On Tuesday, there was possibly as much elation among JSW’s hierarchy as there was in Kartik Sharma’s household after the Rajasthan wicket-keeper made headlines by becoming the joint-most expensive uncapped Indian player — along with all-rounder Prashant Veer — to be bought at the IPL auction for Rs 14.2 crore.

The joy was not because the JSW-owned DC Capitals had purchased him — he was instead sold to Chennai Super Kings — it was because it reinforced JSW’s belief that they had made the right decision signing the 19-year-old to their sports program less than a month ago.