Top run scorers in IPL 2024: Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Travis Head, and more in race for Orange Cap

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The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is reaching its conclusion with the final between the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) scheduled for Sunday, May 26 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai

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It's been a rollercoaster ride throughout the season with the league getting dominated by the batters. RCB talisman has been leading the list for the top run-scorers consistently for the whole season and recently crossed 700 runs as well. It looks like the former RCB skipper will be taking the orange cap home with a comfortable margin even though RCB got knocked out in the playoffs against RR. 

Here we will round up all the leading run scorers ahead of the Final on Sunday

Highest run scorer in IPL 2024

Player Team Matches Runs Average S.R. 50s 100s HS
Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bengaluru 15 741 61.75 154.690 5 1 113*
Ruturaj Gaikwad Chennai Super Kings 14 583 53.00 141.16 4 1 108*
Riyan Parag Rajasthan Royals 16 573 52.09 149.21 4 0 84*
Travis Head Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 567 43.62 192.20 4 1 102
Sanju Samson Rajasthan Royals 16 531 48.27 153.46 5 0 86

Punjab Kings' (formerly Kings XI Punjab's) Shaun Marsh won the Orange Cap in the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008. Out of the last 16 editions of the tournament, eight overseas players have won the Orange Cap.

Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill scored the most number of runs in IPL 2023 as his team finished runners-up behind Chennai Super Kings.

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Highest run scorers and best batsmen in IPL history

The list of previous top run scorers IPL.

Year Player Team Runs
2008 Shaun Marsh PBKS 616
2009 Matthew Hayden CSK 572
2010 Sachin Tendulkar MI 618
2011 Chris Gayle RCB 608
2012 Chris Gayle RCB 733
2013 Michael Hussey CSK 733
2014 Robin Uthappa KKR 660
2015 David Warner SRH 562
2016 Virat Kohli RCB 973
2017 David Warner SRH 641
2018 Kane Williamson SRH 735
2019 David Warner SRH 692
2020 KL Rahul PBKS 670
2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK 635
2022 Jos Buttler RR 863
2023 Shubman Gill GT 890

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