Mallika Sagar
Mallika Sagar

IPL 2024: Mallika Sagar to host the upcoming mini-auction becomes the first woman auctioneer | Another history to be made in Indian Premier League 2024: The IPL auction for 2024 will be a historic moment as independent professional auctioneer Mallika Sagar will become the first female auctioneer in the history of the tournament.

She will host the mini-auction in Dubai, replacing renowned auctioneer Hugh Adams, who has been hosting the IPL auction since 2018. Hugh Adams, who fainted due to “postural hypotension” during the IPL 2022 mega auction, will step down, making way for Mallika Sagar.

Amadeus’ price had suddenly fallen during the auction in Bengaluru, which he attributed to inadequate sleep and food. Despite Charu Sharma temporarily taking charge during the 2022 auction, Amadeus returned for the final edition.

Reflecting on the event, Adamides noted that the fall was unexpected and linked it to physical unpreparedness, citing lack of sleep and food.

He expressed that he thought it was coming, but he thought he could take a break after selling Hasaranga. However, the situation turned out differently and he was unexpectedly removed from the floor.

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Mallika Sagar, a Mumbai-based art collector and consultant on modern and contemporary Indian art, has been appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to lead the proceedings of the IPL 2024 mini-auction in Dubai. This will be the first time that the auction will be held outside India, specifically at the Coca-Cola Arena on December 19.

BCCI has informed the franchises that Mallika Sagar will be the sole arbiter for all aspects of the auction. The 48-year-old auctioneer has been actively involved in the auction scene for the past two decades, having conducted her first auction in 2001.

She had earlier achieved a significant feat by becoming the first Indian to conduct an auction in the Indian T20 league during the Women’s Premier League (WPL) in 2023.

Mallika Sagar has prior experience in the sports sector, having conducted the Pro Kabaddi League auction in the 2021 edition. A total of 333 cricketers will feature in the upcoming IPL 2024 auction, which includes 214 Indians and 119 foreign players (including two from associate nations).

Franchises have the opportunity to secure a maximum of 77 slots, including 30 for overseas players, during the mini-auction to strengthen their squads.

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What is the remaining auction purse for all ten teams?

Gujarat Titans: Rs 38.15 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 34 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 32.7 crore

Chennai Super Kings: Rs 31.4 crore

Punjab Kings: Rs 29.1 crore

Delhi Capitals: Rs 28.95 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 23.25 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rs 17.75 crore

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 14.5 crore

Lucknow Super Giants: Rs 13.15 crore

Players retained by all the 10 IPL Franchises:

Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (C), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Tushar Deshpande, Shaik Rasheed, Prashant Solanki, Nishant Sindhu and Ajay Mandal.

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (C), Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Sai Sudharsan, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Darshan Nalkande, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Mohit Sharma and Josh Little.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (C), Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Ahmed (Traded from RCB), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi and T Natarajan.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Shivam Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Vidwath Kaverappa and Gurnoor Brar.

Kolkata Night Riders: Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana (VC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (C), Nicholas Pooran, Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal (Traded in from RR), K Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Yudhvir Singh, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur and Naveen-ul-Haq

Delhi Capitals: David Warner, Rishabh Pant (C), Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Praveen Dubey, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abhishek Porel and Khaleel Ahmed.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green (Traded in from MI), Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks, Manoj Bhandage, Karn Sharma, Mayank Dagar (Traded in from SRH), Akash Deep, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar and Himanshu Sharma.

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (C) and (Traded from GT), Dewald Brevis, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Vishnu Vinod, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, , Akash Madhwal, Piyush Chawla, Romario Shepherd (Traded from LSG) and Jason Behrendorff.

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (C), Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Avesh Khan (Traded from LSG), Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Jos Buttler, Kunal Singh Rathore, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira and Shimron Hetmyer.

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