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Orange Cap and Purple Cap Holder List in IPL 2026: RCB has become number 1 in the battle for the trophy among 10 teams. But, just as the team is number 1, so are its players. RCB players have also maintained their dominance in the race for Orange Cap and Purple Cap. Now look at Virat Kohli, he has made a tremendous leap in the race for the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs. On the other hand, Purple Cap fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become number one like his team. Overall, it is said that the success of the team depends on its players, which is visible in the form of RCB in IPL 2026.

Virat Kohli's jump in the Orange Cap race

Before the 57th match of IPL 2026, the situation was different in the race for the Orange Cap. Virat Kohli was not where he is now standing. In simple language, he has taken a huge leap, due to which Ranveer like Abhishek Sharma, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill have lagged behind him in the race for the Orange Cap. The 57th match of IPL 2026 was played between RCB and KKR, in which Virat Kohli came out of the dilemma of ducks in the last two matches and scored an amazing century. The result was that not only did KKR lose by 6 wickets, Virat himself also took a huge leap by scoring unbeaten 105 runs in 60 balls.

After the century innings played against KKR on May 13, Virat Kohli's number of runs in IPL 2026 has now reached 484 runs after 12 matches. With this, Virat Kohli has now come at third place in the Orange Cap race. Only Heinrich Klaasen (508 runs) and Sai Sudarshan (501 runs) are ahead of him.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar's dominance on Purple Cap continues

Talking about Purple Cap, it has been occupied by RCB's Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a long time. But, now he has strengthened his lead a little more in that race. Bhuvneshwar Kumar remains at number one with 22 wickets in 12 matches played so far in IPL 2026. Kagiso Rabada, who took 21 wickets in the same number of matches, is behind him. CSK's Anshul Kamboj is not far in the race to get the Purple Cap, who has 19 wickets in 11 matches.

Saket Sharma

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