IPL 2026, Orange Cap List: Mumbai Indians' veteran batsman Rohit Sharma once again showed his class against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026. Even at the age of 38, he has become number-1 in the Orange Cap race, leaving behind the young batsmen. In this match, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Rohit played a useful inning of 35 runs in 26 balls, which included 5 fours and 1 six. With this inning, Rohit increased the total runs of the season and went ahead of many explosive batsmen in the Orange Cap table.

Rohit Sharma becomes number-1 in Orange Cap race

After this inning, Rohit Sharma is at first place in the Orange Cap standings with 113 runs. He played 2 innings in 2 matches, in which his highest score was 78 runs, which came against Kolkata. His average is 56.50 and strike rate is an excellent 176.56. During this period he has hit 11 fours and 7 sixes. After him, Cooper Connolly of Punjab Kings is in second place with 108 runs. At the same time, Angkrish Raghuvanshi of Kolkata Knight Riders is in third place with 103 runs.

Even at the age of 38, Rohit Sharma's form and fitness is giving competition to younger players. He is the only batsman in the top-5 in the Orange Cap race, whose age is more than 30. Now it remains to be seen whether Rohit can maintain this rhythm or the other batsmen bring him down from the top. Because this is a big and long tournament, there will be many ups and downs in the race for the Orange Cap.

Will Rohit end the long wait?

The surprising thing is that Rohit Sharma has not won the Orange Cap even once in the history of IPL. His best season came in the year 2013, when he scored 538 runs in 19 matches. Apart from this, he has not been able to touch the figure of 500 runs in any season. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma's eyes are also going to be on ending this long wait.