Australia all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced has turn out to be the costliest abroad participant in IPL historical past after being picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.77m (£2.09m) within the public sale forward of the 2026 season.
The 26-year-old – who’s presently a part of Australia’s Ashes squad taking up England – can also be the third-biggest buy within the match total after Indian duo Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer.
Inexperienced was on the centre of a bidding conflict with Knight Riders beating off competitors from Chennai Tremendous Kings to land the participant after Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals had made earlier affords.
Inexperienced will solely be capable of take $2.08m (INR 18 crore) of the price on account of a most wage cap imposed by the IPL on abroad gamers at mini-auctions, with the rest utilized by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) for participant welfare.
England’s Ben Duckett – additionally a part of the continued Ashes collection – was signed by Delhi Capitals for £164,000.
Eight England gamers already had IPL offers for subsequent season, with Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans), Will Jacks (Mumbai Indians), Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals) and Brydon Carse (Sunrisers Hyderabad) all retained by the respective franchises.
Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell have been additionally stored on by 2025 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Jamie Overton by Chennai Tremendous Kings, whereas Sam Curran was traded from Chennai to Rajasthan.
The 2026 IPL will run from March 26 to Might 31.
