India, April 24 -- Matthew Hayden compared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to Brian Lara, calling him the Indian Premier League's 'marquee player'. The Aussie legend was speaking on a YouTube show and was asked about the 15-year-old, who has been in stunning form in IPL 2026. The RR opener is ahead of Virat Kohli (247 runs), is in the Orange Cap race and is in fifth position. He has registered 254 runs in seven matches at an average of 36.29, and he has been striking at 220.86.

The teenager is RR's highest run-scorer this season, and is behind Shubman Gill (265), Sanju Samson (293), Heinrich Klaasen (320) and Abhishek Sharma (323) in the Orange Cap race. It's not just his age which is grabbing headlines, but also his confident composure against sen...