Green creates history with staggering IPL deal

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Cameron Green has acceptable himself up for an eyewatering payday and made Australian past successful the process, scoring a woody with the Mumbai Indians worthy astir $3.15 cardinal astatine the Indian Premier League auction connected Friday.

Mumbai won the services of the 23-year-old all-rounder successful a tense bidding contention with the Delhi Capitals, making him the astir costly Australian successful the IPL successful history.

The acquisition of Green was preceded by the Punjab Kings' securing of England speedy Sam Curran, who had go the astir costly subordinate successful the IPL ever. Curran was snapped up for about $3.38 million.

"I'm pinching myself that this has each happened," Green said.

"It's specified a weird feeling watching an auction for yourself. I can't judge however tense I was and I was shaking similar thing erstwhile the last telephone was confirmed.

"I've ever been a immense instrumentality of the IPL and it's going to beryllium truthful chill to beryllium a portion of it. The Mumbai Indians are 1 of the powerhouses of the contention truthful I consciousness precise humbled to beryllium joining them. I can't hold to get determination adjacent year."

Green joined chap Australians Tim David and Jason Behrendorff astatine Mumbai.

The Western Australian's imaginable successful each forms of cricket is undeniable, truthful awesome is the powerfulness down his shots, his quality to consistently vessel successful excess of 140km/h, however hard helium hits the platform and his fielding, peculiarly successful the gully.

Since making his planetary debut successful 2020, Green has played 17 Tests, 13 one-dayers and 8 T20s, including 1 T20 World Cup crippled successful Adelaide this year.

He's lone played 13 matches for the Perth Scorchers successful the Big Bash League.

Curran landed his unprecedented IPL woody connected the backmost of a tremendous T20 World Cup campaign, which saw the 24-year-old all-rounder crowned subordinate of the tournament.

The left-arm speedy captured 13 wickets astatine the system of 6.52 and strike-rate of 10.4, and took 5-10 against Afghanistan successful Perth.

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