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There have been 31 matches so far in the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026). This season, while the uncapped players have attracted everyone’s attention by showing tremendous performance, the expensive foreign players have looked like a complete flop. The teams had high expectations from these players but they could not live up to them. Not only this, there are two names in the list of top-5 most expensive foreign players, whose team is struggling to win matches so far this season.

During the mini auction, franchises had tried to increase their strength by betting on foreign all-rounders and explosive batsmen, but this strategy seems to be backfiring this time. Despite being worth crores and having old records, these players are neither able to fire with the bat nor make any impact in bowling.

Top expensive foreign players of IPL 2026

• Cameron Green: Kolkata Knight Riders bought for Rs 25.20 crore
• Nicholas Puran:Retained by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 21 crore
• Liam Livingstone:Sunrisers Hyderabad bought for Rs 13 crore
• Rashid Khan:Gujarat Titans retained for Rs 18 crore
• Tristan Stubbs: Retained by Delhi Capitals for Rs 10 crore

Performance of expensive foreign player

• Cameron Green: Cameron Green has played 7 matches so far in IPL 2026. In these seven matches, he scored 162 runs at an average of 27, which also included 1 half-century. Green bowled in only 3 of these 7 matches and took only 1 wicket.
• Nicholas Puran:Nicholas Puran has played 6 matches so far for Lucknow in IPL 2026. He has scored only 51 runs in these 6 matches. He scored the highest score of 524 runs in his IPL career in the 2025 season.
• Liam Livingstone: Hyderabad has played 7 matches so far but Livingstone has got a chance to bat in only 2 matches. However, he could not take advantage of this opportunity and could score only 15 runs.
• Rashid Khan:Rashid Khan has also not been of much use to Gujarat. He has taken only 6 wickets in 6 matches so far. However, Gujarat’s top order is very strong, so they have not got many opportunities to bat. He has scored 28 runs in three innings.
• Tristan Stubbs: Tristan Stubbs has been in form in the last 2 matches. He scored 60 runs in both the matches, while remaining unbeaten in one. Stubbs has scored 169 runs in 6 matches so far, which includes 2 half-centuries.