Klaasen and Abhishek lead Orange Cap table after a high-scoring IPL 2026 match

Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma took the top two spots in the Orange Cap table after a high-scoring match in IPL 2026.

Orange Cap leaderboard Updated Heinrich Klaasen has not made a single mistake this season. Although he was slow off the mark initially, his strike rate of 157.32 after 11 innings, coupled with 494 runs, indicates why he is such a vital component of the SRH team. Moreover, it showcases how a No. 4 batter can score a significant number of runs even when the players preceding him are taking center stage. Klaasen hit a 69, his fifth half-century of the season, against PBKS to reach the top spot on the run-getters' table, while Abhishek Sharma - alongside Klaasen, they have generally been in the top three all season - chipped in with a 13-ball 35 to stay at No. 2 with 475 runs. Both players performed their roles impeccably for SRH on the night. ## Other key Orange Cap contenders Ishan Kishan, SRH's No. 3, smashed 55 in 32 balls to reach 409 runs, and the fourth position, exactly one behind KL Rahul, the Delhi Capitals' opener, who had a failure the day before, but is still at No. 3 with 445 runs. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of Rajasthan Royals, with 404 runs, and Sanju Samson of Chennai Super Kings, with 402 runs, are the other players who have crossed the 400-run mark this season. ## Purple Cap leaderboard Remains Unchanged The names in the top five on the wicket-takers' table remained unchanged following the outcome of Wednesday's match, but Eshan Malinga, who has been leading the SRH bowling, got to within one strike of the leaders with the wicket of PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer. Malinga currently has 16 wickets, the same as Kagiso Rabada of Gujarat Titans, but at a slightly poorer economy rate: 9.44 to 9.23. Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Royal Challengers Bengaluru is still at the top, followed by Anshul Kamboj, the CSK man also on 17 wickets after going wicketless against DC, the two separated only by economy rates. RR's Jofra Archer completes the top five - he has 15 wickets at this stage. ## Cooper Connolly's impressive performance Cooper Connolly, meanwhile, continued his good work for PBKS, scoring a 59-ball 107 not out - another century in IPL 2026 that did not go in a win - to reach No. 11 with 377 runs.