Orange Cap and Purple Cap Holder List in IPL 2026: Who will be the champion of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League will be decided within the next 3 matches. In this race, the current champion Royal Challengers Bangalore has taken the lead. Bengaluru booked their place in the final of the IPL 2026 season by defeating Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-1. Star fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar is continuously playing a big role in this success of the team, who is still number-1 in the Purple Cap race with 26 wickets. Sai Sudarshan is still at the forefront in the race for Orange Cap but Vaibhav Suryavanshi can overtake him by scoring 70 runs.
Like every year, in the IPL 2026 season too, the race is going on between the players who have scored the most runs and taken the most wickets. This list is dominated by the players of Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals since the league stage. This is the reason that only these four teams have reached the playoffs and now the players of these four teams are trying to surpass each other.
Sudarshan-Bhubaneswar still on top
A glimpse of this was also seen in the Qualifier-1 played between Bengaluru-Gujarat, where Virat Kohli entered the 600-run club, while Kagiso Rabada took the lead over Bhuvneshwar by taking 2 wickets. But even after the end of this match, there was no change in the leaders of both the lists. Sai Sudarshan of Gujarat is still at the first place in terms of most runs. last season orange cap Sudarshan, who won, has scored 652 runs. Their captain Shubhman Gill (618) is at second place.
If we talk about taking wickets, then Rabada’s lead did not remain intact because Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was at number-1 for the last several days, also returned by taking 2 wickets. At present, both the bowlers have 26-26 wickets but due to better economy rate, RCB legend Bhuvneshwar still has the wickets. purple cap While Rabada is at second place. Joffra Archer of Rajasthan Royals is in third place.
Clason-Vaibhav have a big chance
However, Sudarshan’s dominance over the Orange Cap may end because two batsmen are going to enter the eliminator match who are consistent in this race. The eliminator match will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday 27th May. In this, Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers and Vaibhav Suryavanshi of Royals will stake their claim for number-1. Clausen is currently at third position with 606 runs, while Vaibhav Suryavanshi is at sixth position with 583 runs. In this way, Clausen can become number-1 after scoring only 47 runs, while Vaibhav can become number-1 after scoring 70 runs.
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