Cameron Green became the most expensive player to be sold on Tuesday—for ₹25.20 crore to the Kolkata Knight Riders—during the Indian Premier League 2026 auction at the Etihad Centre in Abu Dhabi.
Chennai Super Kings and KKR were involved in an intense bidding war for the Australian all-rounder, who last played for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
With that purchase, Green became the third most expensive cricketer to be sold at the IPL auction ever, after Rishabh Pant (₹27 lakh) and Shreyas Iyer (₹26.75 lakh). Thereby, that makes him the most pricey all-rounder and foreign player in IPL history to have gone under the hammer.
Uttar Pradesh’s Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma, a Rajasthan wicketkeeper-batter, were sold to CSK for more than 47 times their base price. The duo not only became the most expensive Indians to be auctioned on December 16 but also were the joint highest-priced uncapped players ever at ₹14.20 crore.
Venkatesh Iyer’s name triggered deja vu for viewers as RCB and KKR, like last year, kept raising the paddle for the Madhya Pradesh all-rounder. The Bengaluru franchise eventually acquired his services for ₹7 crore.
Later, KKR returned to pick Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana as its death-overs specialist for a whopping ₹18 crore.
The mini-auction saw 369 players go up for sale, with the 10 franchises filling 77 slots between them.
David Miller - 2 crore - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
Cameron Green - 2 crore - 25.20 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Pathum Nissanka - 75 lakh - 4 crore - Delhi Capitals
Rahul Tripathi - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Danish Malewar - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Akshat Raghuwanshi - 30 lakh - 2.2 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Sarfaraz Khan - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Aman Rao - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Sahil Parakh - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Delhi Capitals
Prithvi Shaw - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Delhi Capitals
Vihaan Malhotra - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Jacob Duffy - 2 crore - 2 crore - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Matheesha Pathirana - 2 crore - 18 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Anrich Nortje - 2 crore - 2 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Ravi Bishnoi - 2 crore - 7.2 crore - Rajasthan Royals
Akeal Hosein - 2 crore - 2 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Ashok Sharma - 30 lakh - 90 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Kartik Tyagi - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Naman Tiwari - 30 lakh - 1 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Sushant Mishra - 30 lakh - 90 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Yash Raj Punja - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Prashant Solanki - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Vignesh Puthur - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Mustafizur Rahman - 2 crore - 9.2 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Sakib Hussain - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Mohammad Izhar - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Onkar Tarmale - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Amit Kumar - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Atharva Ankolekar - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Praful Hinge - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Akash Deep - 1 crore - 1 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Matt Henry - 2 crore - 2 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Shivam Mavi - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rahul Chahar - 1 crore - 5.2 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Lungi Ngidi - 2 crore - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
Pravin Dubey - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Punjab Kings
Vishal Nishad - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Punjab Kings
Brijesh Sharma - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Adam Milne - 2 crore - 2.4 crore - Rajasthan Royals
Kuldeep Sen - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Prithvi Raj Yarra - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Luke Wood - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Gujarat Titans
Kyle Jamieson - 2 crore - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
Wanindu Hasaranga - 2 crore - 2 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Venkatesh Iyer - 2 crore - 7 crore - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Auqib Dar - 30 lakh - 8.4 crore - Delhi Capitals
Prashant Veer - 30 lakh - 14.20 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Shivang Kumar - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Jason Holder - 2 crore - 7 crore - Gujarat Titans
Matthew Short - 1.5 crore - 1.5 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Satvik Deswal - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Aman Khan - 30 lakh - 40 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Mangesh Yadav - 30 lakh - 5.20 crore - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Cooper Connolly - 2 crore - 3 crore - Punjab Kings
Krains Fuletra - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sarthak Ranjan - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Daksh Kamra - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Kolkata Knight Riders
Liam Livingstone - 2 crore - 13 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rachin Ravindra - 2 crore - 2 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Ben Dwarshuis - 1 crore - 4.4 crore - Punjab Kings
Mayank Rawat - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Mumbai Indians
Jack Edwards - 50 lakh - 3 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Zak Foulkes - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Chennai Super Kings
Vicky Ostwal - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Kanishk Chouhan - 30 lakh - 30 lakh - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Quinton de Kock - 1 crore - 1 crore - Mumbai Indians
Ben Duckett - 2 crore - 2 crore - Delhi Capitals
Finn Allen - 2 crore - 2 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Kartik Sharma - 30 lakh - 14.20 crore - Chennai Super Kings
Mukul Choudhary - 30 lakh - 2.6 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Tejasvi Singh - 30 lakh - 3 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Tim Seifert - 1.5 crore - 1.5 crore - Kolkata Knight Riders
Salil Arora - 30 lakh - 1.5 crore - Sunrisers Hyderabad
Ravi Singh - 30 lakh - 95 lakh - Rajasthan Royals
Jordan Cox - 75 lakh - 75 lakh - Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Josh Inglis - 2 crore - 8.6 crore - Lucknow Super Giants
Tom Banton - 2 crore - 2 crore - Gujarat Titans
Jake Fraser-McGurk - 2 crore
Devon Conway - 2 crore
Atharva Taide - 30 lakh
Anmolpreet Singh - 30 lakh
Abhinav Tejrana - 30 lakh
Abhinav Manohar - 30 lakh
Yash Dhull - 30 lakh
Arya Desai - 30 lakh
Sediqullah Atal - 75 lakh
Salman Nizar - 30 lakh
Dheeraj Kumar - 30 lakh
Chintal Gandhi - 30 lakh
Daniel Lategan - 30 lakh
Manan Vohra - 30 lakh
Swastik Chikara - 30 lakh
Gerald Coetzee - 2 crore
Spencer Johnson - 1.5 crore
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 1 crore
Maheesh Theekshana - 2 crore
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 2 crore
Raj Limbani - 30 lakh
Simarjeet Singh - 30 lakh
Akash Madhwal - 30 lakh
Wahidullah Zadran - 30 lakh
Shivam Shukla - 30 lakh
Karn Sharma - 50 lakh
Kartikeya Singh - 30 lakh
Chetan Sakariya - 75 lakh
Waqar Salamkheil - 1 crore
KM Asif - 40 lakh
Murugan Ashwin - 30 lakh
Tejas Baroka - 30 lakh
KC Cariappa - 30 lakh
Mohit Rathee - 30 lakh
Taskin Ahmed - 75 lakh
Richard Gleeson - 75 lakh
Alzarri Joseph - 2 crore
Riley Meredith - 1.5 crore
Jhye Richardson - 1.5 crore
Irfan Umair - 30 lakh
Mayank Dagar - 30 lakh
Jikku Bright - 30 lakh
Izaz Sawariya - 30 lakh
Money Grewal - 30 lakh
RS Ambrish - 30 lakh
Gus Atkinson - 2 crore
Wiaan Mulder - 1 crore
Deepak Hooda - 75 lakh
Vijay Shankar - 30 lakh
Rajvardhan Hangargekar - 40 lakh
Mahipal Lomror - 50 lakh
Eden Tom - 30 lakh
Tanush Kotian - 30 lakh
Kamlesh Nagarkoti - 30 lakh
Sanvir Singh - 30 lakh
Sean Abbott - 2 crore
Michael Bracewell - 2 crore
Daryl Mitchell - 2 crore
Dasun Shanaka - 75 lakh
Dan Lawrence - 2 crore
Tanay Thyagarajan - 30 lakh
Nathan Smith - 75 lakh
Karan Lal - 30 lakh
Utkarsh Singh - 30 lakh
Ayush Vartak - 30 lakh
Manisankar Murasingh - 30 lakh
Macneil Noronha - 30 lakh
Siddharth Yadav - 30 lakh
Ritik Tada - 30 lakh
Chama Milind - 30 lakh
William Sutherland - 1 crore
KS Bharat - 75 lakh
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 1.5 crore
Jonny Bairstow - 1 crore
Jamie Smith - 2 crore
Ruchit Ahir - 30 lakh
Vansh Bedi - 30 lakh
Tushar Raheja - 30 lakh
Connor Esterhuizen - 30 lakh
Source:Sportstar
