Rabada tops Purple Cap, Gill climbs Orange Cap standings in IPL 2026

Kagiso Rabada leads the wicket-takers chart while Shubman Gill rises on the run-scorers' list in IPL 2026.

Purple Cap standings shift Kagiso Rabada has seized control of the top wicket-takers' list in IPL 2026 after claiming two wickets in RR vs GT. He now sits at 18 dismissals, continuing his dominance from the 2020 season when he claimed 30 wickets—one of only three bowlers to achieve that feat in a single campaign. Rajasthan Royals pace bowler Jofra Archer went wicketless, leaving Rabada alone at the summit. Behind him, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Anshul Kamboj share second place with 17 scalps each, followed by Prince Yadav and Eshan Malinga with 16 wickets apiece. Rashid Khan makes a notable entry at sixth after his four-wicket haul against RR boosted him to 15 wickets, level with Archer but with a superior economy rate of 8.26 compared to Archer's 9.12. ## Orange Cap race tightens below top three Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, and KL Rahul remain locked at the top of the run-scorers' table, but movement below them saw Shubman Gill surge into fourth place. Gill's explosive 84 off 44 balls, paired with B Sai Sudharsan's 55 off 36, powered Gujarat Titans to 229/4, a total too steep for Rajasthan Royals to chase. Gill now has 462 runs, trailing Klaasen (494), Abhishek (475), and Rahul (468) by narrow margins. Sai Sudharsan enters sixth with 440 runs, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sits between them with 440 runs but ahead on strike rate—236.55 to Sai Sudharsan's 157.70—after his quickfire 36 off 16 in RR's reply. ## Sunday’s fixtures could shake up rankings With a double-header on Sunday featuring CSK vs LSG and RCB vs MI, the top spots on both caps are under threat of disruption. Rabada's lead on the Purple Cap and Gill's rapid rise on the Orange Cap could face challenges as bowlers and batters aim to capitalize on fresh opportunities. The upcoming matches promise shifts in momentum, with every performance potentially reshaping the leaderboards ahead of the next round of games.