With a scheduled start time of 7:30 pm IST on March 31, IPL 2023 is set to start.
The defending champion Gujarat Titans (GT) and the four-time IPL champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will play in the first game of the 2023 season.
The most lucrative cricket competition in the world, the IPL is held yearly in India.
Every year, the IPL presents players and teams with a number of prizes to honour their accomplishments.
The Orange Cap is given to the player who scored the most runs throughout the season, the Purple Cap is given to the player who took the most wickets.
And the Maximum Sixes award is given to the player who hit the most sixes during the season, and the Emerging Player award
are among the prizes for the IPL 2023. Here is a look at previous winners of these awards as well as a glimpse of the IPL 2023 awards.
IPL 2023 Awards: Orange Cap
The Indian Premier League’s top run scorer receives the IPL 2023 Orange Cap.
The Orange Cap is carried by the player who scored the most runs during the course of the season, with the Orange Cap award being awarded on the day of the IPL 2023 final to the player who scored the most runs overall in the season.
IPL Orange Cap Holder – Last 5 season
| Season | Player | Match | Runs |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler (RR) | 17 | 863 |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) | 16 | 635 |
| 2020 | KL Rahul (KXIP) | 14 | 670 |
| 2019 | David Warner (SRH) | 12 | 692 |
| 2018 | Kane Williamson (SRH) | 17 | 735 |
IPL 2023 Awards: Purple Cap
The Indian Premier League’s Purple Cap awards the player who has taken the most wickets in a single season.
Since the start of the IPL in 2008, this award has been given out continuously, and top bowlers fight against one another for the coveted award.
IPL Purple Cap Holder – Last 5 season
| Season | Player | Match | Runs |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal (RR) | 17 | 27 |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel (RCB) | 15 | 32 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada (DC) | 17 | 30 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir (CSK) | 17 | 26 |
| 2018 | Andrew Tye (KXIP) | 14 | 24 |
IPL 2023 Awards: Maximum Sixes
The players with the most number of sixes in a single season of IPL used to be awarded maximum sixes awards in IPL.
IPL Maximum Sixes – Last 5 season
| Season | Player | Match | Runs |
| 2022 | Jos Buttler (RR) | 16 | 45 |
| 2021 | KL Rahul (PBKS) | 13 | 30 |
| 2020 | Ishan Kishan (MI) | 13 | 30 |
| 2019 | Andre Russell (KKR) | 14 | 52 |
| 2018 | Rishabh Pant (DC) | 14 | 37 |
IPL 2023 Awards: Emerging Player
The IPL has provided players with the chance to test their abilities against some of the best players in the globe over the years.
The IPL has given the “Emerging Player of the Season” award to the most promising up-and-coming star to encourage aspiring cricketers to rise up and try to be the best of the best.
The award is only given to players who have played fewer than five Tests, 20 ODI, and twenty-five IPL games at the beginning of the season.
IPL Emerging Players – Last 5 season
| Season | Player |
| 2022 | Umran Malik (SRH) |
| 2021 | Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK) |
| 2020 | Devdutt Padikkal (RCB) |
| 2019 | Shubman Gill (KKR) |
| 2018 | Rishabh Pant (DC) |
