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

Vaibhav Suryavanshi had the orange cap before the Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match in IPL 2026. Now the orange cap has been snatched from him. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen and the captain of the same team, Ishan Kishan, have gone ahead of the 15-year-old batsman. Especially Ishaan has taken a huge leap in the Orange Cap list by scoring a fifty. At present the Orange Cap is with Klaasen.

Now the Orange Cap is with Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the match against Rajasthan, Ishan Kishan played a brilliant inning of 91 runs in 44 balls. This is his second half-century in the current season. Now he has 213 runs in the IPL 2026 tournament.

Whereas in SRH, Ishan Kishan’s teammate Heinrich Klaasen had scored 184 runs before the Hyderabad-Rajasthan match. As soon as he scored 30 runs, he overtook both Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ishan Kishan in the race for the Orange Cap.

Most runs in IPL 2026

• 214+ runs – Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
• 213 runs – Ishan Kishan (SRH)
• 200 runs – Vaibhav Suryavanshi (RR)
• 195 runs – Rajat Patidar (RCB)

Let us tell you that Rajasthan Royals did not include Vaibhav Suryavanshi in their playing eleven. He will probably be made an impact player and brought to bat. If Vaibhav comes as an impact player, he can regain the Orange Cap in this match.

Heinrich Klaasen scored 40 runs against Rajasthan Royals, taking his total runs in the season to 224. If Vaibhav wants to surpass him and get the Orange Cap, he will have to score at least 25 runs in today’s match.

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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.

So far 9 matches have been played in IPL 2026, in which only high-scoring matches have been seen on most of the occasions. To some extent, the batsmen have dominated the season. However, till now not a single century inning has been seen. On the other hand, the bowlers are also not lagging behind, last season’s Purple Cap winner Prasidh Krishna is maintaining the same excellent rhythm. Youth like Sameer Rizvi and Ayush Mhatre have influenced.

It is too early to predict the Orange and Purple Cap winners, but some selected players have shown continued good form, who can win the Orange and Purple Cap this time.

5 contenders for Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is currently held by Sameer Rizvi of Delhi Capitals. Rizvi has scored 160 runs in 2 matches, scoring half-centuries in both the matches. He obviously seems to be a big contender for the Orange Cap. Mumbai Indians’ veteran batsman Rohit Sharma has scored 113 runs including a half-century. Rohit has been in good form in the past too and if he can maintain this rhythm then he can definitely achieve the feat of winning the Orange Cap for the first time.

KKR’s 21-year-old batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi has so far scored a total of 103 runs, scoring half-centuries in both the matches. Australia’s Cooper Connolly has also shown signs of being in great form. This 22 year old player playing for Punjab Kings has scored 108 runs. Many other names are seen in the race for Orange Cap. Ishan Kishan, Ayush Mhatre, Dhruv Jurel and Sai Sudarshan are also scoring runs. But currently Ishan Kishan is at number-5 in the Orange Cap race, having scored 94 runs so far.

5 contenders for Orange Cap- Sameer Rizvi, Rohit Sharma, Cooper Connolly, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ishan Kishan/Ayush Mhatre

5 contenders for purple cap

Prasidh Krishna became the winner of the Purple Cap by taking 25 wickets in IPL 2025. Krishna is once again in good form, having taken 4 wickets so far. Ravi Bishnoi, who destroyed the batting line-up of Gujarat Titans, is currently sitting on the top with 5 wickets. Vijaykumar Vaishak of Punjab Kings has continuously worked to trap the batsmen in his bowling variations, who has taken 5 wickets so far. Based on the statistics, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi are also in the race to win the Purple Cap. Jaydev Unadkat and Prasidh Krishna are also seen in good form.

5 contenders for Purple Cap: Ravi Bishnoi, Vijaykumar Vaishak, T Natarajan, Lungi Ngidi, Jaydev Unadkat/Prasidh Krishna

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After the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match played on Thursday, a big change has been seen in the race for the Orange Cap. 21-year-old Angkrish Raghuvanshi has become the leader among the batsmen scoring the most runs in IPL 2026. In the match against SRH, he played a strong half-century of 52 runs.

In the match played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, SRH, batting first, scored 226 runs on the scoreboard. In reply, both KKR openers Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen were out early. But Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who came to bat at number three, has won the Orange Cap by scoring 52 runs.

21 year old boy has orange cap

21 year old Angkrish Raghuvanshi has so far scored 103 runs in 2 matches. He has scored half-centuries in both the matches played so far. He had scored 51 runs against Mumbai Indians and now against Sunrisers Hyderabad also he has scored a half-century of 52 runs. He has left behind big players like Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen and Rohit Sharma.

Ishan Kishan, captaining Sunrisers Hyderabad, had scored 80 runs against RCB in the first match, but against Kolkata Knight Riders he was out after scoring only 14 runs. Rohit Sharma remains at fifth position in the Orange Cap race after scoring 78 runs.

• 103 runs – Angkrish Raghuvanshi – KKR
• 94 runs – Ishan Kishan – SRH
• 83 runs – Heinrich Klaasen – SRH
• 81 runs – Ryan Rickleton – MI
• 78 runs – Rohit Sharma – MI

Angkrish Raghuvanshi has so far scored 566 runs in his IPL career after playing 24 matches. Last season, he scored a total of 300 runs while playing for KKR. This time he seems to be in better form than before, because he has crossed the 100-run mark in just 2 matches.

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