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RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Final Orange Cap: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has won the IPL 2026 Orange Cap - given to the player with the most runs. Sooryavanshi's tally is 776 in 16 innings. He is the only player with a tally of over 750 in IPL 2026. Though Sooryavanshi's team Rajasthan Royals went out in Qualifier 2, he is confirmed to finish on top of the run tally. GT's opening duo Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan were chasing him, but both did not score big in the final. Gill finished IPL 2026 with a tally of 732 to be placed second, while Sai Sudharsan finished in third place with 722 runs.

The teen sensation surged past his rivals by unleashing blistering knocks of 96 and 97 runs in the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 against teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Shubman Gill-led side. But Sudharsan and Gill narrowed the gap in the 2nd Qualifier, as the Shubman Gill-led side triumphed over the Rajasthan-based franchise to storm into the summit clash.

Gill hammered 722 runs, and Sudharsan piled up 710 runs when the summit clash kicked off, and both had the chance to overtake the teen sensation. But the GT skipper departed after mustering only 10 runs, and Sudharsan fell after posting 12 runs, leaving both batters to settle in second and third place. Virat Kohli blasted 600 runs and would have needed to rack up 176 runs during the summit clash to clinch the Orange Cap, but now that seems out of reach.

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It should be noted that Sooryavanshi has traveled to Ahmedabad to witness the summit clash in person, as he was spotted sitting alongside Jay Shah, the ICC chairman.

SOORYAVANSHI BECOMES YOUNGEST ORANGE CAP WINNER

Sooryavanshi, just 15 years and 65 days old, claims the record as the youngest Orange Cap winner in tournament history. He eclipsed Sai Sudharsan, who snatched the Orange Cap last year at 23 years and 237 days old.

IPL ORANGE CAP: YOUNGEST WINNERS

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 15 years and 65 days

Sai Sudharsan - 23 years and 237 days

Shubman Gill - 23 years and 263 days

Ruturaj Gaikwad - 24 years and 257 days

Shaun Marsh - 24 years and 328 days

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The youngster shattered multiple records this season. He crushed the record for most sixes in a single IPL edition by hammering 72 sixes this year. He also soared as the first player to smash over 500 runs during the power play in a T20 tournament.

He also became the fastest batter to storm past 1000 runs in this tournament.


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