When Rajasthan Royals announced they had signed a 13-year-old for the Indian Premier League there was plenty of scepticism. It looked, at best, like the start of a long-term plan to lay claim to and develop a promising youngster, at worst a gimmick.
No one is sceptical now.
In his third match the now 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has smashed the second-fastest century in the IPL's 18 seasons, a blistering 35-ball display that carried his team to a thumping eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in Jaipur on Monday.
