When the Indian Premier League came into existence in 2008, it brought several new advances to the game. The most innovative way was introduced to reward the leading run-getter and the highest wicket-taker of the tournament. An Orange Cap was presented to the leading run-getter while the highest wicket-taker won the Purple Cap.

In the first edition, Shaun Marsh from Australia, who represented Kings XI Punjab, became the first winner of the Orange Cap. He scored 616 runs from 11 matches. Even though KXIP couldn’t go on to win the league, but it was the breakthrough tournament for Marsh who hogged the limelight and later went on to represent the national side as well.

Matthew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings then won the Orange Cap in 2009. The legendary Sachin Tendulkar then became the proud owner of the honor in the 3rd edition. Chris Gayle, who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore, snatched the Orange Cap in the next 2 seasons. He is still the only batsman to win it in 2 consecutive seasons.

Michael Hussey, Robin Uthappa and Kane Williamson are the others to win the Orange Cap one time each. However, David Warner is the King of the Ring as he is the only one to win it thrice. He got it while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the years 2015, 2017 and 2019. Recently, there hasn’t been a more prolific run-getter than the Australian southpaw.

However, the record for the most runs in a season is held by Virat Kohli. The right-hander scored a mammoth 973 runs in the year 2016. He is the only batsman to cross the 900-run barrier in a season. Also, he scored 4 centuries which is also a record for the most number of tons in a season.

Here’s the list of Orange Cap Winners of each IPL season:-

Orange Cap Winners of IPL Year Team Player Country Matches Runs 2008 Kings XI Punjab Shaun Marsh Australia 11 616 2009 Chennai Super Kings Matthew Hayden Australia 12 572 2010 Mumbai Indians Sachin Tendulkar India 15 618 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore Chris Gayle West Indies 12 608 2012 Royal Challengers Bangalore Chris Gayle West Indies 15 733 2013 Chennai Super Kings Michael Hussey Australia 16 733 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders Robin Uthappa India 16 660 2015 Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner Australia 14 562 2016 Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli India 16 973 2017 Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner Australia 14 641 2018 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kane Williamson New Zealand 17 735 2019 Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner Australia 12 692

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