Overview
- Sooryavanshi, 15, has blasted 404 runs in 10 IPL 2026 innings at a strike rate near 238, taking down leading quicks like Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood.
- Rajasthan Royals detailed targeted work on him, logging bat and swing speed and using heavy-bat sessions and sequencing drills to lift his bat speed from about 92–95 km/h to roughly 110–115 km/h.
- Coaches also expanded his options by adding the cut and upper-cut and by pushing him to access leg-side gaps on fuller balls, addressing an early off-side tilt in his game.
- Former players are urging rapid promotion, with Michael Clarke likening the hype to Sachin Tendulkar’s early years, Kerry O’Keeffe calling him a level above Ricky Ponting at 15, and reports naming him a T20I option for India’s tour of Ireland, though no selection is confirmed.
- The Test debate has intensified as mentor Zubin Bharucha urges a Tendulkar-style leap but suggests a middle-order role for now, noting a back-foot bias and the need to learn against a moving ball; the teenager even skipped his Class 10 exams to train with RR.