The pace of IPL 2026 season has started increasing and now the race from the points table to the figures of runs and wickets has also started changing. All the teams have played at least one match each, while Kolkata and Hyderabad have played 2 matches each and this is the reason why these two teams currently dominate the Orange Cap race. (Photo: PTI)

Currently, Kolkata Knight Riders' young batsman Angkrish Raghuvanshi is in the race for the Orange Cap for the batsman who scores the most runs in the IPL. Even though Kolkata has not been able to open its account and has lost both the matches, Raghuvanshi's bat is continuing. (Photo: PTI)

This 21-year-old batsman from Kolkata had played an inning of 52 runs in the second match against SRH and thus he became number-1 in the Orange Cap race. (Photo: PTI)

This was Raghuvanshi's second consecutive half-century in this tournament. Earlier, he had played an inning of 51 runs against Mumbai Indians. In this way, he now has 103 runs in his name in 2 innings, which includes 12 fours and 4 sixes. (Photo: PTI)

At second place in this list is the current captain of SRH Ishan Kishan, who has 94 runs in 2 innings. At the third position is Heinrich Klaasen of SRH, who has scored 83 runs in 2 matches. (Photo: PTI)