He has emerged as a long-term asset for Rajasthan Royals who picked him in IPL 2025 auction for INR 1.1 crore. The young prodigy has been named as the future star of India and if he makes his international debut soon then he can surpass Sachin Tendulkar - the legend who became country's youngest-ever international player.

According to Rajasthan Royals director of high performance - Zubin Bharucha, the team was advised to go all out for the youngster. In fact he even revealed that he had recommended that the franchise was ready to spend INR 10 crore to get Sooryavanshi in their team. It is also interesting to note that Zubin played a very significant role in discovering Yashasvi Jaiswal as young talent.

Bharucha in an interaction with ESPNCricinfo, recalled how he was amazed by Sooryavanshi in the pre-auction trials in Talegaon, Maharashtra. He smashed the very first delivery for a six which reminded Bharucha of Jaiswal's talent. Bharucha further went on to describe Sooryavanshi as a player with potential that is "twice that of Jaiswal."

It reminded me of the first ball I saw Jaiswal face at a trial at DY Patil Stadium - he walked across and flicked it over short fine leg for four. Sanju Samson, the same thing - first ball in Jaipur at the practice ground. Amit Singh banged in a bouncer and he hit it onto the roof of the indoor stadium. First ball, kuch alag hi kiya." [did something different]," said Bharucha.

"After the trials finished, I sent everyone away. I didn't want to embarrass the others, so I called Vaibhav back alone. We had these sidearm guys who could crank it up to 157-158kph. One of them is about 6'4", so you can imagine the release point. I gave them a new ball and said, 'Attack him, boss.' I told Vaibhav they'd be quick. He just said, 'Haan sir, no problem.' The first few balls, he left. But even that stood out. The way he was leaving, it felt like there was no pace on the ball. The keeper was standing 30 yards back and he's just… so comfortably leaving them," Bharucha recalled.

"One of the sidearmers hit the deck hard, and Vaibhav hit it straight over the sightscreen for six. I asked for the ball speed, and it measured 157 kph! That's not normal. Not even for the best. To do that off your fourth or fifth ball facing that pace - that's when you know this is something incredibly special.

"I told them, he's Jaiswal multiplied by two already. You're looking at something incredible… Can't believe he has come to our doorstep. Don't miss this chance," he concluded.