IPL Records: Top 10 batsmen who led the Orange Cap list in the 2016 IPL season

Gautam Gambhir (Image Courtesy - BCCI/iplt20.com)
Gautam Gambhir (Image Courtesy - BCCI/iplt20.com)

#6 Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

Rohit Sharma (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)
Rohit Sharma (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)

Rohit Sharma is yet another captain who made it to the Orange Cap leaderboard, with a tally of 489 runs at a strike rate of 132.88 in 14 innings. He regularly steadied the Mumbai Indians innings after early collapses.

Rohit struck 5 half centuries, 49 fours and 16 sixes in IPL 2016, at an average of 44.45. However, that did not help Mumbai Indians as they failed to qualify for the playoffs.

#5 Shikhar Dhawan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Shikhar Dhawan (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)
Shikhar Dhawan (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)

Shikhar Dhawan played superbly for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2016. and deserves a lot of credit for the team‘s title win. Dhawan scored 501 runs in 17 innings at a strike rate of 116.78.

The man nicknamed 'Gabbar' stepped up for his team whenever David Warner failed to click. He hit 51 fours and 8 sixes and scored his runs at an average of 38.53.

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