Mumbai, May 30 -- Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan backed Rajasthan Royals' (RR) 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for an India call-up after his impressive 96-run innings against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 2 clash on Friday, highlighting the left-hander's consistency in the IPL 2026 season.

Although Sooryavanshi is not going to play in the IPL 2026 final after RR got knocked out of the Qualifier 2 clash on Friday, the left-handed batter has so far scored the most runs in the tournament with 776 runs in 16 matches and could very well end up at the summit of the leading run-scorers list. He has made runs at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 237.31 with the help of 63 fours a...