Orange Cap: The Orange cap in the Indian Premier League is given to a batsman who scores the most runs in a single edition of this cash-rich league tournament. Virat Kohli is the man who holds the permanent Orange Cap in the IPL because the King has scored the most runs and the most centuries as well for his franchise, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Today, In This Segment, We Shall Mention The Three Batsmen Who Have Won The Orange Cap The Most Times In The History Of The IPL –
1. David Warner –
The dashing opening batsman from the Aussie Nation, David Dangerous Warner, is the only batter in the history of the Indian Premier League who has won the Orange Cap three times, which is a record in this cash-rich league tournament. Warner was also the skipper of the Sunrisers Hyderabad when the Orange Army lifted their first IPL trophy in 2016.
The dashing opener had scored the most runs in a single season thrice to achieve a record of winning the Orange Cap the most times in the IPL. In 2015, Warner got the Orange Cap for the first time. He had scored 542 runs in that single IPL edition.
In the season of the 2017 season, David Warner won the Orange Cap for the second time in his IPL career. He had scored 641 runs in that edition of this cash-rich league tournament, and 2019 was the last time Warner won the Orange Cap in his career. In that season, the dashing Aussie opener had scored 692 runs and all three Orange Caps came when David Warner played for his IPL franchise team of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
2. Chris Gayle –
Chris Gayle is still the only player who has won the Orange Cap back-to-back times in the Indian Premier League. The Universal Boss, Christopher Henry Gayle, scored 611 runs in the 2011 IPL edition and in 2012, Gayle slammed 733 runs. Gayle’s two back-to-back Orange Caps in the Indian Premier League came when he played for his IPL side of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
3. Virat Kohli –
Virat Kohli also joins the list of winning the Orange Cap twice in his career, which is still going on for the team of RCB in the IPL. King Kohli won his first ever Orange Cap in 2016, when he single-handedly took his Bengaluru team to the finals by scoring 973 runs and last year as well, Kohli won the Orange Cap when he scored 741 runs in IPL 2024.
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