New Delhi: The head of Shubman Gill, the opener of Gujarat Titans, is crowned with the Orange Cap. Gill scored the most runs in IPL 2023. He scored an inning of 39 runs in 20 balls in the final match against Chennai Super Kings (GT vs CSK). With this, he took his number of runs to 890 this season, which is the highest of any batsman in the 16th season of IPL. Gill collected these runs in 17 matches. The batsman who scores the most runs in the IPL is awarded the Orange Cap.
Shubman Gill missed out on breaking Virat Kohli’s record during this period. Kohli holds the record for scoring the most 973 runs in a season of IPL, which he made in the year 2016 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. However, in terms of scoring the most runs in a season, Gill has reached the second place after Kohli. Shubman Gill has become the youngest player to win the Orange Cap in IPL. He achieved this feat at the age of 23 years 263 days. Gill has broken the record of Rituraj Gaikwad, who captured the Orange Cap in 2011 at the age of 24 years 257 days.
Shubman Gill at number four in terms of maximum boundaries
After Shubman Gill, the batsman who scored the most runs this season is RCB captain Faf Duplesey. Duplessi scored 730 runs in 14 matches. Gill has reached number four in terms of hitting the most boundaries (fours and sixes) in an IPL season. Gill hit 85 fours and 33 sixes this season. In this list, Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler is at number one with 128 boundaries while Virat is at number two with 122 boundaries. David Warner is at number three with 119 boundaries.
Great year for Gill
With this, Shubman Gill holds the record for scoring the most runs against spinners in a season of IPL. During this, he left behind Virat Kohli. Kohli achieved this feat in the year 2016. The last 5 months have been great for Gill. He has scored a total of 8 centuries in all three formats of cricket.
