The Women’s Premier league set a history in the cricketing world when marque women players from India & other countries went under the hammers. The auction just like the other auctions create that same intensity & craze among fans. Over the years , likes of Huge edmaedes & Richard Madly took over the role of auctioneer It brought immense surprise among fans when they saw a female Auctioneer for the inaugural edition of Women’s Premier league. She’s none other than Malaika Sagar. Here’s some more information about her.
Mallika Sagar, who auctioned the Women’s Premier League, is a Mumbai-based art collector and consultant for modern and contemporary Indian art.
Women’s cricketers all over the world have waited for this moment and league for years. In an interview just before the auction with the official broadcaster, Mallika Sagar said, “I am very honoured to be asked and proud to be doing that This would definitely make a difference in the Indian women’ s domestic cricket scene. “Indian women will finally get their due on the international stage, they will have the ability to play at the highest level,” said Mallika Sagar.
Not only that Malika is also a fan of cricket and watch certain videos of auctions in order to be familiar with the game While her specialisation is in art, she is not new to sports auctions. Recently, she conducted the auctions of the Pro Kabaddi League 2021. Her career started at Christie’s in 2001 when she became the first woman auctioneer of Indian Origin over there.
Though she’s new to the table of cricket, her experience in heading the auction was seen by everyone the way she carried the auction and to make it more & more beautiful with her ability to put the players under hammer
