After RR opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed 97 against SRH in Eliminator, former India batter Aakash Chopra said, "He’s the AI Version of T20 batting." "He'll hit 100 sixes in one IPL season in the next few years. He’ll set standards that our current conventional thinking is failing to even comprehend," Aakash added. Sooryavanshi smashed 12 sixes in his innings.