Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar praised RR's 15-year-old opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, calling him "truly special", adding, "I watched him bat, and it was magnificent." "He is not slogging the ball. He is just picking the line and length earlier than the rest of the guys," he further added. Notably, Sooryavanshi scored 776 runs at 237.31-strike rate in 16 IPL 2026 matches.