Orange Cap IPL 2017 : Top 10 Batsman Holding Orange Cap : Orange Cap IPL 10 Winner: Every year we celebrate the festival of cricket in India. IPL season 2017 is back with a bang! There are many awards that given to the players. The orange cap is an award which is given to the player who scores high through the tournament. It is one of the hardest tasks for players to score highest runs and playing great innings consistently.
When first IPL season has started, the award was introduced. Every year whoever scores high in the tournament will get the orange cap. In last 9 seasons, there were many players who score highest in the tournament and won the award. Even in this season, there is big compaction for the orange cap. Currently, the KKR captain Gautam Gambhir is holding the orange cap.
Orange Cap IPL 2017 : Top 10 Batsman Holding Orange Cap : Orange Cap IPL 10 Winner
Even whoever has the orange cap will wear through the fielding that we know who is the orange cap holder and scoring highest in the tournaments. The process has been started with the first match and will continue at the end of the tournament. On 21st may, we will know who will get the award this year. Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, and David warner are the strongest players for the cap.
Have look at the highest scorers this year : Orange Cap IPL 2017 : Top 10 Batsman Holding Orange Cap : Orange Cap IPL 10 Winner
| Player's Name | Team Name | Runs | Match | Avg. | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Warner | SRH | 459 | 9 | 65.57 | 126 |
| Gautam Gambhir | KKR | 387 | 10 | 55.28 | 76* |
| Robin Uthappa | KKR | 384 | 10 | 42.66 | 87 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | SRH | 341 | 9 | 37.88 | 77 |
| Steve Smith | RPS | 320 | 8 | 55.33 | 84* |
| Hashim Amla | KXIP | 315 | 8 | 63.00 | 104* |
| Nitish Rana | MI | 312 | 10 | 34.66 | 62* |
| Suresh Raina | GL | 310 | 9 | 51.66 | 84 |
| Manish Pandey | KKR | 304 | 10 | 60.80 | 81* |
| Sanju Samson | DD | 289 | 8 | 36.12 | 102 |
In the last season, Virat Kohli played many great innings and won the orange cap award. The first award was won by the Shaun Marsh in 2008. Here is the complete list of Orange cap holders from season to season.
Orange Cap IPL 2017 : Top 10 Batsman Holding Orange Cap : Orange Cap IPL 10 Winner
| Player's Name | Team | Season | Matches | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | RCB | 2016 | 16 | 973 |
| David Warner | SRH | 2015 | 14 | 562 |
| Robin Uthappa | KKR | 2014 | 16 | 660 |
| Michael Hussey | CSK | 2013 | 16 | 733 |
| Chris Gayle | RCB | 2012 | 15 | 733 |
| Chris Gayle | RCB | 2011 | 12 | 608 |
| Sachin Tendulker | MI | 2010 | 15 | 618 |
| Matthew Hayden | CSK | 2009 | 12 | 572 |
| Shaun Marsh | KXIP | 2008 | 11 | 616 |
If we look at the table Chris Gayle is the only player who won the orange cap twice. He played some amazing innings in which he has scored unbeaten 179 runs. This list is full of with one of the best players of cricket that consist, Sachin Tendulkar, Matthew Hayden, Micheal hussy, Robin Uthappa and so on. Among all the players Virat Kohli Scores highest runs last year. He is the highest run scorer that consist 973 runs. According to the table, it’s very difficult for any player to break the record of Virat Kohli. Furthermore, it is really great to see who will win the orange cap this year.