IPL 2018: 5 players who can win the orange cap this season

One blink and the Indian Premier League is already about to enter its third week. Two weeks of frenetic action, two weeks of close matches, two weeks of dismal surrenders, two weeks of personal milestones, two weeks of unknown heroes popping up, two weeks of typical Twenty20 cricket has passed us!

T20 is inherently a batsman's game, it is about clobbering colossal sixes and muscling the bowlers for boundaries. It is also about piling on big scores and enthralling the audiences.

On that note, we take a look at the five possible candidates for the orange cap this season, five batsmen who have started off in a positive vein and might well jostle it out for the baton of the top-scorer this season.

#5 Sanju Samson

He might be only 23, but Sanju Samson is an IPL veteran and this season might well be his breakthrough one.

Playing for the Rajasthan Royals, Samson bats in the top order and is looking the part this year. He comes out to bat and peels off runs for fun and his contributions are vital to the Rajasthan Royals' scheme of things.

Currently, after four matches, Samson has scored 185 runs at an average of 61.66 and with a strike rate of 158.11.

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