IPL 2022 Orange Cap List Updated: Jos Buttler Ends As Highest Run-Scorer, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill in Top Five
The Orange Cap, as known to all, is an accolade given to the player who scores the most runs in a single season of the IPL. Throughout the competition, the Orange Cap keeps getting exchanged between players and the one who ends at the top of the list after the final, wins the award.
Jos Buttler finished IPL 2022 as the winner of the Orange Cap. The Englishman had a sensational season with the willow with 863, which included four hundreds and as many half-centuries. KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock and Hardik Pandya occupied the second, third and fourth spots on the list with 616 runs, 508 runs and 487 runs respectively. Shubman Gill completed the top five with 483 runs. Meanwhile, you can take a look at the IPL 2022 Orange Cap updated list below. IPL 2022 Points Table Updated With NRR
Chennai Super Kings' Ruturaj Gaikwad had won the Orange Cap last season with 635 runs in 16 games. He had surpassed former teammate and current Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis by just two runs to end up as the highest run-getter. Star batter Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in one season of the IPL, where he racked up 973 in the 2016 edition. India and Mumbai Indians legend Sachin Tendulkar was the first Indian in IPL history to win the Orange Cap when he did it in 2010.
IPL 2022 Orange Cap list:
| Position | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs |
| 1 | Jos Buttler | RR | 17 | 17 | 863 |
| 2 | KL Rahul | LSG | 15 | 15 | 616 |
| 3 | Quinton de Kock | LSG | 15 | 15 | 508 |
| 4 | Hardik Pandya | GT | 15 | 15 | 487 |
| 5 | Shubman Gill | GT | 16 | 16 | 483 |
You can check out the full list from IPL's official website here.
The Orange Cap over the years, has been exchanged between international and Indian stars. David Warner has won it the most number of times (3). This season, like other years, there would be intense competition for the Orange Cap.
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