Devdutt Padikkal and Heinrich Klaasen rank among the top five in the Orange Cap leaderboard. Image Credit: ANI
IPL 2026 Orange Cap: The run-fest at Chinnaswamy Stadium between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings saw Devdutt Padikkal making huge jumps in the race for the Orange Cap. The left-handed batter for the defending champions moved to the 4th spot on the leaderboard. Currently, the Orange Cap is donned by Delhi Capitals’ Sameer Rizvi. Rizvi has scored 160 runs in two games so far and has been named the player of the match in both games, sealing the win for his team.
Earlier in the day, Heinrich Klaasen played a great knock for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Lucknow Super Giants. The South African batter scored 62 runs in the first innings to climb to the second spot in the Orange Cap leaderboard. Check out the full list of the highest run-getters in IPL 2026 below.
|
Position |
Player |
Team |
Matches |
Runs |
Strike Rate |
Average |
Highest Score |
|
1 |
Sameer Rizvi |
Delhi Capitals |
2 |
160 |
163.26 |
160.00 |
90 |
|
2 |
Heinrich Klaasen |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
3 |
145 |
147.95 |
48.33 |
62 |
|
3 |
Rohit Sharma |
Mumbai Indians |
2 |
113 |
176.56 |
56.50 |
78 |
|
4 |
Devdutt Padikkal |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
2 |
111 |
201.81 |
55.50 |
61 |
|
5 |
Cooper Connolly |
Punjab Kings |
2 |
108 |
163.63 |
108.00 |
72* |
|
6 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
2 |
103 |
177.58 |
51.50 |
52 |
|
7 |
Sarfaraz Khan |
Chennai Super Kings |
3 |
99 |
202.04 |
33.00 |
50 |
|
8 |
Virat Kohli |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
2 |
97 |
173.21 |
97.00 |
69* |
|
9 |
Nitish Kumar Reddy |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
3 |
96 |
152.38 |
32.00 |
56 |
|
10 |
Ishan Kishan |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
3 |
95 |
186.27 |
31.66 |
80 |
Devdutt Padikkal scored his second fifty in the IPL 2026. The left-handed batter has been in fine form since the start of the season for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He has not only amassed the runs for the defending champions but has done so while batting at a fairly quick rate, making sure that he is batting with a high intent.
In the opening game against SRH, Padikkal scored 61 runs in only 26 balls, setting up the foundation for RCB’s successful chase of 202 runs. In his second game of the season, Padikkal struggled early in the innings against the Chennai Super Kings. However, he quickly bounced back and scored his second half-century of the season. Padikkal was dismissed after scoring 50 runs off 29 deliveries.
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