New Delhi
The IPL 2025 league stage is over. After a long battle of 70 matches, teams from Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians have managed to qualify for the playoffs. PBKS vs RCB Qualifier-1 will be played on May 29 and GT vs Mi Eliminator will be played on May 30 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium Mullamph in Chandigarh. During the playoffs, the race of the batsmen who score the most runs in IPL 2025 will also see a tremendous battle. For the Orange Cap, there are now only 4 marriages in which 2 players are from Gujarat Titans and one Royal Challengers from Bangalore and Mumbai Indians.
Sai Sudarshan (679 runs)
Gujarat Titans opener Sai Sudarshan is running on the first Payam in the race of the most scorers in IPL 2025 after 70 matches. He has scored 679 runs in 14 matches with an average of 52.23 and a strike rate of 155.38. This has been his best IPL season so far. If he continues to perform so in the playoffs, not only his team can lift the title for the second time, but he can also capture the title of Emerging Player of the Season with Orange Cap.
2. Shubman Gill (649 runs)
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill is also not far behind in this list. There is a difference of only 30 runs between him and Sai Sudarshan. If the Gujarat Titans reaches the finals, Gill will have three opportunities to become number-1. After the eliminator against Mumbai, he will have to play qualifier-2 and then he will have a title. In such a situation, Gill will once again have a chance to cross the mark of 800 runs. In 2023, Gill scored 890 runs with the bat.
3. Suryakumar Yadav (640 runs)
Suryakumar Yadav, who is in great form in IPL 2025, is also one of the strong contenders for the Orange Cap. This season, he has also crossed the world record by crossing the 25 -run mark 14 consecutive times. Surya’s bat scored 640 runs in 14 matches at an average of 71.11 and a strike rate of 167.98. Like Gujarat Titans, if Mumbai Indians also travel to the finals, then Surya will also get three opportunities for batting.
4. Virat Kohli (602 runs)
Virat Kohli, another half-century innings against Lucknow Super Gynts, has made his place in the top-5 in the race of the highest runs in IPL 2025. After fighting his seniors and sometimes his fellow players for the orange cap, Virat Kohli is now competing with his young players. Virat Kohli and Sai Sudarshan are not much more than 77 runs. Punjab Kings Shreyas Iyer is ranked fifth with 514 runs and Prabhasimran Singh is ranked 11th with 499 runs. They have to play some incredible innings to get ahead in the orange cap race.
