The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2024 auction has arrived, with the 5 franchises looking to fill in the gaps left in their rosters to best prepare for next season's T20 action. As players go under the hammer today, the responsibility of conducting a smooth auction would largely be on the shoulders of auctioneer Mallika Sagar Advani who had taken charge of the proceedings last season too. Having taken over the role of the auctioneer in a cricketing league of the stature of WPL for the first time in her career ahead of the 2023 season, Mallika is set to don the same hat again this time as the players understand their fate in the bidding war.