‘God inserted AI chip in my bat’:Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hits back at critics, RR poke fun at Salman Khan’s viral post

15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is having a staggering IPL season as he became the first player to score 400 runs this year. Holding the Orange Cap, Vaibhav shut down his critics, including Pakistan cricket expert Nauman Niaz, who accused the teenager from Bihar of having an AI chip in his bat. Rajasthan Royals posted a tweet on social media, wherein Vaibhav was asked whether there is an AI chip in his bat. The prodigy came up with an ice-cold reply. He said that it was god who inserted the chip in his bat. “Bhagwan ne laga ke diya hai. Upar he bola tha ki bat mein tumhare kuch laga ke de raha hu, ussi ka istemal kar raha hu (God has put something in it (bat)). He had already said from above that I’m giving you something in your bat — I’m just using that),” Vaibhav said. RR poke fun at Salman Khan’s old tweet After winning the 40th match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals gave a funny reply to Salman Khan’s old tweet. Actually, on Tuesday at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium, Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. After the win, Rajasthan posted a video of cricketer Donovan Ferreira on social media. Along with this, they also posted Salman’s old tweet from 2014, in which he had asked, “Did Zinta’s team win?” This tweet was in reference to Preity Zinta’s team. Responding to this, Donovan Ferreira said, “Sorry, brother, not today.” Punjab had scored 222 runs batting first Losing the toss in the match, Punjab batted first and scored 222 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Marcus Stoinis played an unbeaten innings of 62 runs. Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 runs and captain Shreyas Iyer contributed 30 runs. Chasing a target of 223 runs, Rajasthan made a quick start in the powerplay, scoring 84 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 43 runs off 16 balls. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a fifty of 51 runs off 27 balls. Donovan Ferreira played an innings of 52 runs. Shubham Dubey scored 31 runs and both added 77 runs off 32 balls for the 5th wicket. Jaiswal’s fifty, Vaibhav scored 43 runs From Rajasthan, the opening pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal made a fifty-run partnership. Vaibhav scored 43 runs off 16 balls with the help of 3 fours and 5 sixes. While Jaiswal was out after scoring 51 runs off 27 balls. Fifty from 2 batters from Punjab Marcus Stoinis scored 62, and opener Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 runs from Punjab. From Rajasthan, Yashraj Punja took 2 wickets for 41 runs in 4 overs. Jofra Archer and Nandre Burger got one wicket each. Punjab remains at the top of the points table Despite their first loss, the Punjab team remains at the top of the points table. Meanwhile, Rajasthan has moved to fourth place with 10 points.