Orange Cap

Orange Cap
Award details
Sport Cricket
Competition Indian Premier League (IPL)
Discipline Batting
Given for Scoring the most runs in a season
History
First award 2008
Editions 8
First winner Shaun Marsh (2008)
Most wins Chris Gayle (2 wins)
Most recent Virat Kohli (2016)

The Orange Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading run scorer in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.[1][2]

History

The Orange Cap was introduced on 25 April 2008, a week after the start of the inaugural season of the IPL. The batsman with most runs in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Orange Cap while fielding, with the overall leading run-scorer at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Orange Cap award on the day of the season's final. Brendon McCullum became the first player to wear the Orange Cap,[3] and Shaun Marsh became the first winner of the award.

The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, "Cricket is often remembered and recorded as statistics and not by material distinctions. The DLF Indian Premier League will create a distinction for the best performing batsman, which will be cherished and valued by each player through this initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to be innovative, create another unique piece of history that sets the DLF Indian Premier League apart from the crowd, and to reward outstanding achievements by the players."[3]

The bowlers equivalent of Orange Cap, the Purple Cap was introduced on 13 May 2008.[4]

Winners

Season Player Mat Runs Ref
2008 Australia Shaun Marsh (KXIP) 11 616 [5]
2009 Australia Matthew Hayden (CSK) 12 572 [6]
2010 India Sachin Tendulkardagger (MI) 15 618 [7]
2011 Jamaica Chris Gayle (RCB) 12 608 [8]
2012 Jamaica Chris Gayle (RCB) 15 733 [9]
2013 Australia Michael Hussey (CSK) 16 733 [10]
2014 India Robin Uthappa (KKR) 16 660 [11]
2015 Australia David Warnerdagger (SRH) 14 562 [12]
2016 India Virat Kohli (RCB) 16 973 [13]

dagger indicates the player captained his team for the season.

Awards won by team

Kings XI Punjab 1
Mumbai Indians 1
Kolkata Knight Riders 1
Chennai Super Kings 2
Royal Challengers Bangalore 3
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IPl Stats".
  2. ↑ "Warner takes Orange cap, Bravo wins race for Purple cap".
  3. 1 2 "IPL introduces 'Orange Cap' award". thatscricket.com. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Purple Cap for bowlers". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Most runs-2008". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Most runs-2009". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Most runs-2010". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Most runs-2011". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Most runs-2012". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Most runs-2013". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Most runs-2014". iplt20. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Most runs-2015". iplt20. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Most runs-2016". iplt20. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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