Australian all-rounder Cameroon Green was bought by the Mumbai Indians for 175 million in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) auction at the Grand Hyatt Cochin today. He is now the second most expensive player in IPL history after Sam Kuran who was sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 185 crore in today’s auction.
Posted on – Fri 23 Dec 22 at 05:55pm
Hyderabad: Australian all-rounder Cameroon Green was bought by Mumbai Indians for 175 million in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) auction at Grand Hyatt Kochi today. He is now the second most expensive player in IPL history after Sam Kuran who was sold to Punjab Kings for Rs 185 crore in today’s auction.
Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore started bidding for Cameroon with a price tag of Rs 1 crore and were soon joined by Delhi Capitals. However, the Mumbai Indians managed to snag the Aussies for Rs 185 million.
IPL 2023 will be Green’s debut in the IPL. Green, who plays for the BBL Perth Heat, represented Australia in eight T20I matches, scoring 139 points with a hit rate of 173.75.
He is the fourth Australian player to join the Mumbai Indians after Tim David, Jason Behlendorf and Jay Richardson.
Mumbai Indians took to Twitter to share the news on their social media accounts.
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 in 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 and 𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕💙💫
Presenting to you our newest all-rounder ➡️ Cameron Green😎
📸: @ompsyram#DilKholKe #BombayIndians #TATAIPLAuction pic.twitter.com/5iW0PmDTer
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 23, 2022
“Showing you our newest all-rounder Cameron Green,” the Mumbai Indians tweeted.
“I was pinching myself with all this happening. It was a weird feeling to watch an auction in person. I couldn’t believe how nervous I was, and when the final call was confirmed I was shaking like anything,” Green said. Reacted after being sold to Mumbai Indians.
Check out some other expensive auction options
Nichola Pooran – 16 crore – Lucknow Super Giants
Mayank Agarwal – 8.25 crore – SunRisers Hyderabad
Harry Brook – 13.25 crore – SunRisers Hyderabad
Ben Stokes – 16.25 crore – Chennai Super Kings
Jason Holder – 5.75 crore – Rajasthan Royals
Heinrich Klaasen – 5.25 crore – SunRisers Hyderabad
Here’s how Mumbai Indians boss Akash Ambani reacts after successful bid
📽️ Cameron Green makes happy and is sold @mipaltan 1.7 crore rupees 👌 #TATAIPLAuction @ Tata Corporation pic.twitter.com/cFdXbYIIUO
– Indian Premier League (@IPL) December 23, 2022
Check out the reactions of netizens below
IPL auction face to english log ek dum tabahi mahaye huwa hai 😃#IPLAuction #TATAIPLAuction #benstokes #SamCurran #HerryBrook #CameronGreen pic.twitter.com/bkTYV0ln5D
– Sheikh Shadan Akhtar (@ShadanAkhtar11) December 23, 2022
Sam Curran
ben stokes
cameron green
Harry Brook
Sikandar Raza
Jason Holder #IPL2023 auction #IPLAuction #iplauction2023 #IPLAuction2022 #TATAIPLAuction #benstokes #samcurran #camerongreen #Harry Brooks pic.twitter.com/l2S4gypFAb– Mehndi Gupta (@memesbymehndi) December 23, 2022
The annual IPL franchises are as follows:#IPLAuction #IPL2023 auction #TATAIPLAuction #benstokes #SamCurran #CameronGreen #iplauction2023 pic.twitter.com/o9ezP9JrhI
– Last Bench (@lastbencher070) December 23, 2022
Sam Curran and Cameron Green plan to organize 10 PSL now 🥲#samcurran #CameronGreen #IPL2023 auction #IPL2023 auction @TheRealPCB pic.twitter.com/XPvL9G3ROr
— Abhinav….🩺🩺 (@mr_abhinix) December 23, 2022
Sam Curran and Cameron Green are like: #TATAIPLAuction #SamCurran #CameronGreen #iplauction2023 pic.twitter.com/JTvwXZ8busS
— Ninad Gajar (@n1nadd) December 23, 2022
at the same time
Sam Curran, Cam Green, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook 🤑🤑🤑#iplauction2023 #samcurran #benstokes #CameronGreen pic.twitter.com/e65VmsQaGb— Amit Kumar Sahu (@Amit_dammit2pO) December 23, 2022
