The T20 Cricket 2026 IPL season is young, with many batters swinging for the Orange Cap.

Unlike MLB, T20 cricket is a sport where the color of a cap is used to name the leading run-scorer. Here is the Orange Cap Leaderboard in the early stages of the 2026 IPL tournament.

2026 IPL Orange Cap Leaderboard

Here are the top 10 batters in the Orange Cap leaderboard. The current Orange Cap leader is Sameer Rizvi.

1. Sameer Rizvi – 160 runs
2. Rohit Sharma – 113 runs
3. Cooper Connolly – 108 runs
4. Angkrish Raghuvanshi – 103 runs
5. Ishan Kishan – 94 runs
6. Dhruv Jurel – 93 runs
7. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 93 runs
8. Ryan Rickelton – 90 runs
9. Sai Sudharsan – 86 runs
10. Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 83 runs

Previous T20 Cricket Orange Cap Winners

Here is a list of the previous Orange Cap winners in the IPL.

• 2025: Sai Sudharsan, 759 runs
• 2024: Virat Kohli, 741 runs
• 2023: Shubman Gill, 890 runs
• 2022: Jos Buttler, 863 runs
• 2021: Ruturaj Gaikwad, 635 runs

Facts About the Orange Cap in the IPL

Here are some things you may or may not have known about the history of the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League T20.

• First Awarded: April 25th, in the second week of the inaugural season.
• Orange was picked as the color for this award because no other organization had it as a major jersey color in 2008.
• When a batter becomes the runs-leader during a match, they are given an Orange Cap after their innings.
• First batter to win the award after a match: Brendon McCullum
• First batter to win the award after a season: Shaun Marsh