IPL 2025 Orange Cap and Purple Cap leaderboards - Starc back in second spot
There was one significant change after Saturday's double-header even though the leaders remain the same
ESPNcricinfo staff
06-Apr-2025
Nothing has changed at the top of the run-scorers' list in IPL 2025, but there has been a bit of a reshuffle among the top wicket-takers. Here's our daily look after the double-header on Saturday.
Noor Ahmad, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) left-arm wristspinner, continues to head the Purple Cap table, adding the wicket of Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Axar Patel to his tally to become the first bowler to get to the ten-wicket mark this season. The 4 for 18 in CSK's first game, against Mumbai Indians (MI), remains his best so far.
Mitchell Starc struck early, in the third over, in DC's game against CSK, and that wicket has put him back at No. 2 with nine wickets from just three games. The big performance was the 5 for 35 against SRH, his career-best T20 returns.
Dropping to third place is MI captain Hardik Pandya, who picked up the second five-for of the season - Starc's was the first - against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Friday.
He scored just 12 against MI, but it was enough for LSG's Nicholas Pooran to stay on top of the run-scorers' table, with 201 runs from four innings. The good work was done in the first three games - 75 from 30 balls against Delhi Capitals (DC), 70 from 26 against SRH, and 44 from 30 against Punjab Kings (PBKS).
Gujarat Titans (GT) opener Sai Sudharsan is in second position after his 49 off 36 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). In the earlier two games, Sudharsan had scores of 74 and 63.
Mitchell Marsh got back to No. 3 after dropping off for a bit, his 60 from 31 balls against MI a top effort that played a big part in scripting LSG's win. He now has 184 runs from four innings. There was a duck against PBKS, but Marsh scored a half-century every other time he walked out.