IPL 2026: From Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer to Tilak Verma: Who will wear the Orange Cap in IPL 2026?

IPL 2026 Orange Cap Contenders: IPL 2026 starts today, Saturday, March 28. The first match of the 19th season will be between defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Bangalore. It will be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium. The language of T20 cricket has changed in the last few years. Now scoring 200 runs in T20 cricket is not very difficult. So easily 200 runs can be seen in one inning. It is estimated that the number of 300 runs will be crossed from the previous season.

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The orange cap is awarded to the batsman with the most runs in an IPL season while the purple cap is awarded to the bowler who takes the most wickets. Discussions are going on about who will take the orange cap and purple cap in this new season. Before that, many famous players from around the world have predicted which batsman will get the orange cap in this new season. Star players like Virat Kohli, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Henrik Klaassen will take the field today. Ahead of the start of the tournament, cricket legends have predicted the contenders for the IPL 2026 Orange Cap. Most of the players in this list are Indians.

STAR Sports Experts Predict Orange Cap Winner This IPL 2026:

Faf du Plessis – Virat Kohli

Saba Karim – Virat Kohli

Harbhajan Singh – Virat Kohli or Shreyas Iyer or Suryakumar Yadav

Mohammad Kaif – Sai Sudarshan

Irfan Pathan – Tilak Verma

Lakshmipati Balaji – KL Rahul

Piyush Chawla – Ishan Kishan

Cheteshwar Pujara – Sai Sudarshan

Sanjay Bangar – Suryakumar Yadav

Varun Aaron – Abhishek Sharma or Ishaan Kishan

Which player has won the orange cap most times in IPL history?

Former Australian batsman David Warner holds the record of winning the Orange Cap three times in the history of IPL. Warner won the Orange Cap by scoring the most runs in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli have achieved this feat twice each. King Kohli won the Orange Cap in 2016 and 2024, while Gayle scored the highest runs for two consecutive years in 2011 and 2012.