Nicholas Pooran (left) and Noor Ahmad (right) are leading the races for the orange and purple caps
Nicholas Pooran (left) and Noor Ahmad (right) are leading the races for the orange and purple caps
The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full swing.
The key batters and bowlers are starting to stand out in the 18th edition of the world's biggest T20 franchise league.
BBC Sport takes a look at all the key stats - and past winners of the orange and purple caps.
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 357 runs
2. Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans) - 329
3. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants) - 295
4. Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians) - 265
5. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) - 257
1. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings), Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - 12 wickets
2. Shardul Thakur (Lucknow Super Giants), Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals), Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) and Khaleel Ahmed (Chennai Super Kings) - 11 wickets
3= Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals), Prasidh Krishna, Sai Kishore and Mohammed Siraj (all Gujarat Titans), Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy (both Kolkata Knight Riders), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings) - 10 wickets
Highest strike-rate
Minimum 20 balls faced
1. Vipraj Nigam (Delhi Capitals) - 216.00
2. Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings) 209.00
3. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 208.77
4. Karun Nair (Delhi Capitals) - 206.97
5. Abdul Samad (Lucknow Super Giants) - 202.50
Highest average
1. Tim David (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) - 142
2. Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals) - 76
3= KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals), Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 59.50
5. Sai Sundharsan (Gujarat Titans) 54.83
Most sixes
1. Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants) - 31 sixes
2. Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) - 20
3. Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants), Priyansh Arya (Punjab Kings) - 17
=5. Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Aniket Verma (Sunrisers Hyderabad) - 14
Best strike-rate
1. Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings) - 6
2. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) - 7.20
3. Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 7.80
4. Karn Sharma (Mumbai Indians) - 8.00
5. Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians) - 10.90
Best average
1. Karn Sharma (Mumbai Indians) - 12.00
2. Harpreet Brar (Punjab Kings) - 12.50
3. Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) - 12.60
4. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) - 13.18
5. Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings) - 14.25
Best economy
Minimum of 24 balls bowled
1. Moeen Ali (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 5.37
2. Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals) - 6.04
3. Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders) - 6.22
4. Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals) - 6.83
5. Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat Titans) - 6.95