Season awards

Indian Premier League 2026

🏆 Champions: Royal Challengers Bengaluru · runner-up Gujarat Titans

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Most Valuable Player

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Impact 921.8

Bat 921.8 · Bowl 0.0

Highest total Player Impact (batting + bowling)

Orange Cap

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

776 runs

Avg 48.5 · SR 237.3 · HS 103

Most runs in the tournament

Purple Cap

K Rabada

29 wickets

Econ 9.68 · Avg 21.59 · Best 3/25

Most wickets in the tournament

Most Sixes

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

72 sixes

776 runs

Most sixes hit

Best Strike Rate

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

237.3 SR

776 runs in 16 inn

Best strike rate (min 60 balls)

Best Economy

SP Narine

6.60 econ

17 wkts in 51.3 ov

Best economy (min 15 overs)

Most POM awards

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

3 awards

Most Player-of-the-Match awards

Emerging Player

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Impact 921.8

Age 15 · 1st overall

Highest impact under age 23

Phase MVPs

T20 · powerplay / middle / death

The standout batter and bowler in each phase of the innings across the season.

Powerplay

Overs 1–6

Batter

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

SR 234.2 · 240 balls

562 runs

Bowler

Kagiso Rabada

Econ 9.84 · 42 ov

18 wkts

Middle

Overs 7–15

Batter

Heinrich Klaasen

SR 157.7 · 265 balls

418 runs

Bowler

Rashid Khan

Econ 8.49 · 45 ov

19 wkts

Death

Overs 16–20

Batter

Heinrich Klaasen

SR 177.9 · 104 balls

185 runs

Bowler

Anshul Kamboj

Econ 11.20 · 21 ov

13 wkts