IPL 2026 Purple Cap Winner Kagiso Rabada: Gujarat Titans fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has won the Purple Cap by taking the most wickets in IPL 2026. The final match of the season is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. Gujarat bowler did wonders in the title match. Bengaluru fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, playing against Gujarat, missed out on winning the Purple Cap. If Bhuvi had won the Purple Cap, he would have created history and also made a big record.

Gujarat came out to bat first in the final. During this, Bhuvneshwar took 28 wickets to his name by taking 2 wickets. Rabada already had 28 wickets in his name in the season. Then during the second innings, when Rabada came to bowl, he completed 29 wickets by taking the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal and won the Purple Cap. In this way Rabada won the battle of Purple Cap in the final.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar missed creating history

Let us tell you that the record of winning the most purple caps in IPL history is held in the names of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel. All three players have won the Purple Cap 2-2 times. Therefore, if Bhuvneshwar had won the Purple Cap this season, he would have become the first bowler in IPL history to win the Purple Cap thrice. In this way Bhuvi missed out on creating history.

Orange Cap named after Vaibhav Suryavanshi

15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has decorated the orange cap on his head by scoring the most runs in the season. Vaibhav, playing for Rajasthan Royals, scored 776 runs in 16 innings of 16 matches at an average of 48.50 and a staggering strike rate of 237.31. During this period, he scored 1 century and 5 half-centuries. Vaibhav has become the youngest player to win the Orange Cap.

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IPL 2026 Orange and Purple Cap Latest Update: The beginning of IPL 2026 has been quite mixed. In some matches, the dominance of the batsmen has been seen and in some, the dominance of the bowlers has been seen. On April 05, the 11th league match was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings. Even in some matches a total of more than 200 runs was seen, while in some the strong hold of the bowlers was seen. If we talk about the batsman who has scored the most runs, the Orange Cap is not on Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli but on a 22 year old boy.

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After 11 matches, the Orange Cap is present on the head of 22-year-old young batsman Sameer Rizvi of Delhi Capitals. Sameer has scored 160 runs in 2 matches at an average of 160. He crossed the 50 run mark in both the matches. Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad is at second position in the list with 145 runs. Rohit Sharma is at number three with 113 runs. Devdutt Padikkal is at fourth position with 111 runs and Cooper Connolly is at fifth position with 108 runs.

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If we talk about Purple Cap i.e. the bowlers who have taken the most wickets, then after 11 matches the Purple Cap is on the head of Ravi Bishnoi, who has taken 5 wickets. However, it is worth noting that apart from Bishnoi, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Jacob Duffy and Anshul Kamboj also have 5 wickets each. The list of bowlers taking 4-4 ​​wickets is quite long.

status of points table

Royal Challengers Bangalore is on top in the points table. The team has won both the matches. Bengaluru has 4 points and net run rate is +2.501. See the complete points table here…

place	Team	match	Victory	Garland	no result	score	net run rate
1	rcb (Royal Challengers Bangalore)	2	2	0	0	4	+2.501
2	RR (Rajasthan Royals)	2	2	0	0	4	+2.233
3	DC (Delhi Capitals)	2	2	0	0	4	+1.170
4	PBKS (Punjab Kings)	2	2	0	0	4	+0.637
5	srh (Sunrisers Hyderabad)	3	1	2	0	2	+0.275
6	MI (Mumbai Indians)	2	1	1	0	2	-0.206
7	LSG (Lucknow Super Giants)	2	1	1	0	2	-0.542
8	GT (Gujarat Titans)	2	0	2	0	0	-0.424
9	kkr (Kolkata Knight Riders)	2	0	2	0	0	-1.964
10	CSK (Chennai Super Kings)	3	0	3	0	0	-2.517

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