Award winner players in IPL 2026: Royal Challengers Bangalore captured the IPL 2026 title by defeating Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in Ahmedabad. With this, RCB also became the third team to win the IPL trophy consecutively. Earlier, Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have achieved this feat. The Player of the Match award was given to Virat Kohli in the final of IPL 2026. He played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs.
Apart from Virat Kohli, all the awards for IPL 2026 were also given after the match. During this period, Vaibhav Suryavanshi won the maximum number of awards. Apart from this, Kagiso Rabada, Sai Sudarshan and Mohammed Siraj were also given awards in different categories for their strong performances.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi shines
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the biggest star in IPL 2026, who won many big awards like Orange Cap with 776 runs, most sixes with 72 sixes, Super Striker, MVP and Emerging Player of the Season. Kagiso Rabada won the Purple Cap by taking 29 wickets. Now let’s look at the complete list.
List of award winning players in IPL 2026
| Award | player/team | Display |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Match (Final) | Virat Kohli | Unbeaten 75 runs on 42 balls in the final |
| orange cap | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | 16 matches, 776 runs, average 48.50, strike rate 237.30 |
| purple cap | Kagiso Rabada | 29 wickets in 17 matches |
| Super Striker of the Season | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Strike rate of 237.30, 776 runs |
| Most Valuable Player (MVP) | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Best all-round performance of the season |
| Emerging Player of the Season | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Left a mark in the season with excellent batting |
| most sixes | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | 72 sixes in 16 matches |
| most fours | Sai Sudarshan | 75 fours in 17 matches |
| most dot balls | Mohammad Siraj | 172 dot balls |
| fair play award | punjab kings | Best sportsmanship all season |
Major individual winners of IPL 2026
| Category | winner |
|---|---|
| most runs | Vaibhav Suryavanshi (776 runs) |
| most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (29 wickets) |
| highest strike rate | Vaibhav Suryavanshi (237.30) |
| most sixes | Vaibhav Suryavanshi (72) |
| most fours | Sai Sudarshan (75) |
| hero of the final | Virat Kohli (75* runs) |
| successful captain | Rajat Patidar (second consecutive title for RCB) |
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