Delhi: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 discussion, the name of the top player’s orange cap claimant in the run chart of everyday and similarly in the wicket chart is coming out of the top player’s purple cap contender. This match of the winner lasts till the end of the season. Nicholas Puran, with 368 runs till 20 April matches and the famous Krishna with 14 wickets, is at the forefront of these cap contenders. Amidst this adventure of the winners of these two caps, did you think that when did this process of giving the top player of the run chart to the chart and the winner of the wicket chart started when this process started and how was the color of these caps fixed? This is a very funny story.
Orange Cap in IPL:
You have read this that they give this cap to the top run scorer of the season. The process of giving it started in the first season of IPL, but the truth is that such a match was thought after the start of matches. It was announced about a week after the start of the IPL on 25 April 2008 and the system also started from that day that whatever will be on the top of the season’s chart at the beginning of the day’s match, it will wear an orange cap while fielding. At the end of the tournament, the Orange Cap on top of the run chart.
The first player to wear this cap was Brendon McCRAM (KKR) and Sean Marsh was the first winner. So far, David Warner has won it 3 times and then is Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli (2). During the season, an exciting, but such a mutual match began in which the honor was hidden through this cap.
Orange Cap Winner so far in IPL:
| Year | player name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sean marsh | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) |
| 2009 | Matthew Hayden | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2010 | Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians (Mi) |
| 2011 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
| 2012 | Chris Gayle | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
| 2013 | Michael Hussey | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2014 | Robin Uthappa | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) |
| 2015 | David warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2016 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
| 2017 | David warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2018 | Ken Williamson | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2019 | David warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2020 | KL Rahul | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) |
| 2021 | Rituraj Gaikwad | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2022 | Jose Butler | Rajasthan Royals (RR) |
| 2023 | Shubman Gill | Gujarat Titans (GT) |
| 2024 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
Purple Cap in IPL:
The player who takes the top wicket of the season in the IPL gets this cap. The Orange Cap began on 25 April 2008 and on 13 May 2008 Purple Cap. During the season, the highest wicket -taking bowler in the tournament, wearing a purple cap while fielding and at the end of the tournament, the wicket at the top in the chart, the cap. When a tie, a bowler with better economy rate is the winner. So far, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel have won these purple caps 2-2 times.
Purple Cap Winner so far in IPL:
| Year | player name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sohail Tanveer | Rajasthan Royals (RR) |
| 2009 | RP Singh | Deccan Chargers (DC) |
| 2010 | Pragyan Ojha | Deccan Chargers (DC) |
| 2011 | Lasith Malinga | Mumbai Indians (Mi) |
| 2012 | Morne Morkel | Delhi Daredevils (DD) |
| 2013 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2014 | Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2015 | Dwayne Bravo | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2016 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2017 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) |
| 2018 | Andrew tie | Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) |
| 2020 | Kagiso rabada | Delhi Capitals (DC) |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | Rajasthan Royals (RR) |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami | Gujarat Titans (GT) |
| 2024 | Harshal Patel | Punjab Kings (PBKS) |
How did the colors of the cap be fixed?
Now come on the question that how it was decided what will be the colors of these caps? There was a big discussion about this from the first day, but nothing was being decided. A big media agency also took help but no solution was found. Actually, the effort was that the cap should be such that the color of the kit of any team should not be alleged that it is not being alleged that they are promoting any one team. Finally, choose Orange (orange) and purple (purple) colors for these caps, because till then no team had used them.
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