RR director Zubin Bharucha recalled how then 13-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's trial changed their auction plans. He shared his WhatsApp chat with then RR CEO Jake Lush McCrum, wherein he called Sooryavanshi "probably the best 13-year-old in...history of our sport after Sachin Tendulkar" and said, "All plans gone for a toss...boss...Generational talent on display...I'd bank all the money on him."