The race for the Orange Cap continues to heat up in the IPL 2024, with familiar names maintaining their dominance while fresh faces make their mark. Virat Kohli continues to hold the top spot with an impressive tally of 203 runs in four matches, boasting a formidable strike rate of 140. With a strike rate of 160, Riyan Parag of the Rajasthan Royals has scored 181 runs in just three matches.
However, the most recent addition to the top five was Abhishek Sharma of Sunrisers Hyderabad, who shot himself into contention with a brilliant 37 runs off of only 12 balls against the Chennai Super Kings. After four games, he has scored 161 runs at an incredible strike rate of 217 thanks to this effort. He has surpassed Sai Sudharsan and other notable players to take fifth place on the Orange Cap leaderboard.
Heinrich Klaasen, a Sunrisers Hyderabad player, is one of the other prominent candidates. He now holds the third position with 177 runs at an incredible strike rate of 203 in four games.
Shubhman Gill, the skipper of the Gujarat Titans, is presently ranked fourth with 164 runs in four games while keeping a strong strike average of 159.
