10 years of IPL: Orange Cap Winners over the years

2010 - Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians), 618 runs

The Master in action for the Mumbai Indians.

If there were not enough records to his name already, the greatest cricketer of his generation - Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar added another feather to his cap when he finished the 2010 edition of the IPL as the highest run scorer. He scored a total of 618 runs in the entire edition- the highest ever in the IPL till then, at a healthy average and strike rate of 47.53 and 132.61 respectively. He also hit a staggering 86 boundaries in the IPL that year.

2011 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore), 608 runs

Chris Gayle in action for RCB.

Chris Gayle at his best is perhaps the most devastating and destructive batsman in the history of T20 cricket. In the first three editions of the IPL he failed to find his touch so much so that he went through the auction unsold after being left out by the Kolkata Knight Riders. However, Dirk Nannes suffered an injury and RCB brought Gayle as his replacement - a decision which proved to be a masterstroke. Gayle emerged with the orange cap in the 2011 edition after scoring 608 runs in just 12 matches - an average of 67.55. He scored those runs at a staggering strike rate of 183.13 and also struck two centuries in the process.