In the 23rd match of the Indian Premier League 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. Batting first, Lucknow could score only 149 runs. Chasing the target, Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings, although he missed his half-century by 1 run. After this inning the Orange Cap came to Virat Kohli. Heinrich Klaasen is in second place behind him, who is just 4 runs away. RCB captain Rajat Patidar is also not far away at number three. Talking about Purple Cap, Anshul Kamboj and Prasidh Krishna have 10 wickets each.

Virat Kohli was not a part of the playing 11 against Lucknow Super Giants, he came to bat as an impact player. Kohli scored 49 runs in 34 balls with the help of 1 six and 6 fours. He remained one run away from his half-century.

Virat Kohli has orange cap

After 23 matches, Virat Kohli has the most runs in his name, he has got the Orange Cap. Kohli has scored 228 runs in 5 matches at an average of 57. Heinrich Klaasen, who is in second place, has scored 224 runs in 5 matches. See the top-5 run scorers in the list.

• Virat Kohli (RCB)- 228
• Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)- 224
• Rajat Patidar (RCB)- 222
• Ishan Kishan (SRH)- 213
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)- 200

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Who has the purple cap?

In IPL, the Purple Cap remains with the bowler who has taken the most wickets. Currently, the most wickets are of Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings and Prasidh Krishna of Gujarat Titans, both have taken 10 wickets each. When two bowlers have equal number of wickets, the order is decided by the economy rate, the one with lower economy rate remains on top.

The Purple Cap is held by Prasidh Krishna, who has taken 10 wickets in 4 matches. His economy is 9.50. Anshul Kamboj has taken 10 wickets in 5 matches, his economy rate is 10.13. See the list of top-5 bowlers in contention for the Purple Cap.

• Prasidh Krishna (GT)- 10
• Anshul Kamboj (CSK)- 10
• Prince Yadav (LSG)- 9
• Ravi Bishnoi (RR)- 9
• Jofra Archer (RR)- 7