-Vinay Kumar
In the very exciting history of IPL, only 2 times the team of the batsman who has won the Orange Cap has become the champion. The special thing is that both those batsmen are in the same team in the latest season of IPL 2022. Both those players are in IPL’s ‘Yellow Army’ Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Let’s see the records:
In IPL 2014, Kolkata Knight Riders player Robin Uthappa scored the highest 660 runs at an average of 44. He was the Orange Cap winner of that season.
* Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) became the champion in IPL 2014. KKR defeated Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 3 wickets in the final match of that season.
* Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad won the Orange Cap in IPL 2021. And, in the last season, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) also became the champion.
* In IPL 2021, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored the highest 635 runs at an average of 45.35. In that season’s final encounter, the Yellow Army defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs.
These batsmen have won the Orange Cap in IPL
* Shaun Marsh, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), 616 runs, IPL 2008
* Matthew Hayden, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), 572 runs, IPL 2009
* Sachin Tendulkar, Mumbai Indians (MI), 618 runs, IPL 2010
* Chris Gayle, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), 608 runs, IPL 2011
* Chris Gayle, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), 733 runs, IPL 2012
* Michael Hussey, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), 733 runs, IPL 2013
* Robin Uthappa, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), IPL 2014
* David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), 562 runs, IPL 2015
* Virat Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), 973 runs, IPL 2016
* David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), 641 runs, IPL 2017
* Kane Williamson, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), 735 runs, IPL 2018
* David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), 692 runs, IPL 2019
* KL Rahul, Punjab Kings (PBKS), 670 runs, IPL 2020
* Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), 635 runs, IPL 2021
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* Mumbai Indians MI have won the most titles in IPL so far 5 times.
* Orange Cap for Mumbai Indians (MI) only once. In IPL 2010, Sachin Tendulkar won the Orange Cap while playing for MI.
* David Warner has the record of winning Orange Cap 3 times in IPL. He won the Orange Cap in IPL 2015, IPL 2017 and IPL 2019.
* The record of scoring the most runs in a single season of IPL is in the name of Virat Kohli. Virat had scored the highest 973 runs in IPL 2016 at an average of 81.08.
* Virat Kohli has hit the most 4 centuries in the IPL so far.