Vaibhav Sooryavanshi offered blank cheque for brand sponsorship deal after sensational IPL 2026 season: Report

Rajasthan Royals sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again proved his worth after a great knock in IPL 2026 Qualifier 2 against the Gujarat Titans on Friday. He smashed a crucial 96 runs to help RR post a competitive total just days after hitting 97 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Eliminator. However, his knock went in vain as GT won the match and secured a berth in the final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Despite missing out on the IPL final spot, Sooryavanshi had a brilliant 2026 season and even finished as the leading run-scorer with 776 runs. The left-hander finished with a record 72 sixes in the season, the most by any batter in a single season, surpassing Chris Gayle’s long-standing record. He also became the fastest player to reach 1000 IPL runs in terms of balls faced, achieving the milestone in just 440 balls.

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Sooryavanshi offered a blank cheque?

Meanwhile, a fresh report has emerged claiming that Sooryavanshi might soon get a new bat sponsor after his amazing IPL 2026 season. According to CricBlogger, several major companies, including leading tyre brands, are now competing to sign the RR opener.

The 15-year-old batter has reportedly become such a hot property that one sponsor has even offered him a blank cheque deal.

Sooryavanshi’s current bat sponsorship deal is believed to be worth around Rs 50 lakh per year, but that contract is now nearing its end. The report claims that his existing sponsor is even open to releasing him early and that the figures being offered to him could go far beyond what Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill currently earn from their respective deals with MRF.

The youngster’s rise has been so rapid that his brand value is now being compared with some of the biggest names in Indian cricket. Industry estimates suggest top Indian players earn between Rs 3 crore and Rs 8 crore annually from endorsements, but Sooryavanshi is now reportedly being offered figures that go far beyond that range.

As per the report, some discussions have touched numbers as high as Rs 12 crore per year for bat sponsorship alone, nearly 24 times more than his previous deal.

“If Rishabh Pant, who is only playing one format, can demand such high annual deals, it is obvious Sooryavanshi has hit the roof with his sensational batting,” the report quoted a source as saying.

Earlier in the season, Sooryavanshi became the first batter to score more than 600 runs in a season with a strike rate of over 240. He also became the first player in T20 history to score 500 powerplay runs in a single edition, 452 of which came in boundaries.