IPL Orange Cap 2021: Most Runs in IPL 2021

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 Punjab Kings 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. Currently, Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Capitals the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs in IPL 2021.

Shikhar Dhawan holds the Orange Cap in IPL 2021 (Image Source: BCCI/IPL)

Here’s the list of players who have scored the most runs after the PBKS vs DC match in IPL 2021:

IPL Orange Cap 2021

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Shikhar Dhawan	8	8	1	380	92	54.28	283	134.27	0	3	43	8
2	KL Rahul	7	7	2	331	91*	66.20	243	136.21	0	4	27	16
3	Faf du Plessis	7	7	2	320	95*	64.00	220	145.45	0	4	29	13
4	Prithvi Shaw	8	8	0	308	82	38.50	185	166.48	0	3	37	12
5	Sanju Samson	7	7	1	277	119	46.16	190	145.78	1	0	26	11
6	Mayank Agarwal	7	7	1	260	99*	43.33	184	141.30	0	2	24	11
7	Jos Buttler	7	7	0	254	124	36.28	166	153.01	1	0	27	13
8	Rohit Sharma	7	7	0	250	63	35.71	195	128.20	0	1	18	11
9	Jonny Bairstow	7	7	1	248	63*	41.33	175	141.71	0	2	20	15
10	Glenn Maxwell	7	6	0	223	78	37.16	154	144.80	0	2	21	10

(Stats Courtesy: IPLT20.com)

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.