India, Sept. 15 -- At 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has reached a commercial territory that most cricketers take years, sometimes decades, to enter. The teenager from Bihar is now reportedly commanding Rs.1.5-2 crore for a day of brand work, a figure that has surged after his extraordinary IPL 2026 campaign. It is worth mentioning that this is not a fixed daily salary or money landing in his account every morning; it is the fee attached to a shoot or appearance. But even that number tells the story of how quickly the market has moved around India's latest cricket sensation.

The jump has come on the back of a record-breaking IPL season that turned Sooryavanshi from a teenage prodigy into an enigma, a genuine commercial property. He finished IP...