New Delhi: Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul scored his third half-century of the IPL 2026 season to jump to the top of the Orange Cap standings. His 75 against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Friday took his total this season to 433, eight more than Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma.Ahead of the Jaipur match, Rahul failed to make the top five, but his 40-ball knock helped him leapfrog a host of runners including Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Heinrich Klassen and Abhishek to clinch the Orange Cap.Rahul has now scored 433 runs in nine games at an average of 54.12 and a strike rate of 185.83, including five wickets.Sooryavanshi also had a chance to top the list but the star 15-year-old failed in a rare move – he missed just four games on Friday – in the RR opener, finishing fourth with 404 runs in 10 games. The teenager has scored a staggering 237.64 runs this season, including 1250 runs.Abhishek has slipped to second place with 425 points in 9 games at an average of 53.12 and a strike rate of 209.35, followed by teammate Klaasen at third. Klassen has scored 414 points in 9 games with an average of 59.14 and a shooting percentage of 157.41.RCB talisman Kohli is in the top five with 379 runs in 9 games at an average of 54.14 and a strike rate of 165.50, including three half-centuries. Gill has fallen out of the top five and currently sits in sixth place with 373 points from eight races.
IPL 2026 Orange Caps RR vs DC standings after the match:
| rank | player | running | matches | bureau | SR | Avenue. | HS |
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur Rahul(DC) | Chapter 433 | 9 | 9 | 185.83 | 54.13 | 152* |
| 2 | Abhishek Sharma(SRH) | Chapter 425 | 9 | 9 | 209.35 | 53.13 | 135* |
| 3 | Heinrich Klassen (SRH) | Chapter 414 | 9 | 9 | 157.41 | 59.14 | 65* |
| 4 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi(RR) | 404 | 10 | 10 | 237.64 | 40.40 | 103 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli(RCB) | Chapter 379 | 9 | 9 | 165.50 | 54.14 | 81 |
| 6 | Shubman Gill(GT) | Chapter 373 | 8 | 8 | 155.41 | 46.63 | 86 |
| 7 | Prabhusimran Singh(PBKS) | Chapter 346 | 8 | 7 | 179.27 | 57.67 | 80* |
| 8 | Syed Sudarsan(GT) | 328 | 9 | 9 | 162.37 | 36.44 | 100 |
| 9 | Ishan Kishan(SRH) | Chapter 312 | 9 | 9 | 197.46 | 34.67 | 91 |
| 10 | Yashasvi Jaiswal(RR) | Chapter 312 | 10 | 10 | 159.18 | 39:00 | 77* |
