Shashank Singh reacted gracefully after Punjab Kings put out a clarification to bring an end to all the speculations about the franchise not wanting to pick the cricketer at the IPL 2023 auction. On a day Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Daryl Mitchell and Harshal Patel minted crores, Shashank grabbed his share spotlight despite being sold for his base price of …
Hugh Edmeades usually carries a hardwood gavel for most of his auction assignments. And this time around, too, when the IPL mini auction begins at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Kochi on Friday, Edmeades will use the ‘special’ brass gavel. I explained to them that people of India wouldn’t be happy if they don’t see the old gavel, and thankfully, …
Hugh Edmeades will return as the auctioneer when the Indian Premier League mini-auction gets underway in Kochi on December 23. Edmeades collapsed on the floor in the ballroom of the ITC Gardenia hotel on the first day of the mega-auction in Bengaluru in February this year due to “postural hypotension”. “I am thrilled to have been asked by the BCCI …
