IPL 2026 Orange Cap: KL Rahul leapfrogs Abhishek, Sooryavanshi to the top

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul scored his 3rd half-century of the IPL 2026 play to leap to the apical of the Orange Cap standings. His 75 against Rajasthan Royals successful Jaipur connected Friday took his wide tally this play to 433 runs, 8 much than Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma.Rahul was extracurricular the apical 5 earlier the lucifer successful Jaipur, but the 40-ball sound helped him leapfrog an array of run-getters similar Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek to snatch the Orange Cap.Rahul present has 433 runs from 9 games astatine an mean of 54.12 and a onslaught complaint of 185.83, which includes 1 100 and 3 fifties.Sooryavanshi besides had a accidental to spell top, but a uncommon nonaccomplishment for the 15-year-old sensation — who was retired for conscionable 4 connected Friday — near the RR opener 4th with 404 runs from 10 games.

The teen has scored his runs astatine a stunning onslaught complaint of 237.64 this season, including 1 100 and 2 fifties.Abhishek slipped to 2nd with 425 runs from 9 games astatine an mean of 53.12 and a onslaught complaint of 209.35, followed by teammate Klaasen successful third. Klaasen has 414 runs from 9 matches astatine an mean of 59.14 and a onslaught complaint of 157.41.RCB talisman Kohli completes the apical 5 with 379 runs from 9 games astatine an mean of 54.14 and a onslaught complaint of 165.50, including 3 half-centuries. Gill has dropped retired of the apical 5 and is present successful sixth spot with 373 runs from 8 matches.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings aft RR vs DC match: