Orange And Purple Cap Winner: Who Tops The List In IPL 2025 After RCB vs PBKS Game?

Nicholas Pooran and Noor Ahmad (Source: @IPL/X.com)

In a rain-curtailed encounter, Punjab Kings (PBKS) outmuscled Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at their home in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Batting first, RCB could get to 95 in 14 overs on the back of Tim David's 50*.

In reply, the visitors, Punjab Kings, chased the score down in 12.1 overs, with eleven deliveries to spare and five wickets remaining, as Nehal Wadhera’s 19-ball 33* helped them ace the chase. From the bowling, Marco Jansen and Yuzvendra Chahal picked two wickets apiece, while giving away 10 and 11 runs, respectively in 3 overs each.

Therefore, let's have a look at the orange and purple cap holders after the RCB vs PBKS game in IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 Orange Cap List

On the orange cap charts, the top four players remain stationed at their respective positions, with Nicholas Pooran retaining the orange cap with 357 runs after seven matches while maintaining his average and strike rate of 59.50 and 208.77, respectively. However, in fifth position is Shreyas Iyer, who featured in this encounter and could only score seven runs off 10 balls and has a total of 257 runs after seven games, as his average and strike rate have fallen down a bit after this poor knock.

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IPL 2025 Purple Cap List

Conversely, on the purple cap ratings, Noor Ahmad is still at the top with 12 wickets in seven matches. However, there's a catch, as Josh Hazlewood, who bowled a magnificent spell of 3/14 in his three overs, also has 12 wickets to his name in as many games but has a slightly higher average and economy of 16.91 & 8.17, compared to Noor Ahmad's 14.25 and 7.12, respectively. Below them are Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Khaleel Ahmed with 11 wickets each.