IPL 2018: 5 interesting facts about the Orange Cap

#4 Retaining the cap

Chris Gayle was the only player to retain the orange cap

Chris Gayle was the first and the last player to retain the cap successfully. In the 2011 season, Royal Challengers Bangalore signed Chris Gayle as a replacement player for the injured Dirk Nannes. The Jamaican scored 608 runs from just 12 innings. His teammate Virat Kohli was second on the list. However, Kohli had scored only 557 runs in 16 innings.

In the 2012 season, RCB retained Gayle. Gayle resumed the season from where he left in 2011. This time he scored 733 runs in 14 innings. As usual, the second player on the list (Gautam Gambhir) had scored just 590 runs from 17 innings. Chris Gayle became the first player to score 700+ runs in a single IPL season. On course, he also became the only player to retain the ‘Orange Cap.’