IPL 2022 Auction: Auctioneer Hugh Edmeades Collapses Mid-event, Charu Sharma Takes Over Proceedings
IPL auction 2022: The 60-year-old's collapse midway into proceedings led to an early lunch amid commotion inside the auction room.
Veteran auctioneer Hugh Edmeades collapsed while conducting the first session of the Indian Premier League auction in Bengaluru on Saturday but was found to be "doing fine" after a medical check-up. Veteran sports presenter Charu Sharma was handed the auction duties for the remainder of the event as Edmeades received medical care following the fall that was blamed on low blood pressure. The 60-year-old's collapse midway into proceedings led to an early lunch amid commotion inside the auction room. The IPL, through its official account, stated that Edmeades is currently in stable condition.
Mr. Hugh Edmeades, the IPL Auctioneer, had an unfortunate fall due to Postural Hypotension during the IPL Auction this afternoon.
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 12, 2022
The medical team attended to him immediately after the incident & he is stable. Mr. Charu Sharma will continue with the Auction proceedings today. pic.twitter.com/cQ6JbRjj1P
"Mr. Hugh Edmeades, the IPL Auctioneer, had an unfortunate fall due to Postural Hypotension during the IPL Auction this afternoon. The medical team attended to him immediately after the incident & he is stable," read a statement from IPL.
"Mr. Charu Sharma will continue with the Auction proceedings today," it added.
The 60-year-old Edmeades' collapse midway into proceedings led to an early lunch amid commotion inside the auction room.
"He has been attended to by a doctor. He is doing fine, his blood pressure dropped suddenly and that was the reason for his sudden collapse. We will know more once he has a thorough check-up," a BCCI source told PTI.
"He is stable and we will give further updates later," a BCCI spokesperson later said.
Edmeades, who has conducted over 2700 auctions across the globe, primarily of cars including an Aston Martin used in a James Bond film, had Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga's name under the hammer when he fell from his auction pedestal.
Sharma was the CEO of the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise during the IPL's first season.