India, June 3 -- 'RCB is the story of this IPL. But Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the IPL this season,' Jos Buttler couldn't have summed up IPL 2026 more aptly.

An Orange Cap, an MVP award, the Super Striker title, the most sixes in a season, and the Emerging Player honour, all in one summer. He faced 327 balls across 47 bowlers and scored 776 runs. The strike rate? A barely believable 237.3, with 72 sixes to go with it.

Years later, when IPL 2026 is looked back on, Sooryavanshi will still be remembered for his batting insanity, which came at the age of just 15. Unless, of course, the left-hander goes on to achieve what has been prophesied about him, in which case the season will be remembered as the launchpad for the phenomenon that turned o...