Cameron Green missing Indian Premier League with Royal Challengers Bengaluru as Mitchell Starc also overlooked
Cameron Green will miss the Indian Premier League season following the back surgery that is ruling him out of the Test summer.
It comes as a slew of Australians, including the highest-paid player in tournament history Mitchell Starc, were overlooked for new deals with their IPL franchises.
Green, who recently underwent surgery on a stress fracture detected during Australia’s white-ball tour of the UK, will miss the home Test series against India and the tour of Sri Lanka that begins in late January.
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While dates for the next IPL have not yet been confirmed, the tournament is expected to run between March and May.
Once the highest-paid Australian in the IPL, Green had appeared a chance to play in the tournament as a specialist batter when he booked in for surgery last month.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru were keen on retaining the 25-year-old despite dropping him during the 2024 tournament, where he earned a $3.15m contract.
The 34-year-old starred in the final to help Kolkata win the title but struggled for consistency playing IPL for the first time since 2015, finishing the tournament as his side’s equal-fourth most prolific wicket-taker.
The IPL auction is expect to go ahead in either late November or early December.
