At Tuesday's player auction for the 2026 season the Australia all-rounder was the subject of intense bidding between Kolkata and Chennai Super Kings before being purchased by the three-time champions.
Green became the third most expensive IPL player overall, after Indian internationals Rishabh Pant ($4.46m) and Shreyas Iyer ($4.42m).
His earnings are capped at just under $3 million under a new IPL regulation with the rest of the money paid by KKR going to the Indian cricket board (BCCI) to support player welfare.
The 26-year-old received the news of his lucrative signing while preparing for the third Test against England starting on Wednesday.
But Steve Smith headed a list of Aussies who went unsold, in his case he did not even come up for offer with none of the teams requesting to bid on him.
Unlike Green, whose deal was one of the first completed, Inglis had to wait until approaching 2am Adelaide time to discover his fate. Smith's fruitless wait was even longer.
"He adds lot to our team, especially with our new power coach Andre Russell, very nice to have a young allrounder," said KKR's CEO Venky Mysore of Green.
"Him having had IPL experience, we know what he does with bat and ball. Couldn't be happier."
Green previously played for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru but missed the 2025 season after back surgery,
In 29 IPL matches he has averaged 41.6 with the bat at a strike rate of 153.7, with a top score of 100 not out, while he's taken 16 wickets at 41.5 and an economy rate of 9.07.
The West Australian's price eclipsed Australia teammate Mitch Starc's $4m figure for 2024, when also bought by the Knight Riders.
Starc, now with Delhi Capitals, was not in this year's auction. He is one of 10 Australians already retained, along with Test teammates Pat Cummins and Travis Head, both at Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Josh Hazlewood, currently injured, has unsurprisingly been kept on by defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Four other Australians were also recruited. Ricky Ponting's Punjab Kings added Ben Dwarshuis ($725,000) and Cooper Connolly ($330,000) to their coterie of Aussies. Matt Short ($250,000) joined Chennai and Hyderabad made Jack Edwards ($500,000) the only uncapped overseas hire.
That brought to 16 the number of Australian players involved in the 19th edition of the IPL, which begins on March 26, with several others among coaching staff, notably Ponting and Justin Langer.
AUSTRALIANS IN IPL TEAMS
Chennai SK: Nathan Ellis, Matt Short, Mike Hussey (batting coach). Delhi Capitals: Mitch Starc, Matt Mott (asst coach). Kolkata Knight Riders: Cameron Green. Lucknow SG: Mitch Marsh, Justin Langer (coach). Punjab Kings: Marcus Stoinis, Mitch Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Ricky Ponting (coach), Brad Haddin (asst coach). RC Bengaluru: Josh Hazlewood, Tim David. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Jack Edwards.
UNSOLD: Steve Smith, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Spencer Johnson, Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Will Sutherland, Jhye Richardson, Daniel Sams, Ben McDermott, Beau Webster, Jason Behrendorff, Wes Agar, Billy Stanlake.
