IPL 2023: "I Think I Didn't Do Much To Kind Of Earn That" - Cameron Green On Staggering IPL Auction Bid

Cameron Green, 23, was purchased by Mumbai Indians in Friday’s IPL auction for a remarkable INR 17.50 crore (about AUD 3.15 million) at the end of a frenetic bidding battle with Delhi Capitals.

Cameron Green feels his large IPL paycheck will not affect him as a human or how he views cricket because he didn’t do anything to get it.

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The Australia allrounder finished an incredible week by taking his first Test five-wicket haul against South Africa on the first day of the second Test in Melbourne.

I Just Put My Name Into Auction And It Just Happened: Cameron Green

Green acknowledged after his finest Test bowling performance that he didn’t do enough in T20 cricket to earn the high price tag in the IPL, despite Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani feeling he did could bring “lifetime value” to the club.

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“To be fair, I think I didn’t do much to kind of earn that,” Green said. “I just put my name into the auction, and it just happened. It doesn’t change who I am or how I think and all the confidence I have in my cricket. Hopefully, I didn’t change too much.”

Green stated on Friday that he had been trembling following the auction’s final bid. But he swiftly had to return his focus to the Test match, which began on Monday. He feels the event and his teammates were instrumental in bringing him to his senses.

“Definitely the players can bring you back down pretty quickly,” Green said. “It’s a good group that we’ve got at the moment. Everyone gets around you when they need to and can bring you back pretty quickly when they want to. I think everyone was focused on Boxing Day. It’s a fixture that you point out at the start of the year, and you look forward to so now that takes your focus 100%.”

Australian Teammates Tease Cameron Green

Green was the target of some light-hearted teasing from his colleagues both before and after the auction. Nathan Lyon was practicing at the MCG on Friday before the auction and asked Green which fancy Perth area he would be able to afford to relocate into.

But, according to Green, it was all in good fun, and Usman Khawaja made a point of informing him so.

“I try and brush it all aside to be fair, I’m not trying to read too much into it,” Green said. “Uzzie has been onto me. He basically came up to me and said, ‘I want to just let you know that it’s all very light humour and just because I love you and I’m just so happy for you.’ The boys were really good.”

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