Bengaluru, Feb 12: Veteran auctioneer Hugh Edmeades collapsed while conducting the first session of the Indian Premier League auction here on Saturday but was found to be “doing fine” after a medical check-up.
The 60-year-old’s collapse midway into proceedings led to an early lunch at the ongoing event. “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.
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 pedestal. (PTI)
