IPL 2026 – Orange Cap and Purple Cap race – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi snatches lead from Yashasvi Jaiswal

Scores of 52, 31, 39 and 78 means the new Orange Cap leader is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with 200 runs from four innings, scored at a combined strike rate of 266.66. The latest innings, against the might of Josh Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, among others, was a spectacle of sorts, with eight fours and seven sixes, and made RR’s chase of 202 look like a stroll in the park.