Mumbai, May 22 -- Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Devdutt Padikkal spoke on 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, saying that his "power and explosiveness" at his age is special and he is a "rare talent".

Sooryavanshi continues to take the cricketing world by storm. After putting up dominant performances in the ICC U19 World Cup earlier this year, the explosive teen left-hander continues to take down world-class, superstar-status bowlers right from ball one for the Royals in the ongoing IPL season.

RCB has also been one of the victims of Sooryavanshi's onslaught as his 26-ball 78, with eight fours and seven sixes, powered RR to an easy chase of 202 runs during the initial phase of the league stage.

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