Harshal Patel could not have been thought of when the selectors met to choose India’s squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 event however the right-arm medium pacer has certainly impressed along with his talent set in an IPL season the place the bat has dominated the ball like by no means earlier than.
The 33-year-old pacer has moved past Jasprit Bumrah but once more to turn out to be the frontrunner in the race to bag the Purple Cap.
Harshal was immaculate in phrases of his line and size and loved an higher hand on the batters when Punjab met Rajasthan Royals in the sixty fifth recreation of IPL 2024.
The Sanand-born (Gujarat) was one of many stand-out performers for Punjab with the ball in hand as he bagged the massive wickets of Riyan Parag and Donovan Ferreira.
Riyan’s wicket, in specific, was extra essential than another wicket in the sport for Punjab because the right-handed batter was wanting set for one more massive rating however Harshal outclassed him in his quintessential type.
Harshal bowled a well-disguised slower one which dipped on Riyan and outfoxed him. The middle-order batter tried to swing throughout the road however missed the ball’s trajectory and was trapped in entrance of his stumps at a person rating of 48 off simply 34 balls.
Notably, Harshal had outwitted MS Dhoni with the same ball that dipped on the latter and cannoned into his stumps when Punjab Kings hosted Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 53rd recreation of the season on the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) in Dharamsala on May 5.
Harshal completed his spell with figures of two/28 and is now two wickets forward of Mumbai Indians’ tempo spearhead Bumrah who has claimed 20 scalps in 13 matches this season.
Purple Cap Leaderboard
| S. No. | Player | Team | Wickets |
| 1. | Harshal Patel | PBKS | 22 |
| 2. | Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 20 |
| 3. | Varun Chakravarthy | KKR | 18 |
| 4. | Mukesh Kumar | DC | 17 |
| 5. | Arshdeep Singh | PBKS | 17 |
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