IPL Records: Top 10 batsmen who led the Orange Cap list in the 2016 IPL season

#2 David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

David Warner (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)

The Australian veteran was at his absolute peak in IPL 2016. Warner literally thrashed every bowling unit, scoring 848 runs in just 17 innings at a strike rate of 151.42.

SRH ultimately finished as the champions in 2016, thanks largely to Warner's exploits. With an average of 60.47, he hit 9 half-centuries in a single season and smashed 88 fours and 31 sixes.

#1 Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Virat Kohli (Image Courtesy - IPLT20/BCCI)

The year 2016 belonged to the Indian captain Virat Kohli. He performed tremendously in the IPL that year, continuing his purple patch from international cricket.

Kohli scored an unbelievable 973 runs in 16 innings, including seven half-centuries and four centuries, to set a benchmark in the tournament's history. With a strike rate of 152.03 and an average of 81.08, Kohli also smashed 83 fours and 38 sixes in IPL 2016.

He had his eyes set on lifting the trophy for the first time, but RCB were thwarted by SRH in the final.