Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has become the first batter to score 400 runs in the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League. The Rajasthan Royals opener completed his 400 runs for the season during his team's match against Punjab Kings at the Mullandpur International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh on Tuesday.
The 15-year-old played an entertaining cameo of 43 in just 16 balls and hit three fours and five sixes. His innings was helpful in RR getting the fast start they needed to chase down the target of 223. Sooryvanshi's fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and middle order batter Donovan Ferreria then hit half-centuries as RR chased down the target in 19.2 overs with six wickets to spare. RR thus became the first team this season to defeat PBKS.
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Sooryavanshi's knock helped him take the top spot in the table of batters with most runs this season and get the coveted Orange Cap.
As the second half of the league stage picks up momentum, we look at the 10 batters who have amassed the most number of runs thus far and are in the race to win the Orange Cap.
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs Scored | Average/Strike Rate | 50s/100s | Highest Score |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | Rajasthan Royals | 9 | 400 | 44.44/238.09 | 2/1 | 103 |
| Abhishek Sharma | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 380 | 54.28/212.29 | 3/1 | 135* |
| KL Rahul | Delhi Capitals | 8 | 358 | 51.14/185.49 | 2/1 | 152* |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 8 | 351 | 58.50/162.50 | 3/0 | 81 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 349 | 49.85/149.78 | 3/0 | 62 |
| Prabhsimran Singh | Punjab kings | 8 | 346 | 57.66/179.27 | 4/0 | 80* |
| Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans | 7 | 330 | 47.14/148.64 | 3/0 | 86 |
| B. Sai Sudharsan | Gujarat Titans | 8 | 322 | 40.25/163.45 | 2/1 | 100 |
| Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 8 | 312 | 39.00/198.72 | 3/0 | 91 |
| Shreyas Iyer | Punjab Kings | 8 | 309 | 61.80/174.50 | 4/0 | 71* |
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