IPL 2026 Orange Cap: Rajasthan Royals opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was at his imperious best during his knock against the Mumbai Indians, powering his side to 150 for 3 in a rain-truncated encounter at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The swashbuckling batter smashed 10 fours and four sixes in his onslaught against Mumbai. Jaiswal reached the century of sixes as he slammed his 100th one while representing the Rajasthan Royals ever since his debut.
Yashasvi Jaiswal – the orange cap holder
With his knock, Jaiswal also surpassed Delhi Capitals’ Sameer Rizvi as the leading run-scorer in the tournament so far. Notably, he has accumulated 170 runs in 3 matches with an average of 170. Interestingly. This half-century was his 17th in his IPL career so far.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi enters the top 5
Along with Jaiswal, Suryavanshi scored a hard-hitting 39 in just 14 balls, with four and five sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 278.57 before he was undone by Shardul Thakur. The highlight of this match was when he welcomed Bumrah with a first-ball six. His knock ensured that he entered the top five leading run-getters in the tournament.
Check the list here:
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | 4s | 6s |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 3 | 3 | 170 | 170 | 163.46 | 19 | 8 |
| Sameer Rizvi | 2 | 2 | 160 | 160 | 163.27 | 12 | 11 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 3 | 3 | 145 | 48.33 | 147.96 | 11 | 4 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 3 | 3 | 122 | 40.67 | 248.98 | 10 | 11 |
| Rohit Sharma | 3 | 3 | 118 | 39.33 | 168.57 | 11 | 7 |
| Devdutt Padikkal | 2 | 2 | 111 | 55.5 | 201.82 | 12 | 6 |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 3 | 3 | 110 | 55 | 169.23 | 12 | 4 |
| Cooper Connolly | 3 | 2 | 108 | 108 | 163.64 | 11 | 5 |
| Sarfaraz Khan | 3 | 3 | 99 | 33 | 202.04 | 16 | 4 |
| Ryan Rickelton | 3 | 3 | 98 | 32.67 | 168.97 | 6 | 9 |
| Virat Kohli | 2 | 2 | 97 | 97 | 173.21 | 7 | 6 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 3 | 3 | 96 | 32 | 152.38 | 7 | 6 |
| Ishan Kishan | 3 | 3 | 95 | 31.67 | 186.27 | 11 | 5 |
| Dhruv Jurel | 3 | 3 | 95 | 31.67 | 175.93 | 9 | 5 |
| Sai Sudharsan | 2 | 2 | 86 | 43 | 156.36 | 11 | 3 |
RR Beat MI By 33 Runs
Courtesy of some disciplined bowling from RR, they continued their unbeaten run in the tournament with a 27-run win over the Mumbai Indians. Notably, they also reached the top of the points table, overtaking the Punjab Kings, who have two wins and a loss from three games.
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