Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ruled IPL 2026 and deservingly walked away with several awards after the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League concluded in Ahmedabad on Sunday night (May 31).

Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) 15-year-old Sooryavanshi emerged as the highest run getter in IPL 2026 with 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.30.

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Despite Sooryavanshi’s breathtaking batting throughout the season, RR could not make it to the final, losing to Gujarat Titans (GT) in Qualifier 2.

In Sunday’s final in Ahmedabad, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated GT to win their second straight IPL title.

5 awards for Sooryavanshi

Apart from topping the runs chart, Sooryavanshi was also declared the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. With this, he set a record, becoming the first player in IPL’s history to win Orange Cap and MVP honours in the same season. He also broke Chris Gayle’s record for most sixes in an IPL. He hit 72 this year, going past Gayle’s record of 59.

In total, Sooryavanshi won five awards on Sunday night and his earnings for the season were Rs 2.5 crore, including his salary of Rs 1.1 crore, which he was bought for by RR during the IPL 2025 auction, and was later retained this season for the same amount.

The total amount also includes his Player-of-the-match awards, honours like Electric Striker of the Match (Most Sixes of the Match) during IPL 2026.

After collecting the awards, Sooryavanshi said, “It feels nice, but there is pressure because I am doing interviews. It is a proud moment and I will try and do well next season too.

I try to back my game and if the ball is there to be hit, I go all out for it and just try to play that way.”

Sooryavanshi’s full list of IPL 2026 awards that he won on Sunday night

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Rs 15 lakh

Orange Cap (Tournament Top Scorer): Rs 10 lakh

Super Striker of the Season (strike rate of 237.30): Rs 10 lakh (plus Tata Sierra)

Super Sixes of the Season: Rs 10 lakh (for hitting 72 sixes)

Emerging Player of the Season: Rs 10 lakh

Here is full list of Orange Cap winners from IPL 2008 to 2026

2008: Shaun Marsh (Kings XI Punjab) – 616 runs

2009: Matthew Hayden (Chennai Super Kings) – 572

2010: Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians) – 618

2011: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 608

2012: Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 733

2013: Michael Hussey (Chennai Super Kings) – 733

2014: Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders) – 660

2015: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 562

2016: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) – 973

2017: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 641

2018: Kane Williamson (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 735

2019: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) – 692

2020: KL Rahul (Kings XI Punjab) – 670

2021: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings) – 635

2022: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) – 863

2023: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans) – 890

2024: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) – 741

2025: Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) – 759

2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Rajasthan Royals) – 776