The first day of the IPL mega auction has been halted midway after auctioneer Hugh Edmeades fainted mid-event as he fell down from the stage. An early lunch was taken due to a medical emergency.

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Edmeades is fine now and the auction is expected to resume soon. The incident occurred when the franchises were bidding for Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga as Edmeades suddenly fell down from the stage leaving everyone around him concerned before being attended to by the medical team at the venue in Bengaluru.

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“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 news agency PTI.

“He is stable and we will give further updates later,” a BCCI spokesperson later said.