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Cricket Australia (CA) connected Monday (March 30, 2026) confirmed that all-rounder Cameron Green, representing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), is recovering from a lower-back wounded and is presently rebuilding his bowling workload with an purpose to instrumentality to his afloat capacities arsenic an all-rounder wrong the adjacent 10-12 days.
KKR suffered a six-wicket nonaccomplishment to five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) successful their archetypal Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 lucifer connected Monday (March 30), with the bowling looking mostly toothless successful the lack of injured Indian pacer Harshit Rana and ₹18 crore buy, Sri Lankan prima Matheesha Pathirana. The gait onslaught of Zimbabwean Blessing Muzarabani, pacers Vaibhav Arora and Kartik Tyagi did not look remotely threatening arsenic fiery knocks from Ryan Rickelton and Rohit Sharma helped MI pursuit down 221 with 5 balls left.
Cameron Green, the franchise's astir costly player, bought astatine ₹25.20 crores, could marque lone 10-ball 18 and did not bowl. On being asked wherefore Green did not bowl, KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane said, "You request to inquire Cricket Australia". Now, a CA spokesperson has said, arsenic quoted by ESPNCricinfo, "Cameron has a lower-back injury, which is being managed, but requires him to abstain from bowling for a abbreviated period." "Cameron is presently rebuilding his bowling loads successful India with a presumption to returning successful astir 10-12 days' time. KKR has been communicated with and is afloat alert of this information," the spokesperson added.
During the T20 World Cup, speech from managing a meagre 24 runs successful 3 innings with the champion people of 21, Green bowled conscionable 3 overs successful the tourney crossed 2 games and got 1 wicket. Even during his caller Sheffield Shield quality for Western Australia against New South Wales (NSW), wherever helium scored a century, Green did not vessel a azygous over.In the Pakistan T20Is preceding the World Cup, helium bowled 4 overs crossed 2 matches and took conscionable 1 wicket.
During the 2025/26 Ashes, Green could instrumentality conscionable 4 wickets, bowling lone 61.5 overs crossed 5 matches and 9 innings and averaging 70.75. The lanky gait bowling all-rounder headed into the IPL without galore wickets and bowling clip down him. In 71 T20s, Green has taken 30 wickets astatine an mean of 34.50, with champion figures of 3/35. KKR's adjacent lucifer volition beryllium against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) connected April 2 astatine Eden Gardens.
