Abhishek Sharma tops Orange Cap
- Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma moved to the top of the Indian Premier League 2026 Orange Cap table on April 26 after a 29-ball 57. - Sharma now has 380 runs in eight innings, ahead of Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul, both tied on 357. - The cap changed hands three times on April 25, with Virat Kohli dropping from first to fifth in 24 hours. (espncricinfo.com)
Abhishek Sharma ended April 25 on top of the Indian Premier League Orange Cap race after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s chase against Rajasthan Royals. (espncricinfo.com) The Sunrisers opener made 57 off 29 balls in Jaipur and lifted his season tally to 380 runs from eight innings. ESPNcricinfo’s Orange Cap table listed him first on April 26. (espncricinfo.com 1) (espncricinfo.com 2) The chase came after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 103 off 37 balls for Rajasthan Royals in the same match. That innings took the teenager to 357 runs, level with Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul. (espncricinfo.com) Rahul had briefly gone top earlier on April 25 with an unbeaten 152 against Punjab Kings. ESPNcricinfo said that was the highest score by an Indian in T20 cricket history. (espncricinfo.com) The Orange Cap is awarded to the tournament’s leading run-scorer, and the live holder can change several times in a day when multiple matches are played. April 25 turned into one of those days. (espncricinfo.com) ESPNcricinfo reported that 986 runs were scored across the day’s two matches, a record for a single date in the IPL. That run surge reshuffled the batting table in a matter of hours. (espncricinfo.com) Virat Kohli had been first with 320 runs, but slipped to fifth within 24 hours as Rahul, Sooryavanshi and then Abhishek moved ahead. Heinrich Klaasen also climbed into the top four with 349 runs. (espncricinfo.com 1) (espncricinfo.com 2) The updated table also shows how concentrated the race has become near the top: Abhishek leads by 23 runs, while Sooryavanshi and Rahul are separated only by strike rate on identical aggregates. (espncricinfo.com 1) (espncricinfo.com 2) Sunrisers Hyderabad are also third on the points table with 10 points from eight matches, giving Abhishek’s run of scores weight beyond the individual leaderboard. Rajasthan Royals are fourth on the same points total. (espncricinfo.com) For now, the Orange Cap sits with Abhishek Sharma after a day when it passed from Kohli to Rahul to Sooryavanshi before ending in Hyderabad’s dressing room. (espncricinfo.com)
