From Our Correspondent
The individual honors for the recently concluded Andhra Premier League (APL) Season 5 (2026) were dominated by powerhouse individual performances, featuring a historic third consecutive Orange Cap win and a tight three-way battle at the top of the bowling charts.
The top performers with both bat and ball during the 2026 season finished with the following official statistics:
Top Run-Scorers (Orange Cap)
Ashwin Hebbar (Vijayawada Sunshiners): 560 runs (9 matches, 2 centuries, 3 fifties). Hebbar completely dominated the tournament to comfortably clinch the Orange Cap. Remarkably, this marks his third consecutive APL Orange Cap win (2024, 2025, and 2026). He also maintained a blistering strike rate of 210.53.
Revanth Reddy: 459 runs (10 matches, 1 century, 2 fifties).
Seeram Venkata Rahul: 350 runs (10 matches, 2 fifties).
Nimmala Himakar: 348 runs (11 matches, 1 century).
Maramreddy Hemanth Reddy (Bhimavaram Bulls): 338 runs (10 matches, 3 fifties). The title-winning captain finished in the top five, highlighted by critical match-winning knocks during the playoffs.
Top Wicket-Takers (Purple Cap Race)
The bowling charts saw a fierce tie at the absolute top, with three bowlers finishing level on wickets, closely followed by the rest of the pack:
Chennupati Raviteja: 16 wickets (10 matches, Best Bowling: 4/13, Economy: 8.78).
Girinath Reddy: 16 wickets (11 matches, Best Bowling: 4/36, Economy: 9.95).
Thanneeru Bharath: 16 wickets (8 matches, Best Bowling: 4/36, Economy: 9.96).
Satyanarayana Raju: 15 wickets (10 matches, Economy: 9.56).
Bandaru Ayyappa: 15 wickets (10 matches, Economy: 12.21).