Top IPL 2024 Purple Cap contenders: Harshal Patel of Punjab Kings secured the Purple Cap with 14 wickets this season after dismissing Rinku Singh, surpassing Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal.
IPL Auction 2024: From Mitchell Starc, the most expensive player in IPL history, to Harshal Patel, the most expensive Indian player - here's a look at the top buys in this year's auction.
Gujarat Titans (₹38.15 crore) have the fattest purse heading into the auction in Dubai on Tuesday, followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (₹34 crore) and Kolkata Knight Riders (₹32.7 crore).
India’s bowling group is shaping up into a very competent, competitive unit, and even the end-overs profligacy back home has been offset to a large extent by the bigger grounds in Australia.
India were able to plug the gaps in Nagpur to level the three-match series with a comprehensive win in the eight-over-a-side contest. But they will need their bowlers, especially Harshal and Chahal, to overcome their struggles ahead of the T20 World Cup.
Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, who was excluded from the Asia Cup squad, is back in the T20 scheme of things as he has been picked for the home series against Australia and South Africa, and is named among the four reserve players for the World Cup.
IPL 2022: While some of the players generated interest because of their performance, others drew more eyes because of the prices they fetched at the IPL auction.