Orange Cap

The Orange Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading run r  in the Indian Premier League. It was introduced on 25 April 2008, a week after the start of the inaugural season of the IPL. The batsman with most runs in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Orange Cap while fielding, with the overall leading run-r  at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Orange Cap award on the day of the season’s final. Brendon McCullum became the first player to wear the Orange Cap and Shaun Marsh became the first winner of the award.

The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, “Cricket is often remembered and recorded as statistics and not by material distinctions. The Indian Premier League will create a distinction for the best performing batsman, which will be cherished and valued by each player through this initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to be innovative, create another unique piece of history that sets the Indian Premier League apart from the crowd, and to reward outstanding achievements by the players.”

WINNERS – ORANGE CAP
Season	Player	Mat	Runs
2008	Australia Shaun Marsh (KXIP)	11	616
2009	Australia Matthew Hayden (CSK)	12	572
2010	India Sachin Tendulkar* (MI)	15	618
2011	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	12	608
2012	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	15	733
2013	Australia Michael Hussey (CSK)	16	733
2014	India Robin Uthappa (KKR)	16	660
2015	Australia David Warner* (SRH)	14	562
2016	India Virat V Kohli* (RCB)	16	973
2017	Australia David Warner* (SRH)	14	641
2018	New Zealand Kane Williamson* (SRH)	17	735
2019	Australia David Warner (SRH)	12	692
2020	India KL Rahul* (Punjab)	14	670
2021	India RD Gaekwad (CSK)	16	635
2022	England JC Buttler (RR)	17	863
2023	India Shubman Gill (Titans)	17	890
2024	India Virat Kohli (RCB}	15	741

* indicates the player captained his team for the season.

PURPLE CAP

The Purple Cap is an annual cricket award presented to the leading wicket-taker in the Indian Premier League. after the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the Indian Premier League announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13.05.08. The bowler with most wickets in the tournament during the course of the season would wear the Purple Cap while fielding, with the overall leading wicket-taker at the conclusion of the tournament winning the actual Purple Cap award on the day of the season’s final. In case of a tie, the bowler with superior economy rate would hold the Purple Cap.

The then IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said of the initiative, “We have seen over the course of the inaugural season of the League so far that bowlers have just as important a role to play in winning T20 matches as batsmen do.”

WINNERS – PURPLE CAP
Season	Player	Mat	Wkts
2008	Pakistan Sohail Tanvir (RR)	11	22
2009	India RP Singh (DC)	16	23
2010	India Pragyan Ojha (DC)	16	21
2011	Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga (MI)	16	28
2012	South Africa Morne Morkel (DD)	16	25
2013	West IndiesDwayne Bravo (CSK)	18	32
2014	India Mohit Sharma (CSK)	16	23
2015	West IndiesDwayne Bravo (CSK)	16	26
2016	India Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)	17	23
2017	India Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)	14	26
2018	Australia Andrew Tye (KXIP)	14	24
2019	South Africa Imran Tahir (CSK)	17	26
2020	West Indies K Rabada (Delhi)	17	30
2021	India HV Patel (RCB)	15	32
2022	India YS Chahal (RR)	17	27
2023	India Mohd Shami (Titans}	17	28
2024	India Harshal Patel (Punjab)	14	24

MAXIMUM SIXES AWARD

The Maximum Sixes Award is an annual cricket award presented to the batsman who hits the most sixes in the Indian Premier League.

WINNERS – MAXIMUM SIXES AWARD
Season	Player	Mat	Sixes
2008	Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya (MI)	14	31
2009	Australia Adam Gilchrist (DC)	16	29
2010	India Robin Uthappa (RCB)	16	27
2011	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	12	44
2012	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	15	59
2013	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	16	51
2014	Australia Glenn Maxwell (KXIP)	16	36
2015	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)	14	38
2016	India Virat V Kohli (RCB)	16	38
2017	Australia Glenn Maxwell (KXIP)	14	26
2018	India Rishabh Pant (DD)	14	37
2019	West Indies Andre Russell (KKR)	14	52
2020	India Ishan Kishan (MI)	14	30
2021	India KL Rahul (Punjab)	13	30
2022	England JC Buttler (RR)	17	45
2023	South Africa F du Plessis (RCB)	14	36
2024	India Abhishek Sharma (SRH)	16	42

In 2017, Maxwell and David Warner were both tied with 26 sixes, but Maxwell won the award due to a higher strike-rate in the tournament

MOST SIXES/LONGEST SIX

The Maximum Sixes Award, used to be presented to the batsman who hit the most sixes in a season of the IPL.[37]. From the 2023 season, it was replaced by the ‘Longest six of the season award’, called the Visit saudi beyond the boundary longest six for sponsorship reasons. Incidentally, it was won by Faf du Plessis in 2023 who would have also won the ‘Most Sixes’ award.

WINNERS – MOST SIXES/LONGEST SIX AWARD
Season	Player	Mat	Sixes	LS	Stadium
2023	F du Plessis  (Bangalore)	14	36	119m	Chinnaswamy
2024	MS Dhioni (Chennai}	14	13	110m	Chinnaswamy

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

The award was called the “man of the tournament” till the 2012 season. The IPL introduced the Most Valuable Player rating system in 2013, the leader of which would be named the “Most Valuable Player” at the end of the season.

WINNERS – MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Season	Player
2008	Australia Shane Watson (RR)
2009	Australia Adam Gilchrist (DC)
2010	India Sachin Tendulkar (MI)
2011	West Indies Chris Gayle (RCB)
2012	West IndiesSunil Narine (KKR)
2013	Australia Shane Watson (RR)
2014	Australia Glenn Maxwell (KXIP)
2015	West Indies Andre Russell (KKR)
2016	India Virat V Kohli (RCB)
2017	England Ben Stokes (RPS)
2018	West Indies Sunil Narine (KKR)
2019	West Indies Andre Russel (KKR)
2020	England JC Archer (RR)
2021	India HV Patel (RCB)
2022	England JC Buttler (Rajasthan)
2023	India Shubman Gill {Titans}
2024	West Indies SP Narine (KKR)

WINNERS-PLAYER OF THE MATCH (FINAL)
Season	Player
2008	India Yusuf Pathan (RR)
2009	India Anil Kumble (RCB)
2010	India Suresh Raina (CSK)
2011	India Murali Vijay (CSK)
2012	India Manvinder Bisla (KKR)
2013	West Indies Kieron Pollard (MI)
2014	India Manish Pandey (KKR)
2015	India Rohit Sharma (MI)
2016	Australia Ben Cutting (SRH)
2017	India Krunal Pandya (MI)
2018	Australia Shane Watson (CSK)
2019	India Jasprit Bumrah (MI)
2020	New Zealand TA Boult (MI)
2021	South Africa F du Plessis (CSK)
2022	India HH Pandya (Titans)
2023	India Shubman Gill (Titans)
2024	Australia MA Starc {KKR)

EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The award was presented for the “best under-19 player” in 2008 and “best under-23 player” in 2009 and 2010, being called “Under-23 Success of the Tournament”. In 2011 and 2012, the award was known as “Rising Star of the Year”, while, in 2013, it was called “Best Young Player of the Season”. Since 2014, the award has been called the “Emerging Player of the Year.”

WINNERS – EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Season	Player
2008	India Shreevats Goswami (RCB)
2009	India Rohit Sharma (DC)
2010	India Saurabh Tiwary (MI)
2011	India Iqbal Abdulla (KKR)
2012	India Mandeep Singh (KXIP)
2013	India Sanju Samson (RR)
2014	India Axar Patel (KXIP)
2015	India Shreyas Iyer (DC)
2016	Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman (SRH)
2017	India Basil Thampi (GL)
2018	India Rishabh Pant (DC)
2019	India Shubman Gill (KKR)
2020	India D Padikkal {RCB)
2021	India RD Gaekwad (CSK)
2022	India Umran Malik (SRH)
2023	India Yashaswi Jaiswal (RR)
2024	Nitish Kumar Reddy (SRH)

FAIR PLAY AWARD

The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team with the best record of fair play. The winner is decided on the basis of the points the umpires give to the teams.  after each match, the two on-field umpires, and the third umpire, Rs the performance of both the teams. A team can be awarded a total of ten points per match, out of which four points are given on the basis of how the team has adhered to the “spirit of the game” in the opinion of the umpires. The other three criteria are based on the respect towards to the opposition, the laws of cricket and the umpires. Each of these three criteria represents 2 points. If a team has got two points in the criterion, its performance is considered as “good”, whereas getting one or zero points indicates that its performance is “average” or “bad” respectively.

WINNERS	FAIR PLAY AWARD
Season	Team		Team
2008	Chennai Super Kings
2009	Kings XI Punjab
2010	Chennai Super Kings
2011	Chennai Super Kings
2012	Rajasthan Royals
2013	Chennai Super Kings
2014	Chennai Super Kings
2015	Chennai Super Kings
2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2017	Gujarat Lions
2018	Mumbai Indians
2019	Sunrisers Hyderabad
2020	Mumbai Indians
2021	Rajasthan Royals
2022	Gujarat Titans	and	Rajasthan Royals
2023	Delhi Capitals
2024	Sunrisers Hyderabad

HIGHEST STRIKE RATE

Known as the Tiago.eElectric Striker of the Season Award for sponsorship reasons, This award is given to the batsmen with the highest strike rate of the season with minimum off 100 balls played in the season. He is handed a car as well.

Winners
Season	Player	SR	Ref
2018	Sunil Narine (KKR)	189.89
2019	Andre Russell (KKR)	204.80
2020	Kieron Pollard (MI)	191.42
2021	Shimron Hetmyer (DC)	168.05
2022	Dinesh Karthik (RCB)	183.33
2023	Glenn Maxwell (RCB)	183.48
2024	Luke Wood (MI)	300.00

BEST CATCH

Best Catch, known as Herbalife Active Best Catch of the Season for sponsorship reasons, is given to the player who has taken the best catch during the season, on the basis of commentators’ opinions and fan voting.

Winners
Season	Player
2013	Gurkeerat Mann (Pun)
2014	Kieron Pollard (MI)
2015	Dwyane Bravo (CSK)
2016	Suresh Raina (GL)
2017	Kieron Pollard (MI)
2018	Trent Boult (DC)
2019	Kieron Pollard (MI)
2021	Ravi Bishnoi (Pun)
2022	Evin Lewis (LSG)
2023	Rashid Khan (GT)

MOST FOURS

The award for the most fours in a season, called the “Rupay On the Go – 4s of the season” for sponsorship reasons, was introduced in 2022.

Winners
Season	Player	Mat	Fours
2022	Jos Buttler (RR)	16	83
2023	Shubman Gill (GT)	17	85
2024	TM Head(SRH)	15	64