Rajasthan Royals' 15-year-old player Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created a blast in IPL 2026 and now the most successful Test captain Graeme Smith has made a big claim about him. Graeme Smith has become a fan of this left-handed batsman and called Vaibhav a real superstar. He said that Vaibhav Suryavanshi has the potential to become a superstar in IPL 2026 itself.

Suryavanshi had hit a six on the very first ball of the world's best T20 bowler Jasprit Bumrah during Rajasthan Royals' 27-run win against Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. Suryavanshi had scored 39 runs in 14 balls in that match.

Graeme Smith became a fan of Suryavanshi

Praising Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Graeme Smith said, 'The start of the IPL has been exactly as I had expected. With flat pitch and high scoring scores. As always, it will be interesting to see the performance of old superstars like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, but I think in the first few weeks, all eyes will be on Rajasthan Royals' young player Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

The former South African captain said, 'He has shown his strength from the very first ball. As a young player, he can become a superstar during the tournament and I am very excited to see his performance.

Graeme Smith is a legendary captain

Graeme Smith has also played in IPL. He was a part of Rajasthan Royals which became champion in the year 2008. Smith has scored 739 runs in 29 matches in IPL at an average of 28.4. He also scored 4 half-centuries. Let us tell you that Graeme Smith is the captain who has won the most matches in the history of Test cricket.

He captained South Africa in 109 matches and Smith won 53 matches. He lost only 29 test matches. He is the only captain to captain in more than 100 test matches.