The 19th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is now nearing its end. Defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore has reached the finals, the second finalist will be decided by Qualifier-2. This match will be held between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals on 29th May. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who played a historic inning of 97 runs in the eliminator match on Wednesday, has received the Orange Cap, with this Virat Kohli has also been out of the top-5.

Virat Kohli had scored 43 runs in the first qualifier, after which he reached fourth place in the race for the Orange Cap. At that time, the orange cap was with Sai Sudarshan, he had been the highest run-scorer in the league for a long time. But now Vaibhav Suryavanshi has got the orange cap.

1. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has Orange Cap

The batsman who has scored the most runs in IPL 2026 till the Eliminator is Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has got the Orange Cap. Vaibhav has scored 680 runs in 15 innings, which includes 1 century and 4 half-centuries. On Wednesday, in the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he scored 97 runs in 29 balls, in this innings he hit 12 sixes.

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IPL 2026 Orange Cap Leaderboard (Top-5)

1. Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)- 680
2. Sai Sudarshan (GT)- 652
3. Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)- 624
4. Shubhman Gill (GT)- 618
5. Ishan Kishan (SRH)- 602

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At which number is Virat Kohli?

Virat Kohli is at sixth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs this season. He has scored 600 runs in 15 innings, which includes 1 century and 4 half-centuries. Kohli has hit 22 sixes and 64 fours this season. However, Kohli is in the race for the Orange Cap, as he is 80 runs behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi who is in first place. Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan’s team included in the top-5 is out. Sai Sudarshan, Shubhman Gill and Suryavanshi will play in Qualifier-2. It is difficult for Kohli to become number-1, but not impossible.