IPL 2026 season - IPL records smashed as Green becomes most expensive overseas player
Cameron Green made IPL history as the most expensive overseas player after Kolkata Knight Riders secured him for INR 25.20 crore. This marked Green as the third-most expensive player in IPL auction history. The auction also saw significant buys like Sri Lanka's Pathirana valued at INR 18 crore by the same franchise. There's also a focus on uncapped players with Chennai Super Kings signing Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma at INR 14.2 crore each. Other notable picks included Jason Holder, Rahul Chahar, and Josh Inglis.
- Cameron Green sold for the highest-ever price for an overseas player in the IPL.
- Uncapped Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma sold for IPL auction records.
- The IPL’s 19th season takes place from 22 March to 3 June 2026.
Cameron Green hits out for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Getty Images).
Cameron Green becomes IPL’s most expensive overseas player
- Cameron Green becomes IPL’s most expensive overseas player
- KKR keep spending big on death bowler
- Spotlight shines on uncapped players
- Other big-name buys
- Chennai Super Kings auction purchases
- Delhi Capitals auction purchases
- Gujarat Titans auction purchases
- Kolkata Knight Riders auction purchases
- Lucknow Super Giants auction purchases
- Mumbai Indians auction purchases
- Punjab Kings auction purchases
- Rajasthan Royals auction purchases
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru auction purchases
- Sunrisers Hyderabad auction purchases
Aussie all-rounder Cameron Green made history at the IPL auction in Abu Dhabi on 16 December when the Kolkata Knight Riders laid down INR 25.20 crore ($2.8 million) for his services for the coming season. That bid has made Green the third-most expensive player ever sold at an IPL auction, in addition to his signature achieving the highest price in the history of the IPL for an overseas player.
Green averages 41.58 (707 runs) in his two seasons in the IPL, along with taking 16 wickets (S/R 27.4). He played for the Mumbai Indians in 2023 and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024, but serious injuries caused him to miss the 2025 season. Ironically, the morning after the auction Green was out for a second-ball duck on day one of the 3rd Ashes Test.
KKR keep spending big on death bowler
The Knight Riders also splashed out INR 18 crore ($1.97 million) for Sri Lankan paceman Matheesha Pathirana, a death-over specialist who has picked up 47 wickets in 32 matches (ave 21.61) for the Chennai Super Kings… but he has yet to face a ball himself with the bat!
Spotlight shines on uncapped players
The other big news of the day were the prices paid for uncapped Indian players. Left-arm spin-bowling allrounder Prashant Veer (20) and keeper Kartik Sharma (19) were both snapped up by the Chennai Super Kings. Each player went under the hammer at a final bid of INR 14.2 crore. The previous high for an uncapped Indian player was the INR 10 crore paid for Avesh Khan.
Auqib Nabi (the Jammu and Kashmir fast bowler) also enjoyed a big payday when the Delhi Capitals forked out INR 8.4 crore for him.
Other big-name buys
The other big-ticket buys that fell during the accelerated round late in the auction included Sri Lanka batter Pathum Nissanka (Delhi Capitals, INR 4 crore), West Indies allrounder Jason Holder (Gujarat Titans, INR 7 crore), Bangladesh quick Mustafizur Rahman (Kolkata Knight Riders, INR 9.2 crore), legspinner Rahul Chahar (Chennai Super Kings, INR 5.2 crore) and Australian wicketkeeper Josh Inglis (Lucknow Super Giants, INR 8.6 crore).
Chennai Super Kings auction purchases
Akeal Hosein
Kartik Sharma
Prashant Veer
Matthew Short
Aman Khan
Sarfaraz Khan
Matt Henry
Rahul Chahar
Zak Foulkes
Delhi Capitals auction purchases
David Miller
Ben Duckett
Auqib Nabi
Pathum Nissanka
Lungi Ngidi
Prithvi Shaw
Gujarat Titans auction purchases
Ashok Sharma
Jason Holder
Tom Banton
Prthvi Raj
Kolkata Knight Riders auction purchases
Cameron Green
Finn Allen
Matheesha Pathirana
Tejasvi Dahiya
Kartik Tyagi
Prashant Solanki
Rahul Tripathi
Tim Seifert
Mustafizur Rahman
Sarthak Ranjan
Daksh Kamra
Rachin Ravindra
Akash Deep
Lucknow Super Giants auction purchases
Wanindu Hasaranga
Anrich Nortje
Mukul Choudhary
Naman Tiwari
Akshat Raghuwanshi
Josh Inglis
Mumbai Indians auction purchases
Quinton de Kock
Danish Malewar
Mohammed Izhar
Atharva Ankolekar
Mayank Rawat
Punjab Kings auction purchases
Cooper Connolly
Ben Dwarshuis
Praveen Dubey
Vishal Nishad
Rajasthan Royals auction purchases
Ravi Bishnoi
Sushant Mishra
Yash Raj Punja
Vignesh Puthur
Ravi Singh
Aman Rao
Brijesh Sharma
Adam Milne
Kuldeep Sen
Royal Challengers Bengaluru auction purchases
Venkatesh Iyer
Jacob Duffy
Satwik Deswal
Mangesh Yadav
Jordan Cox
Vicky Ostwal
Luke Wood
Vihaan Malhotra
Kanishk Chouhan
Sunrisers Hyderabad auction purchases
Shivang Kumar
Salil Arora
Sakib Hussain
Omkar Tarmale
Amit Kumar
Praful Hinge
Krains Fuletra
Liam Livingstone
Shivam Mavi
Jack Edwards
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