{"id":127250,"date":"2026-05-09T04:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/harshal-patel-ipl-wickets-year-by-year\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T04:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T04:32:52","slug":"harshal-patel-ipl-wickets-year-by-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/harshal-patel-ipl-wickets-year-by-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Harshal Patel IPL wickets year by year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This comprehensive analysis tracks the roller-coaster journey of Harshal Patel, detailing his bowling statistics and milestones across multiple franchises during his Indian Premier League career.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-2369-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-2369\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Harshal_Patel_IPL_Wickets_Year_by_Year_2012-Till_Date\"\/>Harshal Patel IPL wickets by year (2012 till now)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<table id=\"tablepress-2369\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-2369\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-2369-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Season<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-2\">teams<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-3\">Inn<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\">Wicket<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\">Best bowling (innings)<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-6\">average<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-7\">economy<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-8\">strike rate<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-9\">4W\/5W<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2012<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">11<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2\/24<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">37.77<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">8.29<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">27.3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2\/56<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">28.25<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">10.27<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">16.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2\/12<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">19.29<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">7.48<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">15.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2016<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">1\/46<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">147.00<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">10.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">84.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2017<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3\/43<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">14.33<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">10.75<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">8.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2018<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3\/28<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">23.85<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">9.54<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">15.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2019<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2\/40<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">38.50<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">9.62<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">24.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2020<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">2\/34<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">44.66<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">8.93<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">30.0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2021<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">32<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">5\/27<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">14.34<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">8.14<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">10.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">1\/1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2022<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">19<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4\/34<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">21.57<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">7.66<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">16.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">1\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2023<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">rcb<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">13<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3\/32<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">32.42<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">9.65<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">20.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2024<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">PBKS<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">24<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">3\/15<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">19.87<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">9.73<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">12.2<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2025<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SRH<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">13<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">16<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">4\/28<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">26.87<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">9.8<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">16.4<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">2\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n<td class=\"column-1\">2026<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\">SRH<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-4\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-5\">\u2013<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-6\">\u2013<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-7\">12.26<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-8\">\u2013<\/td>\n<td class=\"column-9\">0\/0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n<th class=\"column-1\">Total<\/th>\n<td class=\"column-2\"\/>\n<th class=\"column-3\">119<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-4\">151<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-5\">5\/27<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-6\">24.32<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-7\">8.92<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-8\">16.3<\/th>\n<th class=\"column-9\">4\/1<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-2369 from cache --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Insights_on_Harshal_Patel_IPL_Bowling_Career\"\/>Key information on Harshal Patel&#8217;s IPL bowling career<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Early_IPL_Struggles_and_Breakthrough_Seasons_with_Royal_Challengers_Bangalore\"\/>The opening IPL clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore and the season decider<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Harshal Patel<\/strong> Made a slow start in the IPL, making his debut for RCB in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Except for 2015, he had a quiet walk until 2020. The fact that he was not a regular did not help his cause either.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about 2015 season, <strong>Patel<\/strong> He was the third highest wicket taker for RCB. he took <strong>17 wickets<\/strong> in the economy of <strong>7.48<\/strong> In 14 innings.<\/p>\n<p>their economy <strong>7.48<\/strong> It was the third lowest among RCB bowlers. His bowling average (<strong>19.29<\/strong>) and strike rate (<strong>15.4<\/strong>) was also the fourth best (min. 60 balls) for RCB in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>2016 proved to be a disastrous year for the average performing right-arm fast bowler. <strong>147<\/strong>The worst by a bowler that season. their economy <strong>10.50<\/strong> was the second highest and his strike rate was <strong>84<\/strong> Third highest (minimum 60 balls bowled) by a bowler in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The poor performance continued into 2020, with RCB releasing him after 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, <strong>Patel<\/strong> Was the third highest wicket taker bowler of RCB <strong>19 skull<\/strong> In 15 innings. his average (<strong>21.57<\/strong>) and strike rate (<strong>16.8<\/strong>) was also the third lowest score for RCB that season.<\/p>\n<p>His performance declined in 2023 <strong>14 wickets<\/strong> In 13 innings, meaning RCB released him after the season.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sparse_Opportunities_at_Delhi_Capitals\"\/>Rare opportunity in Delhi Capitals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h3>\n<p>Even in Delhi Capitals, <strong>Patel<\/strong> Got less opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>From 2016 to 2020 he only raised <strong>16 wickets<\/strong>One less than what he managed to achieve in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>and they <strong>16 wickets<\/strong> came to an economy of <strong>9.7<\/strong>Second highest by a bowler in this period (minimum 300 balls bowled).<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Incredible_Purple_Cap_Glory_and_Historic_Milestones\"\/>Incredible Purple Cap glory and historical milestones<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Patel<\/strong> Made a comeback in 2021. He took double the number of wickets that season, <strong>32<\/strong> To be precise, to win the Purple Cap for RCB.<\/p>\n<p>his bowling strike rate <strong>10.5<\/strong> was second best and his average was <strong>14.34<\/strong> This was the third lowest by any bowler in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He also posted career-best statistics early in the 2021 season. he claimed <strong>Five wickets for 27 runs<\/strong> Against Mumbai Indians in Chennai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patel<\/strong> Then moved to Punjab Kings in 2024 and gave his second best season. it&#8217;s over <strong>24 wickets<\/strong> Earned his second Purple Cap in 14 innings.<\/p>\n<p>With this, he became the third bowler after Dwayne Bravo and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to win the Purple Cap twice in IPL.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that from 2021 to 2025 <strong>105 wickets<\/strong> in 70 innings, the most by a bowler in this period in the IPL. Only Yuzvendra Chahal managed to take 100 wickets in these five seasons.<\/p>\n<p>his strike rate <strong>14.2<\/strong> was the best and his average too <strong>21.23<\/strong> This was the second best by any bowler in the IPL between 2021 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patel<\/strong> Also achieved the feat of taking the second highest number of four wickets in this period. <strong>five<\/strong> Such mantras in his name.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recent_Campaign_with_Sunrisers_Hyderabad\"\/>Recent campaign with Sunrisers Hyderabad<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h3>\n<p>In 2025, <strong>Patel<\/strong> He was the joint highest wicket taker for Sunrisers Hyderabad. he took <strong>16 wickets<\/strong> in 13 innings including <strong>two four wicket hall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.98.1 --><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/thecricindeedhuddle.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js?v=next');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comprehensive analysis tracks the roller-coaster journey of Harshal Patel, detailing his bowling statistics and milestones across multiple franchises during his Indian Premier League career. 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