IPL 2025 Purple Cap Standings After GT vs PBKS (Matchday 4): Sai Kishore Breaks Into Top 5
IPL 2025 Purple Cap Standings After GT vs PBKS (Matchday 4): Sai Kishore ended his spell with figures of 3/30, enough for the spinner to enter the top 5 in the Purple Cap rankings.
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A fighting effort from Sai Kishore, who spun magic with the ball for Gujarat Titans, proved to be not enough as GT fell to Punjab Kings by 11 runs in their IPL 2025 opener, missing out on what would have been a historic franchise-best win on Tuesday.
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Left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore grabbed two wickets in two balls, sending back Omarzai and Glenn Maxwell to reduce PBKS to 105/4 in the 11th over.
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However, PBKS’ Shashank Singh bludgeoned 44 off 16 balls after Iyer’s brilliant display with the bat as PBKS posted an imposing 243 for five. In reply, GT was stopped at 232 for five, forced to suffer their first loss of the season.
Kishore ended his spell with figures of 3/30, seemingly to enough for a win but more than enough for the spinner to enter the top 5 in the Purple Cap rankings.
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | WICKETS | ECONOMY RATE | BEST FIGURES |
| 1 | Noor Ahmad | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 4 | 4.5 | 4/18 |
| 2 | Khaleel Ahmed | Chennai Super Kings | 1 | 3 | 7.5 | 3/29 |
| 3 | Krunal Pandya | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 3 | 7.25 | 3/29 |
| 4 | Sai Kishore | Gujarat Titans | 1 | 3 | 7.5 | 3/30 |
| 5 | Vignesh Puthur | Mumbai Indians | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3/32 |
| 6 | Mitchell Starc | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 3 | 10.5 | 3/42 |
| 7 | Tushar Deshpande | Rajasthan Royals | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3/44 |
| 8 | Kuldeep Yadav | Delhi Capitals | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2/20 |
| 9 | Josh Hazlewood | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | 2/22 |
| 10 | Digvesh Singh | Lucknow Super Giants | 1 | 2 | 7.75 | 2/32 |
Chennai Super Kings spinner Noor Ahmed continues to lead the list with his fabulous four-fer against Mumbai Indians on Sunday and is followed by his CSK teammate Khaleel Ahmed and Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya: all above the new entrant Sai Kishpore. Mumbai Indians’ Vignesh Puthur, Starc, and Rajasthan Royals pacer Tushar Deshpande all rank after the GT spinner respectively, all on three wickets.
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