Purple Cap Player IPL Season 13: Delhi Capitals' Kagiso Rabada Ends Season With 30 Wickets In Kitty

MI vs DC, IPL Final 2020; Purple Cap Player: Delhi Capital's fast bowler Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap respectively. Rabada tops the list of bowlers with 30 wickets from 17 matches.

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Though Shreyas Iyer & Co. lost the final battle against the Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians in the Grand Finale of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), the Delhi based unit has reasons to celebrate as the fast bowler of the team, Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap respectively. The major milestone for the South African cricketer was assured after his main competitor for the title - Jasprit Bumrah failed to take away any wicket in the during the final match being played between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai (UAE) on Tuesday. Rabada tops the list of bowlers with 30 wickets from 17 matches. After him, Jasprit Bumrah of Mumbai Indians is second with 27 wickets in 15 matches. Also, in the same match, MI pacer Trent Boult bagged three wickets to finish third in the tally. The in-form new-ball bowler of the tournament, removed Marcus Stoinis with the first ball in the final match. Marcus Stoinis and Shikhar Dhawan flagged off their campaign facing Trent Boult with the new ball. The New Zealand bowler poured at length removing The Hulk, Marcus Stoinis for a duck with a jaffa. Boult currently has 25 wickets to his name. Speaking of the grand finale held on November 10, Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) emerged as the Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for a record extending fifth time after beating first-time finalists Delhi Capitals by five wickets in the IPL 2020 finals. Mumbai Indians chased down a competitive 157-run target set by Delhi Capitals with relative ease to win the IPL 2020 finals and pocket their fifth title in the marquee Indian T20 league.