New Delhi: The current season of IPL (IPL 2026) is at the midway point. Out of 70, 36 matches have already been played. Just as the points list is showing ups and downs at the end of each match, the fight for ‘Orange Cap’ (IPL Orange Cap) has also accumulated. On Saturday, the orange cap was changed three times unprecedentedly. At least Hal has never seen such a fight in the race to be the highest run scorer.

Earlier in the day, the orange cap was owned by Virat Kohli before the first match. He scored 328 runs in seven matches at an average of 54.67 and a strike rate of 163.18. But by the end of the day, Kohli dropped to fifth in the list. In the first match of the day Delhi Capitals lose thoughplayed a historic innings against Punjab Kings KL Rahul. He remains unbeaten on 152 off 67 balls, which is the highest ever in twenty-over cricket by an Indian. Due to his innings, the orange cap was lifted on the head of the Delhi Capitals star.

Rahul has already scored a total of 357 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of 187.89 and an average of 59.50. But in the second match on Saturday Vaibhav SuryavanshiHe played an excellent innings. He scored the third fastest century in IPL history. Rahul’s 37-ball innings of 103 runs equals 357 runs in his possession. However, Vaibhav’s strike rate of 234.86 is much higher than Rahul’s, and due to this strike rate, even if there are equal number of runs, the orange cap is lifted on Vaibhav’s head. However, at the end of that match, the orange cap changed hands once again.

Abhishek Sharma played an innings of 57 runs off 29 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals. Due to this innings, he snatched the orange cap from Vaibhav’s head at the end of the day. Abhishek scored 380 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 212.29 and an average of 54.29. He is the current owner of the Orange Cap. Another Sunrisers batsman Heinrich Klaasen has also been in great form in the current tournament. He could not score more than 29 runs that day. But nevertheless, he is great KohliK has managed to climb to number four in the Orange Cap list.

Looking at these statistics, one thing is needless to say. IPLThe battle of the orange cap is completely frozen.