Vaibhav Sooryavanshi regained the top spot at Orange Cap and became the first player to reach 400 runs in IPL 2026, underlining his stellar form this season.Rajasthan Royals posted an unbeaten 77 off 32 balls between Donovan Ferreira and Shubham Dubey, chasing the target in 19.2 overs to hand PBKS their first loss. RR’s chase was started by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (16 off 43) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (27 off 51) before Yuzvendra Chahal’s three wickets briefly shifted the momentum back to PBKS. However, Ferreira and Dube finished strongly under pressure. Earlier, PBKS posted 222/4 with Marcus Stoinis hitting 62* off 22 balls and Prabhsimran Singh hitting 59, but their bowlers could not defend the total in the death overs.
With this performance, Sooryavanshi now leads the Orange Cap points table with 4 hundreds in 9 games at an impressive strike rate of 238.09, further cementing his status as one of the breakout stars of the season.Abhishek Sharma is currently ranked second among IPL 2026 Orange Cap holders after his 50-wicket haul against Rajasthan Royals. In eight games, he amassed 380 points at an average of 54.29 and a strike rate of 212.29. KL Rahul ranks third with 358 runs in eight games with a strike rate of 185.49. Kohli is now fourth with 351 runs in eight innings at a strike rate of 162.50. Heinrich Klaasen is fifth with 349 points, an average of 49.86 and a strike rate of 149.79.Here are the top 10 run-scoring players in IPL 2026:
| rank | player | team | running | Competition (men) | Bureau (hotel) | hit rate (SR) | average (average) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | RR | 400 | 9 | 9 | 238.09 | 44.44 |
| 2 | Abhishek Sharma | sex hormone releasing hormone | 380 | 8 | 8 | 212.00 | 54.29 |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur Rahul | DC | Chapter 358 | 8 | 8 | 185.00 | 51.14 |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | RCB | Chapter 351 | 8 | 8 | 163.00 | 58.50 |
| 5 | Heinrich Klassen | sex hormone releasing hormone | Chapter 349 | 8 | 8 | 150.00 | 49.86 |
| 6 | Prabhusimran Singh | Bokos | Chapter 346 | 8 | 7 | 179.00 | 57.67 |
| 7 | Shubman Gill | GT | 330 | 7 | 7 | 149.00 | 47.14 |
| 8 | Sai Sudarsan | GT | Chapter 322 | 8 | 8 | 163.00 | 40.25 |
| 9 | Ishan Kishan | sex hormone releasing hormone | Chapter 312 | 8 | 8 | 199.00 | 39:00 |
| 10 | Shreyas Iyer | Bokos | 309 | 8 | 7 | 175.00 | 61.80 |
