India, May 29 -- Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Yousuf compared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to Shahid Afridi, labelling the Rajasthan Royals opener as the 'future' of cricket. Sooryavanshi has been in hot form in IPL 2026 and is arguably the league's main marquee player. In RR's Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he once again justified the hype around him, with a sizzling 29-ball 97. The 15-year-old slammed five fours and 12 sixes and was also striking at 334.48.

Sooryavanshi is currently on top of the Orange Cap race with 680 runs in 15 matches at an average of 45.33 and a 242.85 strike rate. He has also managed a ton and four fifties. He has the most maximums (65) this season and has also hit 55 fours.

Taking to X, Yousuf wrote, "1...