Who is Mallika Sagar Auctioneer IPL 2024: There is a lot of discussion about Mallika Sagar before the IPL 2024 auction. The auction is to be held on December 19 in Dubai. Come, let us tell you who Mallika is. Mallika Sagar had done the bidding in the auction of the first season of the Women’s Premier League. BCCI has taken many such decisions in the last few years which have become examples. Be it regarding the salaries of women players or the start of the Women’s Premier League. This time the board has taken a similar and bigger step for its T20 leagues also.
Preparations for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction are going on in full swing. The players’ auction is to be held on December 19 in Dubai. For the first time, the auction will be organized outside India. Another big change can also be seen. This time there is talk of changing the auctioneer. According to reports, Hughes Edmonds will not conduct an auction of players for the 17th season.
Mallika Sagar can take this responsibility in his place. According to a Sportsstar report, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed Amidase that his services will not be taken for the IPL 2024 auction. At the same time, Mallika has been approached to auction the players in Dubai but she has not confirmed it yet. If Mallika becomes an auctioneer in IPL, history will be created. This will be the first time that a woman will auction players in the IPL auction.
According to media reports, this is going to be the first time when the auction of both IPL and Women’s Premier will be in the hands of an Indian.
Who is Mallika Sagar?
Mallika is not new in this profession. She, like Amadeus, is an experienced auctioneer and has been conducting auctions for years. Mallika has performed the responsibility of auctioneer well in the first season of Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023. She then conducted the auction of cricketers in her unique style and style, which was greatly appreciated. She has also been auctioned in Pro Kabaddi League 2021 before WPL.
Mallika is originally from Mumbai. She is an art collector. She earned a degree in art history from Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia. After this, she started her career as an auctioneer at Christie’s in 2001. She became the first auctioneer of Indian origin and the first woman in that role at Christie’s. In the year 2021, Mallika also got auctioned in the Pro Kabaddi League and only after this did she get a chance in the Women’s Premier League.
Mallika Sagar can create history
BCCI has given the responsibility of conducting the auction of IPL and WPL to Mallika Sagar. Mallika had also taken up the responsibility of the WPL auction last time but this is the first time when she will bid in the IPL as well. No woman has ever done this before.
Richard Medley will not take part
Let us tell you that Richard Medley was the longest-serving auctioneer in IPL. He is a resident of Wales.
He carried out this work from 2008 to 2018. Since 2018, this responsibility has been held by Hugh Adams, a resident of Britain. Adams became an auctioneer in 2019. His health deteriorated during the 2022 mega auction. Adams fell on the stage while bidding on the first day of the auction, after which he had to be taken to hospital.
Due to his sudden fainting, the auction was halted for some time and then Charu Sharma took over the role of auctioneer. Charu Sharma had got the auction done but he was not the first choice. However, Adams returned in the final stage on the second day of the mega auction. Now BCCI has given this responsibility to an Indian.
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