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More than the title win of Royal Challengers Bangalore, the IPL 2026 season will always be remembered for the historic and magical performance of Rajasthan Royals’ 15-year-old young opening batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. This ‘Wonder Kid’, who broke the records of stalwarts like Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli with his explosive batting on the field, not only won the hearts of cricket fans, but he also walked into the award ceremony in complete splendor. Vaibhav has won another shining car in his name this season on the basis of his explosive hitting, after which he has made a unique record of winning two cars in two consecutive seasons. However, the interesting and funny thing is that despite winning so many cars, Vaibhav will not be able to legally drive any of these cars himself. Let us know the reason behind this and the complete mathematics of his total earning this season including awards and salary. After all, why Vaibhav Suryavanshi will not be able to drive the shiny cars he has won, know the interesting reason. In the closing ceremony of the tournament, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was awarded the title of ‘Super Striker of the Season’ for scoring 776 runs at an incredible strike rate of 237.31 in the entire season. Along with this award, he received a brand new Tata Sierra car as a gift. In the last season also, he had similarly named a car. Even after winning two consecutive cars, Vaibhav cannot drive them on the road because he is only 15 years old. According to Indian law, it is mandatory to have a minimum age of 18 years to get a driving license in the country. In such a situation, Vaibhav himself will have to wait for 3 long years to take over the steering of his car. Till then they will have to enjoy traveling in these luxury vehicles only with the driver or their parents. From salary to match fees; How money showered on Vaibhav who was retained for only Rs 1.10 crore. If we talk about Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s total earnings from IPL 2026, then this 15 year old teenager has left even the senior cricketers behind. Rajasthan Royals bought Vaibhav in the mega auction of IPL 2025 at a base price of Rs 1.10 crore and he was retained for this season at this retainership fee. But the real game begins with the match fees; As per the per match fee of Rs 7.5 lakh as per IPL rules, Vaibhav earned Rs 1.05 crore from 14 league matches. After this, Rajasthan Royals also played two playoff matches (Qualifier and Eliminator), from which they got Rs 15 lakh as additional match fee. That is, if only salary and match fees are added, then this figure reaches Rs 2.30 crore. A flurry of awards; Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who earned millions of rupees by becoming the Orange Cap and Most Valuable Player, was showered with heavy awards in the awards ceremony after the final match. He received the prestigious ‘Orange Cap’ for scoring the highest number of 776 runs in the season, under which a reward of Rs 10 lakh was given. For his outstanding performance in the entire tournament, he was chosen as the ‘Most Valuable Player’ (Player of the Tournament), for which he received a check of Rs 15 lakh. Apart from this, he also received a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh as ‘Super Sixes’ award for hitting the maximum number of 72 sixes in the season, breaking the record of West Indies legend Chris Gayle and also a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh for becoming the ‘Emerging Player of the Season’. Also, on becoming a Super Striker, he got Rs 10 lakh in cash and a Tata Sierra car worth about Rs 21 lakh. Vaibhav became the owner of a total of so many crores; Even in the world of advertisements, brand value has doubled overnight. If salary, match fee, cash prize and car price are added, then Vaibhav Suryavanshi has earned a whopping amount of more than Rs 3.15 crore from this IPL season alone. Sports pundits and financial analysts believe that this earning of Vaibhav is just the beginning. After the historic performance of this season, his brand value (Brand Endorsement Fee) in the corporate world and advertising world has almost doubled overnight. While just before the IPL he was charging around Rs 1 crore for each brand endorsement, now big companies are offering huge amounts of Rs 1.5 to 2 crore to sign him. Certainly, achieving such huge success and wealth at the age of 15 has become an unmatched story in the history of Indian cricket.