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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
His current strike rate sits just under his usual level at 154.93, though it\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
When you look at combined runs and pace, the next position is RCB\u2019s Rajat Patidar, who has 222 runs at a strike rate of 213.46. Right behind him is Sunrisers\u2019 Ishan Kishan, with 213 runs at 190.17.<\/p>\n
The 200-run club is now shared by several batters: Punjab Kings\u2019 Prabhsimran Singh (211) and Shreyas Iyer (203), alongside Gujarat\u2019s Jos Buttler (201) and Rajasthan Royals\u2019 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. All four are currently sitting in the range that keeps them in contention for the cap race.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings is next in the pecking order with ten wickets. Prince Yadav from Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals\u2019 Ravi Bishnoi follow with nine wickets apiece.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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