Ryan Rickelton rockets to sixth as MI batter blasts into Orange Cap race

Ryan Rickelton of Mumbai Indians jumps into sixth place on the IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings after smashing 83 off 32 balls.

Orange Cap current leaders The top five spots on the Orange Cap leaderboard remain unchanged following Sunday’s twin matches. Abhishek Sharma leads Sunrisers Hyderabad with 440 runs, followed by KL Rahul of Delhi Capitals on 433 runs, Heinrich Klaasen of Sunrisers Hyderabad with 425 runs, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi from Rajasthan Royals at 404 runs, and B Sai Sudharsan representing Gujarat Titans with 385 runs. ## Rickelton’s rapid rise Among the group of batters who had crossed 300 runs before Monday, Mumbai Indians’ Ryan Rickelton made the fastest progress. While his season has included three scores below ten, Rickelton delivered a brilliant innings last night, hammering 83 runs in just 32 deliveries to guide MI past LSG. That performance pushed his season total to 380 runs and secured the sixth position on the Orange Cap chart. Neither Mumbai Indians nor LSG have any other batter in the current top 20. ## Rahul eyes top spot KL Rahul is set to take the field tonight against Chennai Super Kings, and adding just a pair of boundaries could lift him to the top of the Orange Cap standings. ## Purple Cap latest The bowling leaderboard saw little change after a high-scoring game at Wankhede, where only nine wickets fell. LSG’s Prince Yadav missed the chance to move closer to the top five after going wicketless, keeping him at sixth place with 13 wickets. The top five bowlers remain Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Anshul Kamboj of Chennai Super Kings with 17 wickets each, followed by Kagiso Rabada from Gujarat Titans on 16, Jofra Archer of Rajasthan Royals at 15, and Eshan Malinga representing Sunrisers Hyderabad with 15 wickets. ## Kamboj targets top Chennai Super Kings’ Anshul Kamboj could seize the top position on the Purple Cap chart tonight if he manages to take a wicket.