Virat Kohli has 542 runs this season with the best strike rate in the Orange Cap top four, and trails leader Klaasen by just 13 runs going into a direct clash at Hyderabad on May 22. Nine IPL hundreds. No one in history has more. The Orange Cap is the one record that has stayed out of reach. That changes on Friday.
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Match 67
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🔥 1. Orange Cap Hunter
He has 542 runs this season with the best strike rate in the Orange Cap top four, and trails leader Klaasen by just 13 runs going into a direct clash at Hyderabad on May 22. Nine IPL hundreds. No one in history has more. The Orange Cap is the one record that has stayed out of reach. That changes on Friday.
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IPL Hundreds
542
Season Runs
164.7
Strike Rate 2026
Virat Kohli walks into Hyderabad for M67 just 13 runs behind Orange Cap leader Heinrich Klaasen, who carries 555 runs and a SR of 155.9 into the same match. Kohli’s 164.7 SR is the best among the top four contenders and his batting this season has the free-attacking quality that comes from a player with nothing left to prove. RCB arrive as likely table leaders while SRH bring three batters in the Orange Cap top five, making this the most batting-loaded clash of the final stretch. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s Purple Cap bowling against the SRH order is the sub-plot, but the Orange Cap story is settled between Kohli and Klaasen. Back him to score in the match he has been building toward all season.
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