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Blackcaps bowlers earn maiden IPL contracts, as Aussie Green sets new record
AAP • December 17th, 2025 8:50 am
Blackcaps bowler Jacob Duffy | Photo: Kerry Marshall/Photosport
Cameron Green has received a pre-Test confidence boost in becoming the highest priced overseas player in Indian Premier League history, bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for 252 million rupees ($NZ4.66 million).
Green became the third most expensive IPL player overall, after Indian internationals Rishabh Pant ($5.1m) and Shreyas Iyer ($5m).
His earnings are capped at just under $3 million under a new IPL regulation with the rest of the money paid by KKR going to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to support player welfare.
Among the Kiwis picked up were two new faces in Jacob Duffy and Zac Foulkes.
Duffy was signed by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru for his asking price of $380,000 while Foulkes also went for base price of $143,000, to the Chennai Super Kings.
Rachin Ravindra and Finn Allen (Kolkata Knight Riders), Matt Henry (Chennai Super Kings) and Kyle Jamieson (Delhi Capitals) also sold for their base price of $380,000.
Adam Milne (Kolkata) was the only Kiwi who went above his base price ($480,000), while Tim Seifert (Rajasthan Royals) went for his base of $280,000.
Among the unsold NZ players were Bevon Jacobs, Muhammad Abbas, Devon Conway, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Will O'Rourke, Tim Robinson, Nathan Smith and Ben Sears.
Player of the Match: Jacob Duffy - NZ vs West Indies, 2nd Test | Sport Nation Cricket
Steve Smith headed a list of Aussies who went unsold, in his case he did not even come up for offer with none of the teams requesting to bid on him.
Unlike Green, whose deal was one of the first completed, Inglis had to wait until approaching 2am Adelaide time to discover his fate. Smith's fruitless wait was even longer.
"He adds lot to our team, especially with our new power coach Andre Russell, very nice to have a young allrounder," said KKR's CEO Venky Mysore of Green.
"Him having had IPL experience, we know what he does with bat and ball. Couldn't be happier."
Green previously played for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru but missed the 2025 season after back surgery,
In 29 IPL matches he has averaged 41.6 with the bat at a strike rate of 153.7, with a top score of 100 not out, while he's taken 16 wickets at 41.5 and an economy rate of 9.07.
Additional reporting by Sport Nation
