{"id":15774,"date":"2026-06-02T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/lalit-modi-backs-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-to-become-bigger-than-any-hollywood-and-bollywood-star-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:03:09","slug":"lalit-modi-backs-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-to-become-bigger-than-any-hollywood-and-bollywood-star-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/lalit-modi-backs-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-to-become-bigger-than-any-hollywood-and-bollywood-star-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalit Modi backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to become &#8216;bigger than any Hollywood and Bollywood star&#8217; | 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-131456399,imgsize-1094601,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi.jpg\" alt=\"Lalit Modi backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to become 'bigger than any Hollywood and Bollywood star'\" title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: X)\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: X)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Vaibhav Sooryavanshi&#8217;s sensational breakthrough season, IPL founder and former chairman Lalit Modi made a bold prediction for the teenage prodigy, claiming that he could become the biggest superstar on the planet.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The 15-year-old emerged as one of the biggest stories of IPL 2026, finishing as the tournament&#8217;s leading run-scorer and grabbing headlines throughout the season with his fearless batting and remarkable temperament. His performances earned widespread praise from across the cricketing fraternity, with several former players and experts hailing him as a generational talent.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Now, following the conclusion of the 19th edition of the IPL, Modi has added his name to the growing list of admirers, backing the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> youngster to achieve unprecedented heights in the sport.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Speaking to Wisden, Modi predicted that Sooryavanshi could one day score a double century in T20 cricket and even become a bigger celebrity than the world&#8217;s biggest film stars.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>&#8220;I am looking forward to that day (Sooryavanshi&#8217;s double ton). You will make a 200, I promise you. Don&#8217;t let money get into your head. You will become the number one superstar on the planet, bigger than any Hollywood and Bollywood star on the planet,&#8221; Modi said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><strong><\/p>\n<p><h4>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi&#8217;s season to remember<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>At just 15 years, Rajasthan Royals (RR) prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrote cricket history by producing a truly generational &#8220;season to remember&#8221; in IPL 2026. The teenage opener utterly dominated the tournament, becoming the youngest Orange Cap winner and Most Valuable Player (MVP) in IPL history while shattering multiple long-standing records.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"33\">\n<ul>\n<li>Orange Cap: Finished as the tournament&#8217;s leading run-scorer with 776 runs.<\/li>\n<li>Most Valuable Player (MVP): Topped the tournament&#8217;s impact charts with 436.5 points.<\/li>\n<li>Emerging Player of the Season: Recognized as the standout young talent.<\/li>\n<li>Super Striker of the Season: Maintained a mind-boggling tournament strike rate of 237.30.<\/li>\n<li>Super Sixes of the Season: Smashed a record-breaking 72 sixes   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>Across 16 matches, he accumulated 776 runs at an average of 48.50. His strike rate is the highest ever recorded by any Orange Cap winner in the 19-year history of the league.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/lalit-modi-backs-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-to-become-bigger-than-any-hollywood-and-bollywood-star\/articleshow\/131456337.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image: X) After Vaibhav Sooryavanshi&#8217;s sensational breakthrough season, IPL founder and former chairman Lalit Modi made a bold prediction for the teenage prodigy, claiming that he could become the biggest superstar on the planet.The 15-year-old emerged as one of the biggest stories of IPL 2026, finishing as the tournament&#8217;s leading run-scorer and grabbing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15774","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=15774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}