SRHvsRR: Sanju Samson gets the orange cap after a sensational fifty

Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson on Monday surpassed Delhi Capitals (DC) opener Shikhar Dhawan in the race of the Orange Cap in IPL 2021 Phase 2. In the SRH vs RR encounter, Sanju Samson played a blistering knock of 82 runs off 57 balls with the help of 7 boundaries and 3 sixes. With his 82 runs knock, RR skipper Sanju Samson became the new Orange Cap holder (batsman with the most number of runs) surpassing Shikhar Dhawan.

You're looking at the new Orange Cap holder 👑#RoyalsFamily | #SRHvRR | #IPL2021 | @IamSanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/3KFC8NzmG8

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 27, 2021

Samson now has 3017 career runs from 117 IPL matches at an average of 29.87. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli leads the all-time list with 6185 runs followed by Dhawan (5627), Rohit Sharma (5556), Suresh Raina (5523) and David Warner (5449) completing the top-five.

Samson has already amassed 433 runs from 10 games this season at an average of 54.12 with 1 hundred and two fifties. This is the second season in which Samson has gone past 400 runs after IPL 2018 in which he managed 441 from 15 games at 31.50 with 3 half-centuries to finish in 15th place.

A knock that deserved 2 points. #HallaBol | #SRHvRR | @IamSanjuSamson | @expo2020dubai pic.twitter.com/SaIn9amZho

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 27, 2021