IPL Auction 2023: Mumbai Indians tracked Cameron Green for three years before big-money buy: Akash Ambani

Mumbai Indians owner Akash Ambani said that his franchise already had a vision of buying Australia all-rounder Cameron Green and it was something that the five-time winners were looking forward to in the last 2-3 years. Green has been roped in by MI for a staggering INR 17.5 Crore at the ongoing IPL 2023  mini-auction.

Thus, Cameron Green is now the second-most expensive player in IPL auction history after English all-rounder Sam Curran was bought by the Punjab Kings for INR 18.5 Crore earlier in the day.

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Cameron Green fits the right age profile for us: Akash Ambani

“(Cameron) Green is someone we’ve tracked for 2-3 years and we thought he’s exactly what we needed. He fits the right age profile for us. We’ve been looking for younger players for a few auctions,” said Akash Ambani while speaking to the broadcasters Star Sports after buying the emerging Australian all-rounder.

MI were looking to fill an all-rounder’s slot heading into the IPL 2023 mini-auction with the Caribbean icon Kieron Pollard having announced his retirement and taken up the position of the batting coach, and therefore, it was a no-brainer that they were going to bid aggressively for an overseas all-rounder.

Cameron Green will now be reunited with his Australian teammate Tim David who was MI’s find of the season in 2022. Green had entered this auction at his base price of INR 2 crore and saw a few teams aggressively bidding to acquire his services.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore expressed interest before budget constraints forced them to back out and then it was an all-out war between Mumbai and Delhi and MI had the last laugh as they went on to checkmate their 2020 final opponents.

Cameron Green has some amount of T20 experience under his belt with 245 runs from 21 appearances at a strike rate of 137.64 including two half-centuries. He has also been impressive with the ball in hand having bagged five scalps from eight innings.