Orange Cap is an IPL award presented to the player who scores the most runs in an IPL season. The first-ever Orange Cap winner in IPL 2008, Shaun Marsh registered a tally of 616 runs for Kings XI Punjab to bag the prestigious award. Likewise, every IPL season, the Orange Cap winner is bagged by the player scoring the most runs in the IPL edition.
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However, throughout the entire course of the tournament, Orange Cap keeps juggling among players who are the highest run-scorer at the end of each match in the IPL. It will be interesting to see which batsman scores the most runs to claim the Orange Cap award in IPL 2021. Even in 2020, the Orange Cap was won by Kings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul for scoring the most runs at the end of the season.
Here’s the list of players who have scored the most runs after CSK vs DC match in IPL 2021:
IPL Orange Cap 2021
| PLAYER | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 85 | 85.00 | 54 | 157.40 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | Prithvi Shaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 72 | 72.00 | 38 | 189.47 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 3 | Suresh Raina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 54 | 54.00 | 36 | 150.00 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Chris Lynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 49.00 | 35 | 140.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | AB de Villiers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 48.00 | 27 | 177.77 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Glenn Maxwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 39.00 | 28 | 139.28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Moeen Ali | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 36.00 | 24 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Sam Curran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34.00 | 15 | 226.66 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | Virat Kohli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 33.00 | 29 | 113.79 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Suryakumar Yadav | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 31.00 | 23 | 134.78 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Orange Cap Holder in IPL 2020
KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab)
Matches: 14, Runs: 670, Average: 55.83, HS: 132*
IPL Orange Cap FAQs
1. What is Orange Cap?
Orange Cap is the IPL award presented to the batsman with the most runs in an IPL edition. In IPL 2020, Orange Cap was won by KL Rahul for scoring the most – 670 runs in the entire season.