KL Rahul (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals opener KL Rahul will be disappointed with his and his team’s performance against Chennai Super Kings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday as they suffered an eight-wicket attack at home. Rahul contributed just 12 off 13 balls for the home side, but those runs were enough for him to regain the top spot in the IPL 2026 Orange Cap race.Rahul skipped Hyderabad Sunrisers’ Abhishek Sharma to wear the orange cap again. He now has 445 runs from 10 games at an average of 49.44 and a strike rate of 180.89. He has scored one hundred and three fifties in 10 innings so far.SRH opener Abhishek is just five runs behind Rahul in second place, with 440 runs from 10 matches. His runs averaged 48.89 and strike 206.57, including one hundred and three fifties.Abhishek’s teammate Heinrich Klaasen is third in the IPL 2026 Orange Cap race with 425 runs from 10 games. He averaged 53.13 runs and a strike rate of 156.82 with four half-centuries.Rajasthan Royals teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is next at fourth place with 404 runs from 10 matches. The youngster has scored his runs at a staggering 237.64 this season, including one hundred and two fifties.CSK opener Sanju Samson, who won the Player of the Match against DC, scored a match-winning 87, off 52 balls, taking his season to 402 runs from 10 matches. Samson jumped to fifth in the Orange Cap rankings with this match win. The CSK batsman has averaged 57.43 and a strike rate of 167.50 and has two hundreds and one fifty this season.
IPL 2026 Orange Cap Standings After DC vs CSK Match:
RankPlayer RunsMatchesInningsSRAve.HS1KL Rahul (DC)4451010180.8949.44152*2Abhishek Sharma (SRH)4401010206.5748.89135*3Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)4251010156.8253.1365*4Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (RR)4041010237.6440.401035Sanju Samson (CSK)4021010167.5057.43115*6Sai Sudhar (GT)3851010158.4338.501007Ryan Rickelton (MI)38088190.9554.29123*8Virat Kohli (RCB)37999165.5054.14819Shubman Gill (GT)3 Singh (PBKS)36198174,3951,5780*
