On one hand, 10 teams are fighting for the trophy in IPL 2026, while on the other hand, there is a competition among the players to win the Purple Cap and Orange Cap. Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has won the Purple Cap by taking three wickets against Delhi Capitals. Although, he has definitely come first in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets, but his wickets are equal to Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings and Ishan Malinga of Sunrisers Hyderabad.

RCB’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 14 wickets in eight matches so far in IPL 2026. Anshul Kamboj of Chennai also has 14 wickets in his name in 8 matches. SRH’s Malinga has also taken 14 wickets in the same number of matches. After this, three bowlers took 13-13 wickets. It includes Jofra Archer of Rajasthan Royals, Prince Yadav of Lucknow Super Giants and Kagiso Rabada of Gujarat Titans.

Bowlers taking the most wickets in IPL 2026

Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 14 wickets
Anshul Kamboj- 14 wickets
Ishan Malinga- 14 wickets
Joffra Archer- 13 wickets
Prince Yadav – 13 wickets
Kagiso Rabada – 13 wickets
Prasidh Krishna- 12 wickets
Ravi Bishnoi- 11 wickets

Orange cap may be snatched from Abhishek Sharma today

Now talking about Orange Cap, its battle is also quite exciting. Currently the Orange Cap is in the name of Abhishek Sharma of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Abhishek has 380 runs in eight matches. However, KL Rahul, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Virat Kohli and Heinrich Klaasen are also among the contenders. So far there are 9 batsmen who have scored more than 300 runs.

Today is the match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. In such a situation, Rajasthan’s explosive opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi can leave Hyderabad’s Abhishek behind. He is currently 24 runs away from getting the Orange Cap. Looking at the way he is batting, it would not be wrong to say that Vaibhav will snatch the Orange Cap from Abhishek Sharma after hitting just four sixes.

Batsmen who scored the most runs in IPL 2026

Abhishek Sharma- 380 runs
KL Rahul- 358 runs
Vaibhav Suryavanshi- 357 runs
Virat Kohli- 351 runs
Heinrich Klaasen- 349 runs