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Auctioneer Mallika Sagar at the time of Mega Auction-2025.
Mumbai’s Mallika Sagar is conducting the mega auction in IPL-2025. He conducted the IPL auction for the first time in the 2023 mini auction after auctioneer Hugh Edmeads fell ill. Bidding will be done on 577 players in the auction for two days.
Mallika is the first female auctioneer of IPL. He started his career from New York City, America. She worked here at the international auction house Christie’s and became the first Indian woman auctioneer.
Has been an auctioneer in Pro Kabaddi League
Mallika started her career in the year 2001 at the age of 26. 48-year-old Mallika has also worked as an auctioneer in Pro Kabaddi League and Women’s Premier League (WPL). She was also an auctioneer in the 2024 auction last year.
Mallika Sagar auctioning during the Women’s Premier League.
net worth $15 million Talking about Mallika Sagar’s net worth, according to a report, her net worth is around 15 million dollars i.e. 126 crore rupees. Mallika Sagar made her debut as a sports auctioneer in Pro Kabaddi League. Mallika Sagar was the auctioneer in the eighth season of PKL. After this she became the first Indian auctioneer of Christie’s. Mallika has 26 years of experience.
Watch videos of old auctioneers for IPL auction
Mallika has been an auctioneer many times. Mallika Sagar is not a new face in the field of auction. He has been seen in the role of auctioneer in many big auctions. This includes the Pro Kabaddi League auction in 2021 and the Women’s Premier League auction last year. Mallika Sagar has been in this profession for almost two decades.
However, for the Women’s Premier League mega auction last season, she practiced by watching videos of old IPL auctioneers like Richard Medley, Charu Sharma and Hugh Edmunds. Now she has become an auctioneer in IPL after WPL.
Mallika started her career from New York City, America.
Relationship with Mumbai’s business family
Let us tell you that Mallika is from a business family of Mumbai. Talking about Mallika’s education, she obtained a degree in Art History from Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, America. He started his career in the year 2001. Mallika Sagar entered the world of auction at the age of just 26. After returning from America, she now lives in Mumbai.
Hugh Edmeads auctioned for 3 years
Before Mallika, Hugh Edmeads, a resident of Britain, used to conduct IPL auction. He played this role from 2019 to 2022. His health deteriorated during the mid-auction in 2023. After which Mallika took this responsibility.
Hugh Edmeads had conducted the IPL auction from 2019 to 2022.