The 15-year-old finished the season at a strike rate of 237.30, averaging 48.50 with one century and five half-centuries.
His highest score of 103 came against SRH earlier in the season, and he hit 72 sixes across the tournament to break Chris Gayle’s record of 59 in a single IPL season. His 63 fours took his boundary count to 135 across the season, meaning more than 40% of his runs came from sixes alone.
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Shubman Gill finished second with 732 runs at an average of 45.75 and a strike rate of 163.02, including one century and six half-centuries. The GT captain was Sooryavanshi’s closest challenger but finished 44 runs adrift at the season’s end.
Gill’s opening partner Sai Sudharsan was third with 722 runs at an average of 45.13 and a strike rate of 157.98, with eight half-centuries the most of any batter in the top five.
GT’s opening pair finishing second and third on the Orange Cap standings underlines why the franchise reached the final.
Virat Kohli was fourth with 675 runs at an average of 56.25, the highest average in the top five, and a strike rate of 165.84.
His 105 not out was his highest score of the season and he remained one of the most consistent performers in the competition despite RCB’s heavy playing schedule through the playoffs.
South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen rounds out the top five with 624 runs at an average of 48.00 and a strike rate of 160.00, with six half-centuries for Sunrisers Hyderabad in what was one of the finest individual seasons of his IPL career.
Sooryavanshi’s Orange Cap is the first individual award of his IPL career. It will not be the last.
Photo: REUTERS/Abhijit Addya
