IPL 2026 – Kagiso Rabada rises on Purple Cap table; Abhishek Sharma takes back Orange Cap

With Heinrich Klaasen also missing his opportunity, Rahul is safe at No. 2 at the moment, with 433 runs (Abhishek has 440). Klaasen got 11 against KKR and has 425 runs. Followed by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals (RR) with 404, and then a new entrant in the top five: B Sai Sudharsan, the GT opener, continued his recent surge with a 41-ball 57 to get to 385 runs.