The title of the Orange Cap IPL 2024 is awarded to the player who scores the highest runs in the event. In IPL 2023, Shubham Gill is the one who was rewarded with one of the prestigious titles.
In this article, we will dive into the depths of Orange Cap history, go through the latest high score in the ICC ODI list, and predict the top five cricketers who will be the next Orange Cap Winner of IPL 2024.
What is the Orange Cap in IPL
As we already mentioned above, this is one of the prestigious titles in the Indian Premier League. The player who scores the most runs in the IPL gets the Orange Cap.
There are some rules of Orange Cap, letโs go into further details.
- During the IPL season, Orange Cap gives to the leading run-scorer.
- A batsman with an Orange Cap is allowed to wear it on the field during the match.
- If two batsmen are tied to their score then the batsman with the highest strike rate will have the Orange Cap.
- If a condition occurs in which an opposition batsman score the highest runs then the previous batsman will allowed to retain the Orange Cap until the match is over and then hand it to the highest score batsman.
Top 5 Picks for Orange Cap in IPL 2024 Prediction
The ICC Menโs World Cup 2023 is started with some of the great matches. In the 2023 World Cup, there were some batsmen who gave some of the most exceptional performances of their careers including Virat Kohli, Shubham Gill, Devon Conway, and Rohit Sharma. On the other hand, fans were introduced to some of the emerging talents like Rachin Ravindra, and Daryl Mitchell.
The World Cup 2023 is not over yet, fans will see many more good matches in the upcoming days. IPL 2024 will be the next biggest event in the cricket calendar, and fans will have more cricket on to their doorstep. Here we talk about our top five picks of the IPL 2024 orange cap list.ย ย ย ย
1. Shubham Gill
Shubham Gill, one of the leading top scorers in 2023 and also the winner of the last IPL 2023 Orange Cap, is top on our list. Shubham Gill from the Gujarat Titans holds the Orange Cap title with 890 runs in seventeen matches including 4 fifties and 3 centuries.
2. Devon Conway
Devon Conwaya New Zealand cricketer, is at the peak of his career in the 2023 World Cup. In the NZ vs ENG match, Devon Conway scored 152 incredible runs and became the fourth-highest scorer debutant in the World Cup. CSKโs Conway scored 672 runs in a total of 16 matches in IPL 2023 and was on the third number in the list of Orange Cap.
3. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is once again in the form. King Kohli’s back-to-back exploding performances shut the mouths of his critics. Kohli is one more century away from getting equal to the Sachin Tendulkar record of most ODI centuries.
RCBโs Virat was also at the fourth number in the Orange Cap Player IPL 2023 List with 639 runs in 14 matches. Looking at Kohliโs graph of runs growing rapidly will make him one of the most important candidates for the IPL 2024 Orange Cap List.
4. Surya Kumar Yadav
Surya Kumar Yadav is another most successful batsman of the Indian cricket team. And 2023 World Cup is Surya Kumar Yadavโs debut World Cup. So far Yadav didnโt get the opportunity to show his talent. But he was in the top Orange Cap Player List in the 2023 IPL. Yadav from the Mumbai Indians scored 605 runs in the 16 matches.
5. Asif khan
Asif Khan is a Pakistani Cricketer who represented UAE in International Cricket. This year BCCI allowed UAE T20 to sign their respective players in the IPL 2024. Asif Khan is ranking in batting most runs in 2023 with 934 runs in 24 matches.
These are the top five picks of Orange Cap players in the 2024 IPL.
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Below you can find the last five IPL seasonโs Orange Cap winners.
IPL Season | Winner | Matches | Runs |
2023 | Shubham Gill (GT) | 17 | 890 |
2022 | Jos Butler (RR) | 17 | 863 |
2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 16 | 635 |
2020 | KL Rahul (KXIP) | 14 | 670 |
2019 | David Warner (SRH) | 12 | 692 |
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