Rahul, Sooryavanshi, and finally Abhishek wear the Orange Cap on Super Saturday
The Orange Cap went from head to head across Saturday, before eventually going to SRH opener Abhishek Sharma
ESPNcricinfo staff
Published: Apr 26, 2026, 12:31 AM
Abhishek Sharma scored 57 on Saturday, and now has 380 runs • BCCI
April 25 turned out to be a Super Saturday of a different level as 986 runs were scored across two games – a record for a single day in the IPL. Expectedly, there was big movement on the Orange and Purple Cap tables too. Here’s where we stand.
Virat Kohli (320 runs) slipped from first to fifth within 24 hours as Punjab Kings (PBKS) razed 265 against Delhi Capitals (DC) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) chased down 229 against Rajasthan Royals (RR).
As the sun was setting in Delhi, it was DC opener KL Rahul who had taken the No. 1 spot with his unbeaten 152, the highest score by an Indian in T20 cricket. With 357 runs in seven innings, Rahul moved to the top spot, but stayed there for less than two hours.
Because over in Jaipur, teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a 37-ball 103 to also reach 357 runs – the same tally as Rahul – and grabbed the Orange Cap by virtue of a better strike rate.
An hour later, SRH opener Abhishek Sharma had moved to the top of the batting table with a 29-ball 57.
With a fourth fifty-plus score in eight innings, Abhishek now leads the batting charts with 380 runs, 23 more than Sooryavanshi and Rahul. Heinrich Klaasen consolidated his place in the top five by moving up to No. 4 when he scored 29 in SRH’s win. With 349 runs, he sits just in front of Kohli.
SRH’s Sri Lankan seamer Eshan Malinga took 2 for 38 against RR and is now hot on the heels of Chennai Super Kings’ Anshul Kamboj. Malinga dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal and Donovan Ferreira. Both bowlers have 14 wickets, although Kamboj retains the Purple Cap because of a better economy rate (8.95 vs 9.44).
RR seamer Jofra Archer bowled a menacing spell (2 for 34) but could not end up on the winning side. However, he moved up joint-third on the bowling charts with the key wickets of Travis Head and Ishan Kishan. He has 13 wickets, like Lucknow Super Giants’ Prince Yadav. Gujarat Titans seamer Prasidh Krishna rounds up the top five with 12 wickets.
