 wicket hall |
| Vanindu Hasranga | 5 | 4/20 | 7.50 | 1 |
| Umesh Yadav | 4 | 2/16 | 4.50 | 0 |
| sky lamp | 4 | 3/445 | 12.14 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 3 | 3/18 | 4.50 | 0 |
| dwayne bravo | 3 | 3/20 | 5.00 | 0 |
The top 10 in this list also include Tim Southee of Kolkata Knight Riders, Yudvendra Chahal of Rajasthan Royals, Mohammed Shami of Gujarat Titans, Basil Thampi of Mumbai Indians and Harshal Patel of Royal Challengers Bangalore. All these bowlers have 3-3 wickets to their name so far.