Kolkata Knight Riders sign Australian all-rounder for $4.17 million
Fellow Australians Jake Fraser-McGurk and Spencer Johnson went unsold in Tuesday night’s mini-auction, as did English wicket-keeper Jamie Smith.
Starc is one of 10 Australians already retained by their current IPL franchises, along with Test teammates Pat Cummins and Travis Head. Josh Hazlewood, who was ruled out of the Ashes due to an Achilles injury, has also been retained by defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
Green has played two seasons of IPL previously with RCB (2024) and Mumbai Indians (2023), scoring 707 runs at 41.6 and a strike-rate of 153.7 from 29 matches.
His 16 wickets across both campaigns have come at 41.5 and an economy rate of 9.07.
Green will play as an all-rounder for the Knight Riders and he looms as a key figure in Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign in February, having batted at No.4 for the past year, averaging 57 at a strike-rate of 162.
His lucrative payday also comes after a light-hearted explanation from the West Australian of why he was originally listed as solely a batsman in the IPL auction’s registration process.
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“I don’t know if my manager will like to hear this, but it was a stuff-up on his end,” Green told reporters in Adelaide on Sunday.
“He didn’t mean to say batter, I think he accidentally selected the wrong box, so it was pretty funny how it’s all played out, but it’s actually a stuff-up on his end. I’ll be good to bowl.”
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