India, May 28 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is indeed the new face of the IPL. And not just because of the records he has shattered or the bowling attacks he has demolished. It is the effect he has had on Indian cricket itself.

If the league once belonged to MS Dhoni's iconic 07, Virat Kohli's 18 or Rohit Sharma's 45, then Sooryavanshi's 03 has now entered that rare royalty.

The mayhem the 15-year-old has unleashed in IPL 2026 with his outrageous run-scoring and six-hitting has sparked a craze never seen before inside the Rajasthan Royals camp.

According to a report in *The Indian Express*, the franchise has witnessed an unprecedented surge in requests for Sooryavanshi's merchandise, unlike anything Rajasthan have experienced since the IPL b...