The 5 most overpaid players of IPL 2026
KKR pay Cameron Green ₹25.2 cr; an auction would pay ₹5.1 cr. Steal or overpaid is a player's IPL value, what a mega auction would pay for him today, minus what his team pays him on his IPL 2026 contract.
- 1 Cameron GreenKKRKolkata Knight Riders Paid ₹25.2 crIPL value ₹5.1 cr −₹20.1 cr
- 2 Matheesha PathiranaKKRKolkata Knight Riders Paid ₹18 crIPL value ₹3.3 cr −₹14.7 cr
- 3 Heinrich KlaasenSRHSunrisers Hyderabad Paid ₹23 crIPL value ₹8.7 cr −₹14.3 cr
- 4 Rishabh PantLSGLucknow Super Giants Paid ₹27 crIPL value ₹13.0 cr −₹14.0 cr
- 5 Hardik PandyaMIMumbai Indians Paid ₹16.35 crIPL value ₹3.6 cr −₹12.8 cr
Values as of 25 Oct 2026. A player's contract is the price his team bought or kept him at for IPL 2026, before this winter's trades. Only players IPL teams can buy are counted.
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