Top 5 players in IPL who have not won the Orange Cap
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen many a great ply their trade for different franchises over the years. While some like Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, and Sanath Jayasuriya lit up the league only towards the fag end of their career, the league has also provided many a platform from where they have gone on to achieve greatness. With the start of the tournament the race for the Orange Cap also begins and by the end of the tournament, it is duly placed on the head of the highest scorer of the tournament.
However, no matter in what form batsmen are before the tournament and how big their reputations are, the IPL Orange Cap winner has been mostly a surprise, just like Shaun Marsh, who was a little-known quantity in 2008, surprised everyone by ending the inaugural season as the highest run-getter. As a result, some batsmen, despite their consistency and exploits with the bat, have missed out on being the Orange Cap holder.
With Virat Kohli set to win the Orange Cap this season, we take a look the ones who have not:
1) Rohit Sharma
The Mumbai Indians captain made his India debut just a season before the IPL kicked off in 2008 and was snapped up by Deccan Chargers in the auctions. Although Deccan Chargers finished with the Wooden Spoon, the flashy right-hander had made a mark for himself and went on to play a crucial role in helping the Gilchrist led Deccan Chargers to lift the trophy next season.
His move to Mumbai saw him improve as a batsman under Sachin Tendulkar and once the Little Master hung up his boots, he led the Mumbai batting and went on to lead the team from the front to two IPL titles. However, as surprising as it may sound, despite being the third overall highest scorer in the tournament’s history( just behind Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina) Sharma has not even featured in the list of top five run-getters in the eight previous seasons.