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IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s big leap in the Orange Cap race, RCB’s star bowler captures the Purple Cap, see top 10 list

Sandy Verma | May 18, 2026 5:24 PM CST

Orange Cap & Purple Cap List: The race for Orange Cap and Purple Cap in IPL 2026 is becoming interesting. The end of the league stage is near and all the teams have a few matches left. The performance of some players with ball and bat has been amazing in IPL 2026. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was seen lagging behind in the race for the Orange Cap but after playing an inning of 46 runs against DC, he has come to the sixth position. RCB fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has an orange cap. Let’s look at the top 10 list of Orange Cap and Purple Cap.

Orange cap list in IPL 2026

rank	Name	Team	match	Run	average	strike rate	century	half century	fours	sixes
1	Sai Sudarshan	gujarat titans	13	554	46.16	157.83	1	6	55	25
2	Shubhman Gill	gujarat titans	12	552	46.00	160.46	0	5	50	27
3	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	542	54.20	164.74	1	4	57	21
4	KL Rahul	Delhi Capitals	13	533	44.41	171.93	1	4	51	27
5	heinrich classen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	508	50.80	153.93	0	5	38	23
6	Vaibhav Suryavanshi	Rajasthan Royals	12	486	40.50	234.78	1	2	43	43
7	Abhishek Sharma	Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	481	43.72	209.13	1	3	43	37
8	cooper connolly	punjab kings	13	473	47.30	162.54	1	2	39	32
9	Mitchell Marsh	Lucknow Super Giants	12	467	38.91	162.15	1	2	40	31
10	sanju samson	Chennai Super Kings	12	450	50.00	164.23	2	1	48	23

Purple cap list in IPL 2026

rank	player	Team	match	Wicket	economy	best bowling
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	13	24	7.70	4/23
2	Kagiso Rabada	gujarat titans	13	21	9.22	3/25
3	Anshul Kamboj	Chennai Super Kings	12	19	10.11	3/22
4	jofra archer	Rajasthan Royals	12	17	9.09	3/20
5	Prince Yadav	Lucknow Super Giants	12	16	8.53	3/32
6	Rashid Khan	gujarat titans	13	16	8.70	4/33
7	Karthik Tyagi	Kolkata Knight Riders	12	16	9.44	3/22
8	Ishaan Malinga	Sunrisers Hyderabad	12	16	9.63	4/32
9	Mohammad Siraj	gujarat titans	13	14	8.58	2/23
10	jamie overton	Chennai Super Kings	10	14	8.89	4/18

There will be a great match today in IPL 2026

Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad remain in the race for the playoffs. The match between the two is going to be held at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team that wins this match will move ahead in the race for the playoffs. Both the teams will face each other at Chepauk ground at 7:30 pm.

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