{"id":10359,"date":"2026-04-29T17:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ai-chip-in-bat-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-breaks-silence-with-cheeky-reply-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:41:05","slug":"ai-chip-in-bat-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-breaks-silence-with-cheeky-reply-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ai-chip-in-bat-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-breaks-silence-with-cheeky-reply-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018AI chip in bat\u2019? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks silence with cheeky reply \u2013 Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130605577,imgsize-66648,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sooryavanshi.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018AI chip in bat\u2019? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks silence with cheeky reply \u2013 Watch\" title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL)\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a>\u2019 teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has finally broken his silence on the bizarre \u201cAI chip in bat\u201d allegation \u2014 and did so in style, with a cheeky response that has now taken the internet by storm.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>After yet another record-shattering outing in IPL 2026, the 15-year-old prodigy was asked whether there was indeed some artificial assistance hidden in his willow. Smiling, Sooryavanshi replied, \u201cBhagwaan ne laga ke diya hai. Upar hi bola tha ki bat mein tumhare kuch laga ke de raha hoon. Ussi ka istemaal kar raha hoon [God has implanted it and told me he is putting something in my bat. I am just using that.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Kumar Sangakkara on RR\u2019s win over Punjab Kings<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The light-hearted remark, shared by Rajasthan Royals on social media, quickly went viral \u2014 much like everything the youngster seems to touch this season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">WATCH: Sooryavanshi answers AI chip question<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">AI claim sparks buzz after stunning century<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The unusual \u201cAI chip\u201d theory first surfaced after Sooryavanshi\u2019s jaw-dropping 103 off just 37 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Pakistan-based analyst Nauman Niaz jokingly suggested the teen\u2019s bat be tested.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cThink about it\u2026 get his bat checked\u2026 he probably used an AI chip\u2026 he is unreal,\u201d Niaz said, while also marvelling at the youngster\u2019s technique and 360-degree strokeplay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Fastest-ever to 400: Record books rewritten<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>If there were doubts, Sooryavanshi has answered them the only way he knows \u2014 with the bat. During RR\u2019s clash against Punjab Kings, he became the fastest player in IPL history to reach 400 runs in a season, getting there in just 167 balls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>He broke the long-standing mark held by Andre Russell (188 balls in 2019), leaving elite names like <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/abhishek-sharma\/66799\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Abhishek Sharma<\/a>, Nicholas Pooran and Glenn Maxwell behind.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>The milestone came during a blistering 43 off 16 balls, an innings that dismantled both Arshdeep Singh and Lockie Ferguson with fearless strokeplay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Sooryavanshi now tops the run charts (IPL 2026 Orange Cap) with 400 runs in nine matches, striking at an astonishing 238.09 with 37 sixes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/ipl-2026-ai-chip-in-bat-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-breaks-silence-with-cheeky-reply-watch\/articleshow\/130605306.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals\u2019 teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has finally broken his silence on the bizarre \u201cAI chip in bat\u201d allegation \u2014 and did so in style, with a cheeky response that has now taken the internet by storm.After yet another record-shattering outing in IPL 2026, the 15-year-old prodigy was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}