Former Indian Test opener Aakash Chopra has predicted that Australian all-rounder Cameron Green can be the most expensive player of the IPL 2026 mini auction. Green has scored 707 runs in 29 IPL matches at an impressive average of 41.59. Green has also scalped 16 wickets in the lucrative tournament and has performed consistently for the Mumbai Indians.
The lanky batter recently smashed 35 runs off just 13 balls in the first T20I against South Africa at the Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, on Sunday.
Green has scored 512 runs in 20 T20I matches at an average of 34.13 and a strike rate of 161.52. He has also picked up 12 wickets in the T20I format.
“Cameron Green, I feel he could be the most expensive player in the auction. Since he has returned from injury, his batting form is already incredible. He is not yet ready to bowl, but will start bowling at some stage. He is batting in the top order at the moment because he is not bowling,” Chopra said on his YouTube Channel.
“If he starts bowling and considering the batting ability he has, he could actually break the bank. People will spend a lot of money on him. That’s what I feel. So this auction could be in Cameron Green’s name,” he added.
Meanwhile, the renowned commentator questioned the Mumbai Indians for releasing Cameron Green, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, and Tim David. The quartet is currently at the peak of its powers.
“The Mumbai Indians figure out everyone before time. I am going to take four names, who they had, but they let them go. So could the overseas player management have been better? They had Dewald Brevis, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, and Cameron Green, and all in one year. These four players were together with them in the squad, and now not even one is there,” he said.
The former Delhi cricketer wants the Mumbai Indians to be more patient before releasing the players.
“The Mumbai Indians have a very rich legacy of spotting talent, but they would definitely want to change one thing. Just as they are with Indian talent, maybe they will have to exercise a bit more patience with their overseas recruits, especially the greenhorns they catch. You let them go as small stones, but they get carved over time, and then they become a crowning jewel in somebody’s crown,” Chopra observed.
The IPL 2026 mini-auction date is yet to be decided by the BCCI.
