Sooryavanshi has taken the cricketing world by storm with his record-breaking exploits this year.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has taken the cricketing world by storm with his record-breaking exploits this year. The young prodigy earned the Player-of-the-Tournament award at the start of the year, helping India clinch their record-extending sixth ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title.
Sooryavanshi carried his stunning form into the IPL 2026. Playing for Rajasthan Royals (RR), he won the Orange Cap and was named the Most Valuable Player for scoring 776 runs in 16 innings at a staggering strike rate of 237.30, including one hundred, five half-centuries and a record 72 sixes in an IPL season.
As a result, the 15-year-old earned his maiden India call-up as he got selected in the T20I squads for the UK tour, Zimbabwe tour and the Asian Games.
While Sooryavanshi became the youngest debutant for India during the England tour last month, he bagged the Player-of-the-Series in his second international assignment in Zimbabwe.
Recently, former Australia pacer Brett Lee heaped praise on Sooryavanshi, saying the teenager’s domination has people outside India questioning his age in amazement.
"He is incredible. Everyone offshore, away from India, asks the question if he's 15. Is he 15 is probably the biggest talking point around the world. I don't care how old he is. If he's 15, fantastic, but if he's 17 or 18, who cares. This kid can play cricket. He has been such a great find for India, and he's going to go on to achieve bigger and better things," Lee said on the BeerBiceps YouTube channel.
"He has already lit up the IPL in such a short space of time. That 97 he got (vs SRH), he was up against Aussie bowlers. They were bowling gas, and he was hooking them off his nose. He is playing proper cricketing shots and has power that he finds from somewhere. It won't be his form or batting; it'll only be his mind. He still has to be a kid. Let him be a kid and don't put too much pressure," he added.
When asked how he would approach bowling to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Bree Lee said he would have tested the wonder kid with short-pitched bowling.
"If someone was a good hooker or puller of the ball, I used to love that because then it becomes a contest. So of course I would go into the boardroom, go upstairs and have a look. I'll put one on his badge and see what he does with it. He might hook me for six, but it won't discourage me from giving him another one," Lee remarked.