section_path: Prizes/Purple Cap
section_name: Purple Cap
paragraph_text: Purple Cap
  
  The Purple Cap is awarded to the highest wicket-taker at the end of each season. It is an ongoing competition and the bowler who is the leading wicket-taker wears a purple cap whilst fielding. The eventual winner keeps the cap for the season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only players to have won the award twice. Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings who took 24 wickets during the 2024 season, is the most recent winner of the award.
  
  The Purple Cap is awarded to the highest wicket-taker at the end of each season. It is an ongoing competition and the bowler who is the leading wicket-taker wears a purple cap whilst fielding. The eventual winner keeps the cap for the season. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Dwayne Bravo are the only players to have won the award twice. Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings who took 24 wickets during the 2024 season, is the most recent winner of the award.