The IPL Orange Cap is an award which is given annually to the leading run-scorer in the IPL season. The award was started in the first season of the tournament in 2008. Orange Cap works as a reward for the outstanding display by a batsman.
Shaun Marsh was the first player to win the award. He scored 616 runs in 11 matches which was the most runs scored in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League.
The record of most runs in the IPL season belongs to Virat Kohli who scored 973 in 2016 and got his name in the Orange Cap winners list. He will be one of the contenders to score most runs in IPL 2020 along with the likes of David Warner and Kane Williamson.
Also see - IPL Purple Cap
A. It is the award given to the batsman with the most runs in the IPL season.
A. David Warner was the Orange Cap holder in IPL 2019. He scored 692 runs in 12 matches in IPL 2019.
Pos. | Player | Innings | Runs | AVG | SR | 4S | 6S |
1 | David Warner | 12 | 692 | 69.2 | 143.87 | 57 | 21 |
2 | Lokesh Rahul | 14 | 593 | 53.91 | 135.39 | 49 | 25 |
3 | Quinton de Kock | 16 | 529 | 35.27 | 132.91 | 45 | 25 |
4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 16 | 521 | 34.73 | 135.68 | 64 | 11 |
5 | Andre Russell | 13 | 510 | 56.67 | 204.82 | 31 | 52 |
6 | Chris Gayle | 13 | 490 | 40.83 | 153.61 | 45 | 34 |
7 | Rishabh Pant | 16 | 488 | 37.54 | 162.67 | 37 | 27 |
8 | Virat Kohli | 14 | 464 | 33.14 | 141.46 | 46 | 13 |
9 | Shreyas Iyer | 16 | 463 | 30.87 | 119.95 | 41 | 14 |
10 | Jonny Bairstow | 10 | 445 | 55.62 | 157.24 | 48 | 18 |
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