Vaibhav Suryavanshi in explosive form! Capture of Orange Cap, race for Purple Cap also became exciting

New Delhi. In the 16th match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals once again performed brilliantly and defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. The biggest hero of this victory was 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who changed the entire course of the match by playing an explosive innings of 78 runs in just 26 balls. Thanks to his stormy batting, Rajasthan achieved the target of 201 runs with two overs remaining. With this performance, Vaibhav captured the Orange Cap of IPL 2026 and became the first player to do so in the season.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s historic innings

Vaibhav batted fearlessly against the strong bowling attack of RCB. He hit 8 fours and 7 sixes in his innings and scored runs at a strike rate close to 300. The special thing was that he completed 200 runs in just four matches this season, and topped the league with an average of 50 and a strike rate of 266.67. His consistency has taken him to the top in the Orange Cap race.

Rajasthan’s dominance in the Orange Cap race

At present, the dominance of Rajasthan Royals is being seen in the race for Orange Cap. Vaibhav Suryavanshi (200 runs) is in the first place, while Yashasvi Jaiswal (183 runs) and Dhruv Jurel (176 runs) are also in the top-3. Delhi Capitals’ Sameer Rizvi (160 runs) and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi (155 runs) are also in the top-5. This is a clear indication that the performance of Rajasthan’s batsmen this season has been excellent.

Ravi Bishnoi captures the Purple Cap

While Rajasthan has dominance among the batsmen, the team’s spinner Ravi Bishnoi has done wonders in bowling also. So far, he has won the Purple Cap by taking 9 wickets in 4 matches. After him, Prasidh Krishna (6 wickets), Rashid Khan (5 wickets), Lungi Ngidi (5 wickets) and Joffra Archer (5 wickets) are included in the top-5.

match status

Batting first, RCB scored 201 runs, in which captain Rajat Patidar played an important inning of 63 runs. Virat Kohli also scored 32 runs, but the team could not score a big score against the Rajasthan bowlers. In reply, Rajasthan easily achieved the target thanks to the explosive innings of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi won the Orange Cap of IPL 2026 on the basis of his explosive innings of 78 runs, while Ravi Bishnoi holds the Purple Cap with 9 wickets. Rajasthan Royals are performing brilliantly in both the categories this season.