Holding the Orange Cap and Purple Cap in the IPL is the dream of many players. In case you didn’t know, the BCCI introduced the Orange Cap award for the player who scores the highest runs in a season. Similarly, there is a Purple Cap award for the bowler who takes the highest number of wickets.
The leaderboard starts after every team has played at least one match in the new season. The batter with the highest runs gets the Orange Cap, and it keeps changing as the season goes on. Same thing happens with the Purple Cap.
No player has won Purple Cap and Orange Cap in the same IPL season, but there have been three such players who have held the two caps at least once in their careers.
1. Hardik Pandya has held Orange Cap and Purple Cap
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya is the only Indian to feature on the list. He held the Purple Cap for a brief time while playing for the Mumbai Indians in the 11th season of the league. Later, in IPL 2022, Pandya got the Orange Cap while playing for Gujarat Titans. He is yet to win one of the two awards in his career though.
2. Andre Russell has held Orange Cap and Purple Cap
West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has also accomplished the feat. He held the Orange Cap for a brief period in the 2022 season. The Kolkata Knight Riders star also held the Purple Cap in 2016.
3. Shane Watson
Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson held the Purple Cap while playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2016 season. He also held the Orange Cap once during his long stint with the Rajasthan Royals.
