Cameron Green become most expensive Australian player ever bought at IPL
All rounder Cameron Green has become an instant muli-millionaire, the most expensive Australian player ever bought at the IPL auction after a dizzying bidding war.
Green surpassed Cummins to become most expensive Australian at IPL:-
Green was eventually bought for A$3.15 million or 18.5 crore rupees by Mumbai Indians. It surpassed the 15.5crore Pat Cummins was bought for by KKR in 2020, although pre-pandemic that figure converted at the time to A$3.16 million.
Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai led the early exchanges in rapid bidding for Green as his price ticked past the million-dollar mark in seconds, before Delhi Capitals entered the fray, creating a three-way tussle for the 23-year-old Western Australian.
RCB soon dropped out as Delhi and Mumbai traded bids as Greenβs price went above A$3m.
IPLβs most expensive Australian buys :-
- Cameron Green: A$3.15m (17.5 crore) Mumbai Indians, 2022
- Pat Cummins: A$3.16m (15.5 crore) Kolkata Knight Riders, 2020
- Glenn Maxwell: A$2.52m (14.25 crore) RCB, 2021
- Jhye Richardson: AA$2.48m (14 crore) Punjab Kings, 2021
- David Warner: A$2.3m (12 crore) Sunrisers Hyderabad. 2018
- Steve Smith: A$2.3m (12 crore) Rajasthan Royals 2018
Englandβs Sam Curran became most expensive buy in history of IPL :-
As dizzying as Greenβs pricetag was, it could not reach the heights set by England allrounder Sam Curran who became the overall most expensive buy in the history of the IPL when he went for a whopping A$3.33m to Punjab Kings.
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