IPL 2026: Virat Kohli leads in the race for Orange Cap, know at which number Vaibhav Suryavanshi slipped

IPL 2026: In IPL 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore have registered their fourth win of this season by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. In this match, former RCB captain Virat Kohli performed brilliantly and played an inning of 49 runs. With this inning, Kohli has captured the Orange Cap, leaving behind Heinrich Klaasen of Hyderabad. In this episode, let us know which other batsmen are included in this list along with King Kohli.

Top-5 batsmen in IPL 2026 Orange Cap list

1. Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star opener Virat Kohli has reached the forefront in the race for the Orange Cap. King Kohli has scored 228 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches so far this season. During this period, he has scored 2 half-centuries.

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2. Heinrich Clasen

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s explosive batsman Heinrich Klaasen is at second place in the race for Orange Cap. Klaasen is just 4 runs behind Kohli. This powerful batsman from Hyderabad has scored 224 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches played so far. Klaasen has also scored 2 half-centuries so far.

3. Rajat Patidar

The third name in this list is that of Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar, who has scored 222 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches so far this season. During this period, Patidar has scored 2 half-centuries.

4. Ishan Kishan

The name of current captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad Ishan Kishan is also included in this list, who has shown excellent performance so far this season. Kishan has so far scored 213 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches. At one time Kishan was second in the Orange Cap race. But now he has slipped to fourth position.

5. Vaibhav Suryavanshi

15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is wreaking havoc with his explosive batting in IPL 2026, is at number five in this list. Vaibhav has performed brilliantly and scored 200 runs in 5 matches. However, he could not even open his account in the match against Hyderabad, due to which he has lagged behind in the race for the Orange Cap.