A new name sits at the summit of the Orange Cap charts, while the Purple Cap race has a distinct front-runner after Friday night’s IPL 2026 clash between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad. The Titans got the better of KKR, and the final result reshaped the season tallies for both batting and bowling.
Orange Cap leaderboard
Shubman Gill has climbed to No. 1 almost as if it happened overnight, despite missing a match earlier in the season. On Friday, he produced a knock of 86 from 50 balls, earning the Player-of-the-Match nod as GT chased down their 181-run target with two balls left.
The innings took Gill to 251 runs for the campaign, placing him 23 runs ahead of Virat Kohli, who is currently second for Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Gill has also strung together three consecutive half-centuries, with scores reading 39, 70, 56 and then 86.
His current strike rate sits just under his usual level at 154.93, though it’s a similar story for the top three overall. Kohli is operating at 158.33, while Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad, in third place, is scoring at 142.67.
When you look at combined runs and pace, the next position is RCB’s Rajat Patidar, who has 222 runs at a strike rate of 213.46. Right behind him is Sunrisers’ Ishan Kishan, with 213 runs at 190.17.
The 200-run club is now shared by several batters: Punjab Kings’ Prabhsimran Singh (211) and Shreyas Iyer (203), alongside Gujarat’s Jos Buttler (201) and Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. All four are currently sitting in the range that keeps them in contention for the cap race.
Quick facts
- Gill is the new No. 1 on the Orange Cap table with 251 runs.
- He made 86 off 50 balls and won Player-of-the-Match as GT chased 181 with two balls remaining.
- Kohli is second with a 23-run gap behind Gill, on 228 runs.
- Prasidh Krishna leads the Purple Cap race with 11 wickets from five bowling innings.
- Prasidh’s match figures were 1 for 32 against KKR.
Purple Cap leaderboard
The Purple Cap picture, meanwhile, has Prasidh Krishna firmly on top. The strike bowler and Purple Cap winner from IPL 2025 has taken 11 wickets across five bowling innings, leading the standings after returning figures of 1 for 32 against KKR.
Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings is next in the pecking order with ten wickets. Prince Yadav from Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals’ Ravi Bishnoi follow with nine wickets apiece.
After that group, the wicket tally tightens further, with five bowlers currently on seven wickets each. They are Jofra Archer (RR), Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Krunal Pandya (RCB), Vaibhav Arora (KKR), and Kagiso Rabada (GT), who added three wickets on Friday.
