Vaibhav Soorayavanshi becomes youngest player to claim Orange Cap in IPL 2026

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At 15 years old, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has become the youngest to win the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Rajasthan Royals (RR) opener smashed five fifties, including 97 and 96 in the Eliminator and Qualifier 2, and one hundred in the IPL 2026 season.

Vaibhav Soorayavanshi wins IPL 2026 Orange Cap

Sooryavanshi’s season ended after RR were eliminated in Qualifier 2 against the Gujarat Titans (GT). He ended his second year in the IPL with the highest strike rate (237.30), most sixes (62), and the most runs (776). In terms of consistency, he was better than Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Virat Kohli.

At the age of 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has won:

The Orange Cap
Season MVP
Super Striker of the Season
Emerging Player of the Year
Highest Sixes in the Season

Wow !!!

— Spandan Roy (@talksports45) May 31, 2026

Gill and Sudharsan both had the chance to overtake Sooryavanshi in the IPL 2026 final. However, they departed for 10 and 12 runs, respectively, against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Ahmedabad. Theoretically, Kohli can still overtake him, but he’ll need to score 177 runs, and that’s assuming that GT even scores that much in the first place.

IPL 2026 Orange Cap race (most runs)

Batter	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR)	16	776	103	48.50	237.30	1	5
Shubman Gill (GT)	16	732	104	45.75	163.02	1	6
Sai Sudharsan (GT)	17	722	100	45.12	157.98	1	8
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)	15	624	69	48.00	160.00	0	6
Ishan Kishan (SRH)	15	602	91	40.13	182.42	0	6
Virat Kohli (RCB)	15	600	105*	50.00	164.38	1	4
KL Rahul (DC)	14	593	152*	45.61	174.41	1	5
Abhishek Sharma (SRH)	15	563	135*	40.21	204.72	1	4
Mitchell Marsh (LSG)	13	563	111	43.30	163.18	1	3
Jos Buttler (GT)	17	522	60	40.15	153.52	0	4