By Admin 
The 15th match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens. Many exciting matches have been seen so far in the ongoing season. Now the race has truly started for the orange cap among the batsmen and the purple cap among the bowlers. Here we are telling you about some main statistics of IPL, like which bowler has had the best spell so far. Which batsman has scored the highest runs, who has the orange and who has the purple cap.
In IPL, the orange cap is worn by the player who has the most runs in the season. The orange cap holder keeps changing with the matches, the one who holds the cap at the end gets the award and prize money. Similarly, there is a purple cap for the bowler who takes the most wickets. The figures given below are given after 14 matches of IPL 2026.
Who has the orange cap?
Currently the Orange Cap is with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who is playing for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026. He played an explosive inning of 77 runs in the last match against Mumbai Indians. Jaiswal has scored a total of 170 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 170. Sameer Rizvi is at second place, who could not open his account in his last match. He has scored 160 runs in 3 matches. See the top-5 run scorers now.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)- 170
- Sameer Rizvi (DC)- 160
- Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)- 145
- Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)- 122
- Rohit Sharma (MI)- 118
purple cap holder
Currently the purple cap is with Ravi Bishnoi. This bowler of Rajasthan Royals has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches. Behind him is Prasidh Krishna, who took 6 wickets in 3 matches. Rashid Khan (GT), Lungi Ngidi (DC), Nandre Berger (RR), Vaishakh Vijay Kumar (PBKS), Jacob Duffy (RCB), Anshul Kamboj (CSK) have 5 wickets each.
Highest score in IPL 2026 (individual)
The batsman who scored the most runs in the first 14 matches of the ongoing edition is KL Rahul, who scored 92 runs against Gujarat Titans. However, Delhi Capitals lost this match by 1 run.
Best spell in IPL 2026
Ravi Bishnoi is the bowler who has bowled the best spell so far. Bishnoi, who was in Rajasthan Royals, took 4 wickets for 41 runs in 4 overs against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Apart from him, there is Blessing Muzarabani, who has taken 4 wickets in a match.