Vaibhav Suryavanshi has gone ahead in the race for Orange Cap.Image Credit source: PTI
Orange Cap and Purple Cap Holder List in IPL 2026: 72 matches have been completed in the IPL 2026 season and the decision of the champion team is now just 2 matches away. Along with these 2 matches, it will also be decided which players will win in the exciting race for Orange Cap and Purple Cap in IPL 2026. The competition for most runs and wickets has become as exciting as the race for the title. This is also special because in the case of Orange Cap, 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become number-1, leaving all the greats behind. He has left Sai Sudarshan behind with 680 runs. Whereas in the case of Purple Cap, Joffra Archer is at third place.
Who is around Vaibhav?
In the eliminator match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, the focus was on whether Vaibhav Suryavanshi orange cap Will he be able to rise from fifth place to become number-1 in the race or not? Rajasthan’s young opener did not disappoint and defeated the Sunrisers bowlers by scoring 97 runs in just 29 balls. Before this match, Vaibhav was on 583 runs and after the eliminator, he had 680 runs in 15 innings. In this way, he achieved the first position leaving behind Sai Sudarshan (652).
However, Sai Sudarshan will have a chance to become number-1 again in Qualifier-2. In this match, Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan of Sunrisers also had a chance to stake their claim. But both of them failed and due to this the team also had to face defeat. Clausen could score only 18 runs and ended the season with 624 runs, which is his best. Whereas Ishaan crossed the 600 mark by scoring 33 runs but his season ended with 602 runs.
Archer is not far away now
There itself purple cap The race has also become very exciting because Rajasthan’s English fast bowler Joffra Archer did wonders in this match. He destroyed the batting of Sunrisers and took 3 wickets. With this, he now has 24 wickets in 15 innings and remains at the third position. But his gap with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kagiso Rabada, who are at number one and second, has reduced. Bhuvneshwar and Rabada have 26-26 wickets. Now there is a clash between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier-2, in which Rabada and Archer will have a chance to move ahead.
Who was the winner of last season?
Earlier in IPL 2025, Sai Sudarshan had won the Orange Cap. Then he also became the youngest Orange Cap winner in IPL history. Sudarshan had scored 759 runs in 15 innings and this was amazing. Vaibhav also has a chance to break this record, while Sudarshan has a chance to win the trophy for the second consecutive time.
Gujarat Titans’ fast bowler Prasidh Krishna had won the Purple Cap in the last season. He had taken 25 wickets in 15 matches and achieved this feat for the first time. Although Prasidh is nowhere near this season, his teammate Rabada can do such wonders.
