Mallika Sagar: Who Is Women’s Premier League 2024 Auctioneer? | Cricket News

The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 public sale has arrived, with the 5 franchises seeking to fill within the gaps left of their rosters to finest put together for subsequent season’s T20 motion. As gamers go below the hammer right now, the accountability of conducting a easy public sale would largely be on the shoulders of auctioneer Mallika Sagar Advani who had taken cost of the proceedings final season too. Having taken over the position of the auctioneer in a cricketing league of the stature of WPL for the primary time in her profession forward of the 2023 season, Mallika is about to don the identical hat once more this time because the gamers perceive their destiny within the bidding struggle.

Who is Mallika Sagar?

Mallika is a Mumbai-based artwork collector marketing consultant for Modern and Contemporary Indian artwork and she or he at the moment works with Art India Consultants agency. Hugh Edmeades, Richard Madley, and Charu Sharma have carried out the auctions for the Indian Premier League prior to now however Mallika has been the BCCI’s auctioneer within the WPL because the league’s inception.

Today is the BIG DAY!

How are the 5 groups positioned forward of the #TATAWPLAuction?

Our auctioneer Mallika Sagar is right here with all of the deets pic.twitter.com/LEQtjasm5w

— Women’s Premier League (WPL) (@wplt20) December 9, 2023

Mallika was additionally part of the public sale within the Pro Kabaddi League again in 2021. Rumours are afloat that this 12 months’s IPL 2024 public sale may also be carried out by Mallika.

As for the WPL public sale, a complete of 165 gamers (104 Indians and 61 abroad) are set to go below the hammer. The listing consists of 15 cricketers from affiliate nations. When it involves the Five franchises; Gujarat Giants, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, and Royal Challengers can have a complete of 30 slots to fill. The Giants, of all, have essentially the most vacant spots.