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Why Cameron Green Will only Get Rs 18 Crore From the Rs 25.2 Crore Bid KKR Made for Him at IPL Auction 2026
KKR bought Cameron Green for ₹25.20 crore but he will receive ₹18 crore due to IPL's overseas player salary cap, with excess funds going to BCCI welfare programmes.
- At the IPL 2026 auction, Kolkata Knight Riders bought Cameron Green for INR 25.20 crore, but he will receive only Rs. 18 crore due to the overseas-player cap.
- Ahead of the 2025 mega auction, the IPL introduced a 'maximum fee' cap for overseas players after franchises grew uneasy about high-profile players skipping mega auctions and inflating mini-auction prices.
- Under the rule, the full winning bid of INR 25.20 crore is deducted from the franchise purse, but Cameron Green receives only Rs. 18 crore due to player payment rules under the overseas-player cap.
- The excess above the cap is being routed to BCCI-run player welfare programmes, while franchises like KKR still lose the full bid sum from their purse, affecting budget flexibility.
- The policy ties overseas pay to the highest retention slab, designed to limit mini-auction inflation and reshape how franchises and overseas players approach future auctions.
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Happy with the price: Venky Mysore on KKRs Rs 25.20 crore Cameron Green buy - The Tribune
'Very happy, something we were focused on and hoping. Happy with the price with which we got him. Always a concern as to what we would've done had the price gone higher. Fact is we were very keen, but not so attached,' he said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
·Chandigarh, India
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Why Cameron Green will only get Rs 18 crore from the Rs 25.2 crore bid KKR made for him at IPL Auction 2026
Cameron Green was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for a whooping sum of Rs 25.2 crore in the IPL 2026 auction, making him the third most expensive signing in the history of the IPL.
·Mumbai, India
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