Two IPL 2026 matches on Sunday—Lucknow Super Giants versus Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians against Royal Challengers Bengaluru—delivered swings that could be felt immediately on both the Orange and Purple Cap charts. Here’s the updated picture.
Orange Cap leaderboard
Rajat Patidar, RCB’s skipper, climbed to second place among the top run-scorers by delivering a standout second half-century of the season along with his fourth significant batting contribution in as many innings.
After making 31, 48 not out, and 63 earlier in the campaign, Patidar struck 53 off just 20 balls against MI. The knock lifted his season total to 195 runs, moving him into No. 2—sitting just below Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals and ahead of Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Patidar’s opening partner, held onto fourth place. However, Virat Kohli has closed the gap quickly: he is now fifth, only four runs behind Jaiswal, having also marked the night with his second fifty of the season. Kohli’s latest run of scores reads 69 not out, 28, 32, and 50.
Purple Cap leaderboard
The wicket-taking standings have a fresh leader at the top. Prasidh Krishna of Gujarat Titans—who won the Purple Cap last season—has now taken ten wickets across four matches.
Krishna produced a decisive spell of 4 for 28 as GT beat LSG on Sunday, pushing his season tally beyond RR’s Ravi Bishnoi, who has nine wickets. Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings is next in line behind Bishnoi.
Prince Yadav from LSG and Jacob Duffy from RCB share the fourth spot, with both fast bowlers having six wickets apiece.
