5 New Faces Who Could Get Big Deals In IPL 2020 Auction

Published - 01 Dec 2019, 06:18 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:02 AM

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Dawid Malan. (Credits - Twitter)

5 New Faces Who Could Get Big Deals In IPL 2020 Auction; Well, it doesn’t matter what, every occasion related to Indian Premier League attracts a crowd like nothing else. One of those interesting aspects related to the tournament is an auction, where we come across many new players making their way into the tournament with a massive price tag.

The owners go all guns blazing to buy the player that they set their eyes on. Most of them are bought for heavy prices in the auction. Much like every year, even this time, there are a few fresh faces going into the auction, who would attract a massive deal. Here we figured out 5 New Faces who could get Big Deals In IPL 2020 auction.

5 New Faces Who Could Get Big Deals In IPL 2020 Auction:

5. Hayden Walsh Jr:

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Hayden Walsh Jr (Credits – Twitter)

Son of former first-class cricketer Albert Costayne Hayden Walsh would likely get the deal for the upcoming Indian Premier League after such an impressive show in the Carribean Premier League. The leg-spin bowler can contain runs for the team and also a handy batsman down the order.

He finished as the leading wicket-taker of Carribean Premier League in 2019 with 22 wickets to his name. Hayden Walsh bowled at an average of 12.68 and got the best figures of 5/19. Walsh also recorded a 4-for and a 5-for to his name.

With leg-spin being the trick in T20I cricket, the likes of Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab or Rajasthan Royals might go after him. He recently made his debut for West Indies in the limited-overs format.

4. Mohammad Naim:

Mahmudullah Riyad, India vs Bangladesh 2019
Mohammad Naim. Credit: BCCI

Perhaps, the left-handed batsman doesn’t need any introduction following the knock against the Indian National Cricket Team at Nagpur. He has got the ability to deliver the goods for the team at top of the order and got the calibre to win it for the team.

Naim was part of Bangladesh’s U-19 squad for the 2019 Youth World Cup. After the U-19 World Cup ended, the young batsman made his List A debut representing the Legends of Rupganj team. In the same year, he made his first-class debut for Dhaka Metropolis. Mohammad was later drafted in Dhaka Dynamites team for the 2018-19 Bangladesh T20 League.

It was a stunning year for him, as Mohammad Naim amassed 807 runs in 16 matches and became the highest run-scorer of his team. Eventually, Naim earned his maiden T20I call-up and delivering in absence of Tamim Iqbal.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal:

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Yashasvi Jaiswal (credits – The Asian Age)

He is one of those youngsters, who would surely represent the Indian National Cricket Team in future. Following his incredible stint in the junior teams, he was picked for Mumbai at domestic level and straightaway showed his calibre for the team. In fact, he smashed a double hundred in 50-over format which would certainly put him on top of the table for buyers.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, the frequent headliner in the under-19 cricket, has been the consistent performer India by marking the big tallies more often than not. His blistering form had helped Indian Under-19 side in lifting the under-19 Asia Cup 2018 as well.

Being a left-handed batsman, that too being an Indian, he would certainly get the nod from the franchise owners. The likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings could go for him, as there are vacant seats available at the opening position.

2. Dawid Malan:

Dawid Malan, New Zealand vs England 2019
Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Well, the red-hot name at the moment for franchise owners. The flamboyant batsman has got the perfect technique to deal with the world-class bowlers to make things fall in place. He is one of those cricketers, who can play according to the demand of the situation and also registered a century recently.

Dawid Malan received a call-up to the national T20 team for the three-match series against South Africa in 2017 and promptly responded with a swashbuckling 44-ball 78 on debut, for which he was named Man of the Match. Now, once again, he was called and straightaway delivered the goods with a blistering century.

Malan has made a brilliant start to his T20I career, scoring 458 runs at a strike rate of 156.31 in his nine games to date. Recently, there was major movement just below him with Dawid Malan moving up all the way to No. 3 in the ICC T20I Rankings. Well, the likes of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals would go for him in the auctions.

1. Tom Banton:

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Tom Banton (Credits: Twitter)

Well, this lad would surely be one of the batsmen, who will end up receiving high paychecks during the auction time. The flamboyant cricketer has been blistering for the team in county cricket and also showed that he is capable of delivering goods in International Cricket as well.

Tom Banton made his T20 debut for Somerset in July 2017. The right-handed opening batsman has played 17 T20 matches for his county where he has scored 591 runs at an impressive average of 39.40. The wicketkeeper-batsman has smashed one century and four half-centuries in his short T20 career at a strike rate of 154.30.

Besides his batting, he will also be available as the wicket-keeper for the team. Recently, he made his debut for England in the shorter format and did reasonably well. And also there were reports that Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are eagerly waiting to sign him up.

You know the quality of a player when the likes of Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians fighting to sign him. If everything goes in favour of him, one can witness him going to places.

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