Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Creates History: How Many Awards He Won After IPL 2026?

Vaibhav Suryavanshi may have missed out on winning the IPL 2026 trophy, but he won everything else, including the Most Valuable Player Award, Orange Cap and Best Emerging Player Award. He also won the Super Striker of the Season and Super Six of the Season awards. Five major awards in a single season. No player has done this before in the history of IPL.

Five Awards in a Single Season

The 15-year-old Bihar-born batsman had an extraordinary success in the tournament for Rajasthan Royals, scoring the most runs with 776 at an extraordinary strike rate of 237.30. He was awarded the Orange Cap for finishing as the top scorer. He was awarded the Super Striker Award for that extraordinary strike rate. He was awarded the Super Six Award after hitting 72 sixes in the entire season.

The Emerging Player Award was given to rewrite what the first or second season in the IPL should be. The MVP Award came about because no single statistic was enough to show what he did for the opposing bowling attack throughout the entire season. He was the first player to win both the MVP and Emerging Player awards in the same season.

The Youngest Orange Cap Winner in IPL History

At just 15 years and 65 days old, Suryavanshi became the youngest player to win the IPL Orange Cap, surpassing Sai Sudarshan, who won the cap in 2025 at the age of 23 years and 237 days. No one has won this record at such a young age in 19 seasons of IPL. There is not even a few months difference between the previous record and the new record.

He is almost eight years old. He was the first player to top the run and strike rate charts in a single IPL season since Chris Gayle in 2011. Gayle was 31 when he achieved this feat. Suryavanshi is 15 years old.

The Numbers That Made It Inevitable

This honour did not come by accident. He won 16 matches ball-for-ball. His extraordinary season included a record 72 sixes, a 36-ball century against Sunrisers Hyderabad and a brilliant innings that sent Rajasthan Royals into the playoffs. In 2012,

Chris Gayle’s iconic 59 sixes came off 456 balls. Suryavanshi hit 72 sixes in just 327 balls and hit a boundary every 4.5 balls. Of his 776 runs, an astonishing 521 came in the first six overs. He became the first player to score 500 Powerplay runs in a single IPL season and the first batsman to achieve the feat in any T20 tournament.

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Records Beyond the Awards

Five trophies told only part of the story. Suryavanshi rewrote IPL history during the campaign, becoming the fastest batsman to complete 1000 IPL runs in just 440 balls, breaking Andre Russell’s previous record. He became the first uncapped batsman in IPL history to score two centuries in a single season and broke Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record for most runs by an uncapped player by a large margin. His brilliant performances included a 16-ball fifty in the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, equalling the fastest fifty ever in an IPL playoff match.

A Car He Cannot Drive Yet

One of the biggest moments of the awards ceremony was when Suryavanshi was awarded the Super Striker of the Season award and was given a Tata Sierra car. There is a catch, though. He cannot drive it. Suryavanshi is only 15 years old and according to Indian law, the minimum age to get a driving license for a private car is 18.

He will have to wait three years to legally hit the road with the prize. Speaking after winning the MVP award, Kishor admitted that he was feeling a different kind of pressure. He said it felt good but he was feeling a little pressured because of the interview. He called it a proud moment and said that he will try to do better next season.

Sachin Tendulkar had described Suryavanshi as truly special on the eve of the final, praising not only his ability to hit the ball but also his wrist work and his ability to pick lines and lengths earlier than everyone else. After five awards, it is hard to argue with that assessment.

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