Ex-IPL Chairman Lalit Modi praised 15-year-old RR batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and said he could become "bigger than anybody on the planet". "He will be bigger than the Messis of this world if he keeps his head on his shoulders," Modi added. Sooryavanshi scored 776 runs for RR in IPL 2026 at a strike rate of 237.31, winning the Orange Cap.