IPL 2021: Harshal Patel Clinched Purple Cap, Gaikwad-Du Plessis To Challenge For Orange Cap

IPL 2021 Orange and Purple Cap Race: Harshal Patel of RCB has clinched the Purple Cap this year with 32 wickets. Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul is currently in the top spot in the Orange Cap race.

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IPL 2021, Orange and Purple Cap Race: Today in 2021 (IPL 2021) where all eyes will be on the title-winning team. At the same time, some personal achievements will also be at stake today. IPL's Best Bowler and Best Batsman award also include in it.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Medium Pacer, Harshal Patel clinched the Purple Cap with 32 wickets this year. On the other hand, in the Orange Cap race, currently, Punjab Kings (PBKS) Captain KL Rahul is on the first rank in the race. However, in today's IPL There are two batsmen in the final who can remove Rahul from the top position and take the first position in the race.

Harshal Patel and Shahbaz Ahmed will be joining the #TeamIndia bio bubble to help them in the preparations for the #T20WorldCup. 🙌🏻 #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/kx5rOzjBgd

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) October 13, 2021

 Both these batsmen are Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and Faf Du Plessis.

Here are the top-5 batsman in the Orange Cap list:

In the race for the Orange Cap, Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul is currently in the first position with 626 runs. In this list, CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad is second, who clinched 603 runs. Gaikwad is just 23 Runs far away from Rahul and is the biggest threat to Rahul's dominance in the final to be played today. Faf du Plessis is currently fourth in the Orange Cap race. Currently, he is with 547 runs. Du Plessis will have to play long innings in today's match to get past Rahul's score. Talking about Top 5 in this list, Delhi Capitals opener Shikhar Dhawan currently ranked third on the list with 587 runs. And, RCB 's Glenn Maxwell is currently fifth in the list with 513 runs.

Harshal clinched Purple Cap

RCB Medium Pacer Harshal Patel has captured the Purple Cap. Harshal's clinched 32 wickets this time. The second place on the list is Avesh Khan of Delhi Capitals who has named 24 wickets. Mumbai Indians' Jasprit Bumrah is third on this list with 21 wickets. While Mohammed Shami of Punjab Kings is 4th with 19 wickets and Arshdeep Singh of Punjab took the fifth position with 18 wickets.

Harshal Patel's Purple cap looks like it is in safe hands of the RCB pacer.