IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Sign Up England Batting Sensation Tom Banton

Tom Banton has been turning heads with his performance in England’s domestic circuit. All of just 20, he was the second leading run-scorer in this season’s T20 Blast in England. Tom Banton scored 549 runs at a staggering strike-rate of 161.47. He made four half-centuries and a blistering 51-ball century against Kent. Tom Banton was prolific in 50-over cricket too, smashing 454 during Somerset’s successful Royal London Cup campaign.

Those performances helped him break into the England team as he made it to the T20I squad for the tour of New Zealand. During the five-match series, he played three games. While the right-hander failed to score big in any of them, he did show promise. Earlier, he was also named Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Players’ Young player of the year.

Tom Banton has already started garnering attention from all over. He is currently a part of Brisbane Heat squad in the ongoing season of the Big Bash League and recently turned up for Qalandars in the Abu Dhabi T10 League.

The England starlet has now got an IPL deal too. Kolkata Knight Riders secured his services in the ongoing auction at his base price of INR 1 crore. Banton will have the guidance of his England captain Eoin Morgan at the Knight Riders. The two-time champions had signed up Morgan as their first player in the auction.