The Economic Times

IPL finals 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi wins orange cap after a record breaking season ending it with strike rate of 237.31

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest Orange Cap winner in IPL 2026. The 15-year-old scored 776 runs, including a record 72 sixes. He also became the fastest Indian to reach 1,000 IPL runs. Despite his team not reaching the final, Sooryavanshi was a major talking point. His explosive batting nearly broke another record for the fastest century.