Former Indian cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath has expressed no confidence in Kolkata Knight Riders buying the star for big money. cameron green. After missing the entire 2025 season due to injury, the Australian all-rounder was signed for Rs 25.20 crore in the 2026 IPL mega auction.
The former Chennai Super Kings batsman believes the Knight Riders' signing was a poor decision due to concerns over Green's form. He said that due to the publicity about Australian players in the IPL, Green was bought by paying a huge fee.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Badrinath said, “You signed him for Rs 25 crore, and he is in poor form. He struggled a lot for Australia in the T20 World Cup. Cameron Green played such a big innings because of the publicity. He does not deserve that much. Has he single-handedly done anything in the IPL? Australian players are always publicized and they have benefited from it. I believe it was a bad move by KKR.”
This will be Green's third stint in the IPL. In his first season, he scored 452 runs in 16 matches at a strike rate of 160.28 and played a key role in taking Mumbai Indians to the playoffs. He also scored a brilliant unbeaten century in the last league game of the season against Sunrisers Hyderabad. His numbers dropped in his next season with Royal Challengers Bangalore, as he could only score 255 runs in 13 matches at an average of 143.26.
Rahane's captaincy 'weak link'
Badrinath also spoke Ajinkya Rahane Being one of the weak links of the team and KKR's big investments like Harshit Rana, Mustafizur Rahman and Mathisha Pathirana, he has been ruled out of the IPL.
Badrinath said, “Ajinkya Rahane is definitely a weakness. His captaincy itself is a weak link. All his big investments have gone wrong. He trusted Harshit Rana and invested in him, but he was dropped. Pathirana was a big signing, and now he is questionable. Mustafizur was another big investment, and he has been dropped. He has made a lot of costly decisions because there is uncertainty over most of his big investments.”
Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their campaign against Mumbai Indians on March 29 at the Wankhede Stadium.
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