Harshal Patel has been having a dream season as he's standing on second on leading wicket-taker list, just behind Jasprit Bumrah. In an interview to Cricket based platform ESPNCricinfo, Harshal discussed about his process on how he made a comeback after a tough start to the IPL 2024 and also talked about how he idolises Jasprit Bumrah in his career nowadays and wants to be as good as him.

Jasprit Bumrah currently is topping the wicket-taker chart with 18 wickets. 
Harshal Patel has picked up 17 wickets at a staggering average of 21.29, he is firmly standing on second in the top wicket-taker list. His team Punjab Kings also is in the contention of playoffs after 56 league matches have been played. He said in the interview that wicket taking has become difficult this season.

"Purely from a wicket-taking point of view, if I have certain deliveries that are working for me, if they're coming out of my hand well, if I'm bowling them well, and if I'm confident about those deliveries, especially the slower balls, I know I can pick up two or three wickets in an over. For me, it's all about setting those slower balls up in the right way and executing them when I know the batter could make a mistake and I have a higher chance of forcing an error. So it has not been difficult to pick up wickets. The difficulty comes when I have to contain, because my USP has always been picking up wickets, and that's an aspect of the game that I've been working on."

He also pointed out how he achieved the skills of slower deliveries which helped him to bow exceptionally well in the death overs.

"I have sort of figured out what I need to do to be able to shut batters down when I need to, and there's a lot of skill aspects involved in that as well. I've been working on those skills consistently from even before the season. I've not been able to consistently do it in the game, but I'm on the right path and when it all comes together, I want to be as good as someone like Jasprit [Bumrah], because we keep talking about bowlers going at nine or ten an over and throughout this IPL, there has been one fast bowler [Bumrah] who goes for less than six most of the time. I challenge myself to be as good as him."