Starting from the inaugural IPL season in 2008, the Orange Cap has been claimed by some of the best batters in cricket.
The first-ever recipient was Australian opener Shaun Marsh, who amassed 616 runs for Kings XI Punjab. Over the years, the checklist of Orange Cap holders has included modern-day greats like Chris Gayle, David Warner and Virat Kohli.
Among the most exceptional Orange Cap-winning performances, Kohli’s record-breaking 973-run marketing campaign in IPL 2016 stays unparalleled. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru talisman registered 4 centuries within the IPL that season, setting a benchmark.
Kohli’s tally for the 2016 season continues to be the document for most runs scored by a participant in a single IPL season and the one time any batter has breached the 900-mark within the T20 competitors. Shubman Gill, 890 in IPL 2023, has come the closest.
Chris Gayle is the one batter to win the Orange Cap in successive seasons – 2011 and 2012.
Meanwhile, David Warner holds the excellence of profitable the Orange Cap thrice (2015, 2017, 2019), the most by any participant in IPL historical past.
In 2024, Virat Kohli reclaimed the Orange Cap, scoring 741 runs in 15 matches, to change into solely the third participant to win the Orange Cap a number of instances.
Last 12 months, Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan gained the IPL 2025 Orange Cap award, having scored 759 runs in 15 matches.
Only two gamers in IPL historical past – Robin Uthappa in 2014 with Kolkata Knight Riders and Ruturaj Gaikwad in 2021 with Chennai Super Kings – have managed to win each the Orange Cap and the IPL trophy in the identical season.
In the 18 accomplished IPL seasons to date, the Indians have staked a declare on the Orange Cap eight instances whereas the Australians have held the honour on six events.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar, in 2010, was the primary Indian to win the IPL Orange Cap after Marsh and Matthew Hayden, each Australians, claimed the prize within the first two editions.
