IPL 2024 Orange Cap Holder List - Virat Kohli Tops with 361 Runs

IPL 2024 Orange Cap Holder List: Royal Challengers Bengaluru's veteran batter Virat Kohli leads the Orange Cap race in IPL 2024 with 361 runs after RCB vs SRH, Match 30 clash.

Kohli has looked at his vintage best this season carrying RCB’s batting lineup. He even notched up his first hundred of IPL 2024 scoring an unbeaten 113* off 72 balls with the help of 12 fours and four sixes against Rajasthan Royals during Match 19 in Jaipur.

Apart from him, 22-year-old Riyan Parag from Rajasthan Royals is also among the top contenders for the Orange Cap with 284 runs to his name from six innings at an average of 94.67 and a strike rate of 155.19. The Assam batter has been given a new role to bat at number four this season and has shown great maturity in batting as per the needs of the team.

Another Rajasthan Royals player features in the list at number four with captain Sanju Samson taking the spot with 246 runs from five innings. Gujarat Titans also have two players featuring in the top five with Sai Sudharsan on the fifth spot with 226 runs from six innings.

Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is also making strong statements with his batting performances this season as he features on the fourth spot on the list. After leaving captaincy, Rohit has looked at ease at the crease scoring 261 runs from six innings at an average of 52.20 and a strike rate of 167.30. The opening batter also scored his second hundred of his IPL career this season scoring 105* (63) against Chennai Super Kings in Match 29.

Last year’s IPL Orange Cap winner Shubman Gill is once again in the race to win the coveted award this year as well. The 24-year-old has scored 255 runs from six innings at an average of 51 and a strike rate of 151.78.

IPL Orange Cap Trivia

• Shaun Marsh (616 runs in 11 matches in 2008) was the first player to win the award.
• The record of most runs in a single IPL season is held by Virat Kohli (973 runs in 2016 edition).
• David Warner has the record of winning the Orange Cap most number of times (3).
• Yashasvi Jaiswal (625 runs, 14 innings) scored the most runs by an uncapped batter in the 2023 season 

Rules for IPL 2024 Orange Cap

• The Orange Cap is awarded to the leading run-scorer of the IPL season.
• The batsman who holds the Orange Cap during the season is allowed to wear it while in the field during the games, as long as he retains the top-scorers spot in the tournament.
• In an event where two or more batsmen are tied on runs, the batsman with a better strike rate is awarded the Orange Cap.
• In an event where an opposition batsman overtakes the tally of the current holder of the Orange Cap, the previous holder is allowed to wear the Cap until the end of that particular innings in which another batsman overtakes him.

List of IPL Orange Cap Winners from (2008 to 2024)

The first-ever recipient of the Orange Cap was Shaun Marsh. The Aussie, who represented the Punjab Kings in the inaugural edition of the IPL plundered 616 runs in the tournament. The first-ever Indian player to win the Orange Cap award in the IPL is Sachin Tendulkar. The legendary cricketer scored 618 runs in the year 2010.

Chris Gayle is the only player to have won the Orange Cap award on two consecutive occasions. The West Indian emerged as the highest run-scorer in the 2011 and 2012 editions of the IPL. Also, Aussie David Warner has won the Orange Cap award the most number of times (three). The other players who have won the award are Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kane Williamson and KL Rahul.

In the 2021 edition of the IPL, the Orange Cap award was won by Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) Ruturaj Gaikwad. The right-hander scored a mammoth 635 runs in the tournament and scored them at an average over 45 and a strike rate of 136.27.

Jos Buttler won the coveted award for the first time in IPL 2022 scoring 863 runs at an average of 57.53 and a strike-rate of 149.05. IPL 2024 is set to begin on March 22. The IPL 2024 schedule is released and the opening game is a blockbuster clash between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Super Kings will be raring to make their presence felt on the IPL 2024 points table this time around too and establish their supremacy.