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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lifted their second IPL title on Sunday and after that, social media kind of went into overdrive, because they became only the third franchise in tournament history to manage a successful defense of the championship. While RCB had this almost flawless run, Rajasthan Royals’ young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned into the main thing everyone kept repeating about IPL 2026, catching the attention of cricket fans everywhere in the country.

The 15-year-old had a pretty dreamlike season and he finished as the tournament’s top run-scorer, piling up 776 runs from 16 matches with an impressive average of 48.50. Vaibhav was also at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, right there to watch the RCB vs GT final. But he didn’t show up only as a spectator, no. The youngster received a special invite to collect the awards he earned, after delivering that standout stretch of form.

The post-season award ceremony pretty much belonged to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi i mean it was almost all him. The teen prodigy walked away with five big honours, kind of a haul. He took the Orange Cap, the Super Striker of the Season, the Most Valuable Player (MVP), the Emerging Player of the Season, and the recognisition for smashing the most sixes in a season.

Rajasthan Royals had first roped in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for ₹1.10 crore, and that later became his IPL 2026 contract value. Besides that base amount, the youngster also racked up extra gains, via a few exceptional performances through out the tournament.

For those who might not know, the BCCI rolled out match fees in the IPL after the 2024 season. Under this new setup, each player earns ₹7.5 lakh for every match they play during IPL 2026. Vaibhav was featured in 15 matches, and it helped him earn this extra ₹1.12 crore , pretty much just from match fees alone.

Besides that , Vaibhav Sooryavanshi also managed to collect prize money from the five individual awards, that he won across the season. The specifics of those rewards are written out below.

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Vaibhav earned ₹10 lakh for picking up the Orange Cap. He also received ₹10 lakh along with a car for getting the Super Striker of the Season award . The youngster pocketed another ₹15 lakh once he was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for IPL 2026. Also, he got ₹10 lakh each, for winning the Emerging Player of the Season award , and the Most Sixes in a Season award.

As a result, Vaibhav gathered a total of ₹55 lakh in prize money along with a car during the IPL 2026 awards ceremony. when you add it to his ₹1.10 crore auction contract and ₹1.12 crore in match fees, his overall earnings ended up at a striking ₹2.77 crore.

Honestly its quite uncommon for a 15-year-old cricketer to take over an IPL awards ceremony like this. The biggest flash of the evening arrived when Vaibhav picked up the Most Valuable Player award , as in the standout performer of IPL 2026. With the acknowledgment and all those honours, the youngster also gained substantial monetary rewards for his memorable season, in a way that really stands out.