The IPL 2026 Orange Cap Leaderboard has been completely shaken up with Abhishek Sharma taking the top spot after scoring an amazing century (100) vs. Delhi Capitals during IPL 2023 and now totals 323 runs this season.
His teammate Heinrich Klaasen (320 runs) drops to 2nd place after being 1st for most of the IPL season, with Shubman Gill (265 runs) in 3rd, and Virat Kohli (247 runs) the All-Time Leader in total runs scored during all IPL Seasons combined in 4th place.
The up-and-coming young superstar Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (new to the IPL this year) is rounding out the Top 5 runners for the Orange Cap Award.
Updated IPL 2026 Orange Cap List After SRH vs DC
Batter RUNS Balls SR Vs 4s 6s
Heinrich Klaasen 283 196 144.39 SRH 19 10
Shubman Gill 265 175 151.43 GT 27 10
Virat Kohli 247 157 157.32 RCB 28 8
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 246 104 236.54 RR 24 20
Rajat Patidar 230 108 212.96 RCB 12 22
Abhishek Sharma 223 98 227.55 SRH 19 19
Cooper Connolly 223 136 163.97 PBKS 21 14
Yashasvi Jaiswal 223 146 152.74 RR 23 12
Ishan Kishan 213 113 188.50 SRH 22 12
Priyansh Arya 211 85 248.24 PBKS 14 20
Purple Cap Standings Update
Eshan Malinga’s great effort of 4/32 versus Delhi Capitals has propelled him to second in bowling statistics (12) behind Anshul Kamboj (Chennai Super Kings) with 13 (6 matches).
Likewise, Prasidh Krishna was unable to reclaim first place by taking only one wicket versus Mumbai Indians and is now in third place (12), while Prince Yadav is in fourth (11) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is in fifth (10).
Updated IPL 2026 Purple Cap List After SRH vs DC
Bowler Wkts Mts Econ SR Team
Anshul Kamboj 13 6 9.74 10.00 CSK
Eshan Malinga 12 7 9.43 11.50 SRH
Prasidh Krishna 12 6 9.92 12.00 GT
Prince Yadav 11 6 8.59 12.00 LSG
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10 6 8.33 14.40 RCB
Ravi Bishnoi 10 6 9.50 12.00 RR
Kagiso Rabada 10 6 9.74 13.80 GT
Jofra Archer 8 6 8.52 15.75 RR
Krunal Pandya 8 6 8.57 15.75 RCB
Kartik Tyagi 8 7 9.52 17.25 KKR
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