Thursday 11 April 2013

IPL Orange & Purple Cap Holders List

Cricket has always been worship for Indian. But, with Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) new initiation of Indian Premier League, cricket has found a new life and reason to breathe for the cricket buffs. Looking at other various popularly known events such as Tour de France, DLF Indian Premier League planned to introduce the orange cap, which is given to the batsman who has had been successful in achieving most runs on each day. This means the orange cap is given to the batsman who has scored the maximum number of runs.At the end of every season, the players are awarded with their performance for the whole season and are addressed with a token of admiration as the purple cap holder.In simple words, the highest wicket taking bowler in the series is given the purple cap. 

List of Orange Cap Holders for Five Consecutive Years

IPL 5 2012 
Chris Gayle (RCB) - 733 runs

IPL 4 2011
Chris Gayle (RCB) - 608 runs

IPL 3 2010
Sachin Tendulkar (MI) - 618 runs

IPL 2 2009
Matthew Hayden (CSK) - 572 runs

IPL 1 2008
Shaun Marsh (KXIP) - 616 runs

List of Purple Cap Holders for Five Consecutive Years

IPL 5 2012
Morne Morkel (DD) - 25 wickets

IPL 4 2011
Lasith Malinga (MI) - 27 wickets

IPL 3 2010
Pragyan Ojha (DC) - 21 wickets

IPL 2 2009
RP Singh (DC) - 23 wickets

IPL 1 2008
Sohail Tanvir (RR) - 22 wickets

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