{"id":483846,"date":"2025-12-16T18:52:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=483846"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:19:07","slug":"green-sold-at-ipl-auction-for-eyewatering-history-making-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=483846","title":{"rendered":"Green sold at IPL auction for eyewatering, history-making sum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green<\/a>\ufeff has become the most expensive overseas player ever purchased at an Indian Premier League<\/a> auction.<\/p>\n

Green, 26, was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders<\/a> at the 2026 IPL auction on Tuesday night (AEDT) for INR 25.20 \ufeffcrore.<\/p>\n

It equates to an eyewatering AUD$4.17 million.<\/p>\n

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However, he will only receive \ufeff$3 million because INR 18 crore is the maximum amount overseas players are allowed to earn, with any additional money going into the BCCI's player welfare pool.<\/p>\n

Six Australians were sold at the auction in Green, Matthew Short, Josh Inglis, \ufeffCooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis and Jack Edwards.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/KKRiders\/status\/2000880426953658609<\/a><\/p>\n

Green became the third-most expensive player in IPL history, behind India's Rishabh Pant (\ufeffINR 27 crore) and Shreyas Iyer (INR 26.75 crore).<\/p>\n

Prior to Green being sold for \ufeffINR 25.20 \ufeffcrore on Tuesday night, Test teammate Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 crore) was the most expensive overseas player in history.<\/p>\n

"He'll be buying the drinks in Adelaide," Fox Cricket commentator Brendon Julian said jokingly, reacting to the news on Tuesday night's Big Bash League broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

"Wo\ufeffw. That is massive."<\/p>\n

Green will play for Australia at Adelaide Oval in the third Ashes Test, beginning on Wednesday.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Kolkata Knight Riders are his third IPL team, after\ufeff he played for Mumbai Indians in 2023 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.<\/p>\n

Of the other Australians, Inglis was sold to Lucknow Super Giants for $1.4 million, Edwards to Sunrisers Hyderabad for $497,000, Connolly and Dwarshius to Punjab Kings for $331,000 and $166,000 respectively\ufeff, and Short to Chennai Super Kings for $249,000.<\/p>\n

Edwards and Connolly, who play in the Big Bash League for the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers respectively, earned their first IPL contracts.<\/p>\n

Among the Australians who went unsold were Steve Smith, Jake Fraser-McGurk\ufeff, Sean Abbott and Riley Meredith.<\/p>\n

\"Cameron<\/p>\n

Players sold at 2026 IPL auction<\/h2>\n

Chennai Super Kings:<\/strong> Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Rahul Chahar, Akeal Hosein, Matt Henry, Matthew Short<\/strong>, Sarfaraz Khan, Zak Foulkes, Aman Khan<\/p>\n

Delhi Capitals:<\/strong> Auqib Nabi, Pathum Nissanka, Kyle Jamieson, Lungi Ngidi, Ben Duckett, David Miller, Prithvi Shaw, Sahil Parakh<\/p>\n

Gujarat Titans:<\/strong> Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Ashok Sharma, Luke Wood, Prithviraj Yarra<\/p>\n

Kolkata Knight Riders:<\/strong> Cameron Green<\/strong>, Matheesha Pathirana, Mustafizur Rahman, Rachin Ravindra, Tejasvi Dahiya, Akash Deep, Finn Allen, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki<\/p>\n

Lucknow Super Giants:<\/strong> Josh Inglis<\/strong>, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naman Tiwari<\/p>\n

Mumbai Indians:<\/strong> Quinton de Kock, Atharva Ankolekar, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Mayank Rawat<\/p>\n

\ufeffPunjab Kings: Cooper Connolly<\/strong>, Ben Dwarshuis<\/strong>, Pravin Dubey, Vishal Nishad<\/p>\n

\ufeffRajasthan Royals:<\/strong> Ravi Bishnoi, Adam Milne, Ravi Singh, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Raj Punja<\/p>\n

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:<\/strong> \ufeffVenkatesh Iyer, Mangesh Yadav, Jacob Duffy, Jordan Cox, Satvik Deswal, Kanishk Chouhan, Vihaan Malhotra, Vicky Ostwal<\/p>\n

Sunrisers Hyderabad:<\/strong> Liam Livingstone, Jack Edwards<\/strong>, Shivam Mavi, Salil Arora, Shivang Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra<\/p>\n

*Australians in bold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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