Even though Gujarat Titans had to face defeat by 29 runs in the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, their captain Shubman Gill definitely became a part of a special club on the basis of his brilliant half-century innings in this match. Shubman Gill’s bat was seen silent in the first few matches of IPL 2026, but ever since he has returned to form, he has been seen playing brilliant innings continuously. While Gill has now reached the second position in the Orange Cap list, he has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli as captain in one special respect.
Gill scored more than 500 runs as captain for the second consecutive season.
Shubman Gill has scored a total of 552 runs so far in the IPL 2026 season, with which he is only the 5th player to score 500 or more runs in 2 or more consecutive seasons as a captain in IPL. In this list, the names of David Warner and KL Rahul are jointly at the first place, in which Warner as captain had scored 500 plus runs in three consecutive seasons in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. Whereas KL Rahul had achieved this feat in the IPL seasons of 2020, 2021 and 2022. The names of Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill are next in this list and they have scored 500 plus runs in two consecutive IPL seasons.
Captain who has scored 500 plus runs in IPL most number of times in consecutive seasons
- David Warner – 3 times (2015, 2016 and 2017)
- KL Rahul – 2 times (years 2020, 2021 and 2022)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 2 times (2010 and 2011)
- Virat Kohli – 2 times (2015 and 2016)
- Shubhman Gill – 2 times (year 2025 and 2026)
Shubman Gill has a great chance to win the Orange Cap
Shubman Gill now has a great opportunity to win the Orange Cap in the IPL 2026 season, in which he is facing tough competition from his teammate Sai Sudarshan, who is at number one in this list with 554 runs. So far this season, Gill has scored 552 runs in 12 innings at an average of 46, in which 5 half-centuries have been seen with his bat.
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