The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a Twenty20 cricket competition based in India. The tournament honours players with several awards at the end of each season. These include the Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Maximum Sixes Award, Most Valuable Player and Emerging Player of the Year, among others.

Orange Cap The Orange Cap is presented to the leading run scorer of each season of 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-scorer 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. So far David Warner has won the cap thrice followed by Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli who have won it twice. Kohli scored the most runs (973) in a single edition of the tournament in the 2016 season.

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 DLF 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 DLF Indian Premier League apart from the crowd, and to reward outstanding achievements by the players." Kane Williamson was the only non - opener to win Orange Cap. +Winners Season Player Team Runs Ref2008 Shaun Marsh KXIP 616 2009 Matthew Hayden CSK 572 2010 Sachin Tendulkar MI 618 2011 Chris Gayle RCB 608 2012 733 2013 Michael Hussey CSK 733 2014 Robin Uthappa KKR 660 2015 David Warner SRH 562 2016 Virat Kohli RCB9732017 David Warner SRH 6412018 Kane Williamson 735 2019 David Warner 6922020 KL Rahul KXIP6702021 Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK6352022 Jos Buttler RR8632023 Shubman Gill GT8902024 Virat Kohli RCB7412025 Sai Sudharsan GT7592026 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi RR776

Purple Cap

The Purple Cap is presented to the leading wicket-taker in each season of the IPL. After the introduction of Orange Cap on 25 April 2008, the IPL announced the introduction of the Purple Cap on 13 May 2008. 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. So far Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dwayne Bravo, Harshal Patel and Kagiso Rabada have won the Purple Cap twice. Dwayne Bravo and Harshal Patel scalped 32 wickets in the 2013 Indian Premier League and 2021 Indian Premier League respectively, the most for any bowlers in a single edition of the tournament but Dwayne Bravo remains ahead of Harshal Patel because of better economy rate of the two as per the IPL rules.

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 Season Player Team Wickets Ref2008 Sohail Tanvir RR 22 2009 R. P. Singh DCH 23 2010 Pragyan Ojha 21 2011 Lasith Malinga MI 28 2012 Morne Morkel DD 25 2013 Dwayne Bravo CSK 32 2014 Mohit Sharma 23 2015 Dwayne Bravo 26 2016 Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH 23 2017 26 2018 Andrew Tye KXIP 24 2019 Imran Tahir CSK 26 2020 Kagiso Rabada DC 302021 Harshal Patel RCB 322022 Yuzvendra Chahal RR 27 2023 Mohammed Shami GT 28 2024 Harshal Patel PBKS 24 2025 Prasidh Krishna GT25 2026 Kagiso Rabada29

Most sixes The Maximum Sixes Award, called "Angel One Super Sixes of the Season" to be presented to the batsman who hit the most sixes in a season of the IPL.

+Winners Season Player Team Sixes Ref 2008 Sanath Jayasuriya MI 31 2009 Adam Gilchrist DCH 29 2010 Robin Uthappa RCB 27 2011 Chris Gayle 44 2012 59 2013 51 2014 Glenn Maxwell KXIP 36 2015 Chris Gayle RCB 38 2016 Virat Kohli 2017 Glenn Maxwell KXIP 26 2018 Rishabh Pant DD 37 2019 Andre Russell KKR 52 2020 Ishan Kishan MI 30 2021 KL Rahul PBKS2022 Jos Buttler RR452023Faf du PlessisRCB362024 Abhishek SharmaSRH422025 Nicholas PooranLSG402026Vaibhav SooryavanshiRR72

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 Team Fours Ref 2022 Jos Buttler RR 83 2023 Shubman Gill GT 85 2024 Travis Head SRH 64 2025 Sai Sudharsan GT 88202675

Most Valuable Player Between 2008 and 2012, the "Man of the Tournament" was awarded, based on a traditional subjective assessment of performance. In 2013, this award was renamed to "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) and a cumulative points system was introduced. When batting, every six hit is worth 3.5 points, and every four is worth 2.5 points. Bowling earns 3.5 points per wicket taken, and 1 point per dot ball bowled. Catches taken and stumpings effected are valued at 2.5 points each. Some sources claim run outs are worth 1 point or 2.5 points.

Sunil Narine has won the award the most times (3), followed by Andre Russell & Shane Watson (2 each). Narine also holds the record for the most points scored during a single season (450).

+Man of the TournamentSeasonPlayerTeamRef2008 Shane WatsonRR2009 Adam Gilchrist DCH2010 Sachin TendulkarMI2011 Chris GayleRCB2012 Sunil NarineKKR +Most Valuable Player Season Player TeamPoints Ref2013 Shane Watson RR3862014 Glenn Maxwell KXIP2862015 Andre Russell KKR3122016 Virat Kohli RCB356.52017 Ben Stokes RPS2792018 Sunil Narine KKR379.52019 Andre Russell 369 2020 Jofra Archer RR3072021 Harshal Patel RCB264.52022 Jos Buttler RR3872023 Shubman Gill GT3432024 Sunil Narine KKR4502025 Suryakumar YadavMI320.52026 Vaibhav SooryavanshiRR436.5

Player of the final Krunal Pandya is the only player to win Player of the match in final twice. +Winners SeasonPlayer of the match Team Ref2008 Yusuf PathanRR2009 Anil KumbleRCB2010 Suresh RainaCSK2011 Murali Vijay2012 Manvinder BislaKKR2013 Kieron PollardMI2014 Manish PandeyKKR2015 Rohit SharmaMI2016 Ben CuttingSRH2017 Krunal PandyaMI2018 Shane Watson CSK2019 Jasprit Bumrah MI 2020 Trent Boult 2021 Faf du Plessis CSK 2022 Hardik Pandya GT 2023 Devon Conway CSK2024 Mitchell Starc KKR2025 Krunal Pandya RCB 2026Virat Kohli

Emerging player The award was presented for the "best Under-19 player" in 2008 and the "best Under-23 player" in 2009 and 2010, being called "Under-23 Success of the Tournament". In the 2011 and 2012 seasons, 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. Only players who have played fewer than 5 Tests, 20 One Day Internationals, and 25 IPL matches at the start of the season are eligible for the award and can only win the award once.

The only non-Indian player to win the award is the Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, in 2016.

+Winners SeasonPlayer Team Ref2008 Shreevats Goswami RCB2009 Rohit Sharma DCH2010 Saurabh Tiwary MI2011 Iqbal Abdulla KKR2012 Mandeep Singh KXIP2013 Sanju Samson RR2014 Axar Patel KXIP2015 Shreyas Iyer DD2016 Mustafizur Rahman SRH2017 Basil Thampi GL2018 Rishabh Pant DD2019 Shubman Gill KKR 2020 Devdutt Padikkal RCB 2021 Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK 2022 Umran MalikSRH2023 Yashasvi JaiswalRR2024 Nitish Kumar ReddySRH2025 Sai SudharsanGT2026 Vaibhav SooryavanshiRR

Highest strike rate Known as the "Super Striker of the Season Award" with sponsored car name, this award is given to the batsman with the highest strike rate of the season with a minimum of 100 balls and 7 matches played in the season. He is handed a car as well. +Winners SeasonPlayer TeamStrike rate Ref2018 Sunil NarineKKR189.892019 Andre Russell204.82020 Kieron Pollard MI191.422021 Shimron HetmyerDC168.052022 Dinesh KarthikRCB183.332023 Glenn Maxwell183.482024 Jake Fraser-McGurkDC234.042025 Vaibhav SooryavanshiRR206.552026237.30

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. So far, Suresh Raina and Kieron Pollard have won the award most times(2 times). +WinnersSeasonPlayerTeamRef2013 Gurkeerat SinghKXIP2014 Kieron PollardMI2015 Dwyane BravoCSK2016 Suresh RainaGL20172018 Trent BoultDD2019 Kieron PollardMI2021 Ravi BishnoiPBKS2022 Evin LewisLSG2023 Rashid Khan GT 2024 Ramandeep Singh KKR 2025 Kamindu Mendis SRH2026 Manish Pandey KKR

Most Dot Balls

+SeasonPlayerTeamNo. of dot balls2008Shane WatsonRR1582009R. P. SinghDCH1722010Dale SteynRCB1642011Lasith MalingaMI1832012Praveen KumarPBKS1682013Dale SteynSRH2112014Axar PatelPBKS1572015Ashish NehraCSK1702016Bhuvneshwar KumarSRH1562017Sunil NarineKKR1332018Rashid KhanSRH1672019Deepak ChaharCSK1902020Jasprit BumrahMI1752021Avesh KhanDC1562022Prasidh KrishnaRR2002023Mohammed ShamiGT1932024Jasprit BumrahMI1492025Mohammed SirajGT1512026172

Winning Captain Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni is most successful captains to have 5 Titles as captain. Rohit, Dhoni and Rajat Patidar are only three captain to win consecutive titles. KKR only team win Title with two different captains. Warne, Gilchrist and Warner are Overseas Captains to become Champions. Rajat Patidar is the only uncapped T20I player to have lead RCB to their first 2 titles in the very first years of his captaincy. +SeasonWinning Captain Team2008Shane WarneRR2009Adam GilchristDCH2010MS DhoniCSK20112012Gautam GambhirKKR2013Rohit SharmaMI2014Gautam GambhirKKR2015Rohit SharmaMI2016David WarnerSRH2017Rohit SharmaMI2018MS DhoniCSK2019Rohit SharmaMI20202021MS DhoniCSK2022Hardik PandyaGT2023MS DhoniCSK2024Shreyas IyerKKR2025Rajat PatidarRCB2026

Fair Play Award The Fair Play Award is given after each season to the team with the best record of fair play. The Chennai Super Kings have won most frequently, with seven wins. 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, scores the performance of both of 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 two points. If a team gets 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 Season Team2008 Chennai Super Kings2009 Kings XI Punjab2010 Chennai Super Kings20112012 Rajasthan Royals2013 Chennai Super Kings 201420152016 Sunrisers Hyderabad2017 Gujarat Lions 2018 Mumbai Indians2019 Sunrisers Hyderabad2020 Mumbai Indians2021 Rajasthan Royals 2022Gujarat TitansRajasthan Royals2023 Delhi Capitals2024 Sunrisers Hyderabad2025 Chennai Super Kings2026 Punjab Kings

See also List of Indian Premier League centuries List of Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls List of Indian Premier League records and statistics

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