Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 579 runs (Photo: PTI)
Orange Cap and Purple Cap Holder List in IPL 2026: A storm named Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium on the evening of 19 May. Now when a storm comes it also brings destruction along with it. The disaster affected Lucknow Super Giants who could not even save their score of 220 runs. Rajasthan Royals, playing the last match of this season on their home ground, won it by 7 wickets. Now Rajasthan not only defeated Lucknow but Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who became a hero by creating a storm in it, also defeated 7 international batsmen. Due to that, he has once again captured the Orange Cap.
Now you must be wondering who are those 7 international batsmen? This pertains to those 7 batsmen who were ahead of Vaibhav before his batting against LSG in the Orange Cap race and had scored 500 plus runs. The names of those batsmen are Mitchell Marsh (563 runs), Heinrich Klaasen (555 runs), Sai Sudarshan (554 runs), Shubman Gill (552 runs), Virat Kohli (542 runs), KL Rahul (533 runs) and Abhishek Sharma (507 runs). These are those 7 batsmen who have experience of playing international cricket. At the same time, 15 year old Vaibhav is still uncapped.
When Vaibhav came out to bat against LSG, he had 486 runs in his account. That means, he was 14 runs behind even the 500 run mark. But, when his innings ended against LSG, he was at the first position in the race for the Orange Cap of IPL 2026, leaving behind the 7 international batsmen standing in front of him. He had the highest number of runs against his name.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 93 runs with 10 sixes in just 38 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. This innings played at a strike rate of 244.74 not only brightened his baby boss image but also made him the new boss of the Orange Cap. After this inning, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 579 runs in 13 matches, which he scored with a strike rate of 236.32 and 53 sixes.
In IPL 2026, the face of the orange cap is changing after every match and every inning. Before the RR vs LSG match, the orange cap was in possession of Heinrich Klaasen. When LSG's innings ended against Rajasthan, it was in the name of Mitchell Marsh and when the match ended, it was in the possession of a dynamite batsman named Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
On one hand, there are continuous changes in the Orange Cap, while there is stagnation in the race for the Purple Cap. RCB's Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been number 1 there for a long time, with 24 wickets in 13 matches. The good thing is that RCB has reached the playoffs. In such a situation, Bhuvi will have a chance to break the record of taking maximum 32 wickets in one season of IPL.
