IPL 2018: Top 3 Dark Horses for the Purple Cap
IPL is the platform where every year players from around the world participate to showcase their talent and gain name and fame for their performances. You need good bowlers in your team who can not only contain batsman but also break partnerships by taking wickets.
Every year we see some exceptional performances in the bowling department. IPL awards such performances in bowling with the Purple Cap. The Purple Cap is an award presented to the leading wicket-taker in the IPL.
After the start of the tradition of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the Indian Premier League introduced the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008. The bowler who is the leading wicket-taker during the season wears the Purple Cap while fielding.
The overall leading wicket-taker the end of the tournament wins the actual Purple Cap award at on the day of the season's final. In case of a tie, the bowler with the best economy rate would wear the Purple Cap. Sohail Tanvir was the first person to win the award.
We see few dark horses in the tournament. We have seen players like Rashid Khan and Sunil Narine who shock everyone with their out of the blue performances. This year also we could see such players. Here are three players who could be dark horses for the purple cap this year.
#3 Mujeeb Ur Rahman
At just 16 years of age, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was picked by Kings XI Punjab for a huge amount of Rs. 4 crore in the auction. Mujeeb bowls off-spin and mixes it up with leg-spin and googlies.
He carried his form in the U-19 World Cup this year, where his four-wicket haul against New Zealand helped Afghanistan in qualifying for the semifinal of the tournament.
He has also played for his national side in ODI cricket, where he has affected 31 dismissals in just 13 matches. Mujeeb Ur Rahman is a complete bowling package. In World Cup Qualifiers 2018, Mujeeb is showing some amazing skills and he has taken 13 wickets in 6 matches in the tournament. Mujeeb could be a good spinner for KXIP and could trouble batsman with his varied bowling.