Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul scored his third half-century of the IPL 2026 season to jump to the top of the Orange Cap standings. His 75 against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Friday took his overall tally this season to 433 runs, eight more than Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Abhishek Sharma.Rahul was outside the top five before the match in Jaipur, but the 40-ball knock helped him leapfrog an array of run-getters like Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek to snatch the Orange Cap.Rahul now has 433 runs from nine games at an average of 54.12 and a strike rate of 185.83, which includes one hundred and three fifties.Sooryavanshi also had a chance to go top, but a rare failure for the 15-year-old sensation — who was out for just 4 on Friday — left the RR opener fourth with 404 runs from 10 games. The teenager has scored his runs at a stunning strike rate of 237.64 this season, including one hundred and two fifties.Abhishek slipped to second with 425 runs from nine games at an average of 53.12 and a strike rate of 209.35, followed by teammate Klaasen in third. Klaasen has 414 runs from nine matches at an average of 59.14 and a strike rate of 157.41.RCB talisman Kohli completes the top five with 379 runs from nine games at an average of 54.14 and a strike rate of 165.50, including three half-centuries. Gill has dropped out of the top five and is now in sixth spot with 373 runs from eight matches.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings after RR vs DC match:
| Rank | Player | Runs | Matches | Innings | SR | Ave. | HS |
| 1 | KL Rahul (DC) | 433 | 9 | 9 | 185.83 | 54.13 | 152* |
| 2 | Abhishek Sharma (SRH) | 425 | 9 | 9 | 209.35 | 53.13 | 135* |
| 3 | Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) | 414 | 9 | 9 | 157.41 | 59.14 | 65* |
| 4 | Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR) | 404 | 10 | 10 | 237.64 | 40.40 | 103 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli (RCB) | 379 | 9 | 9 | 165.50 | 54.14 | 81 |
| 6 | Shubman Gill (GT) | 373 | 8 | 8 | 155.41 | 46.63 | 86 |
| 7 | Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS) | 346 | 8 | 7 | 179.27 | 57.67 | 80* |
| 8 | Sai Sudharsan (GT) | 328 | 9 | 9 | 162.37 | 36.44 | 100 |
| 9 | Ishan Kishan (SRH) | 312 | 9 | 9 | 197.46 | 34.67 | 91 |
| 10 | Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) | 312 | 10 | 10 | 159.18 | 39.00 | 77* |
