Kohli at No. 3 on orange cap table, Bhuvneshwar at No. 1 on purple cap table
RCB players made a move up the ranks in IPL 2026
ESPNcricinfo staff
Published: May 14, 2026, 1:47 AM (6 hrs ago)
There is always movement on the IPL 2026 orange and purple cap tables and Wednesday was no different
Virat Kohli scored his ninth IPL century to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru chase down 193 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Raipur. In doing so, he moved up to No. 3 on the list of highest run-getters this season. Kohli’s tally of 484 from 12 innings at a strike rate of 165.75 is just behind B Sai Sudharsan (501) and Heinrich Klaasen (508).
Behind them are Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma (481 runs), KL Rahul of Delhi Capitals (DC, 477), and Sai Sudharsan’s captain at Gujarat Titans, Shubman Gill (467).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Purple Cap winner in 2016 and 2017, has pulled away from Kagiso Rabada, Purple Cap winner from 2020. With 1 for 34 against KKR, Bhuvneshwar now has one more wicket than Rabada (21)
Behind them are Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings (CSK, 19 wickets), Prince Yadav of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and GT’s Rashid Khan, KKR’s Kartik Tyagi and SRH’s Eshan Malinga, all with 16 wickets.
