Virat Kohli surpasses Gill, Abhishek in Orange Cap race; Bhuvneshwar Kumar dominates Purple Cap

By Sandy Verma On May 14, 2026

Virat Kohli recorded his first century of the IPL 2026 to re-enter the IPL 2026 Orange Cap race on Wednesday, May 13. Kohli scored an unbeaten 105 runs off 60 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders to lead RCB to the top of the points table in Raipur.

After scoring two back-to-back ducks in his last two innings, Virat Kohli arrived in Raipur with his best form. Chasing a tough 193-run target in a rain-hit game, the former RCB skipper produced a record-laden century and became the first Indian to reach 14,000 runs in T20 cricket.

Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar emerged as the best bowler for RCB with a wicket of Finn Allen on Wednesday, and extended his lead in the Purple Cap.

Virat Kohli enters the IPL 2026 Orange Cap race

Virat Kohli scored 105* off 60 balls against KKR and took a big step in the Orange Cap race. The two-time Orange Cap winner boasts 484 runs in 12 innings in IPL 2026 at an average of 53.77 and a strike rate of 165.75.

Kohli surpassed the likes of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shubman Gill to jump to the 3rd place in the scoring charts. He is now only 24 runs behind the leader Heinrich Klaasen, who holds the cap with 508 runs in 12 innings.

Most runs in IPL 2026:

Heinrich Klaasen – 508 runs in 12 innings
Sai Sudharsan – 501 runs in 12 innings
Virat Kohli – 484 runs in 12 innings
Abhishek Sharma – 481 runs in 12 innings
KL Rahul – 477 runs in 12 innings
Shubman Gill – 467 runs in 11 innings

Bhuvneshwar Kumar dominates the Purple Cap

Bhuvneshwar Kumar continued his red-hot form with the best bowling figures for RCB on Wednesday. He dismissed Finn Allen and conceded 8.50 per over to extend his lead in the Purple Cap race. The veteran pacer is leading the charts with 22 wickets in 12 innings at an average of 16.1 and an economy rate of 7.55 so far this season.

Most wickets in IPL 2026:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 22 wickets in 12 innings
Kagiso Rabada – 22 wickets in 12 innings
Anshul Kmaboj – 19 wickets in 11 innings
Prince Yadav – 16 wickets in 11 innings
Rashid Khan – 16 wickets in 12 innings

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