Published 15:59 IST, February 17th 2020

IPL 2020: Harsha Bhogle picks his impact player-to-be for KKR this season

Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter and picked England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan as KKR’s player to watch out for in IPL 2020.

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England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan will take field for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in upcoming edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2020). Widely regarded as one of England’s greatest ODI batsmen of all time, Morgan is most capped ODI cricketer for England. left-handed batsman is kwn for his aggressive scoring abilities as he holds a staggering strike-rate of 91.13 in ODIs and 137.49 in T20I matches.

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IPL 2020: Harsha Bhogle picks his KKR impact player for upcoming season

Esteemed Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle recently took to Twitter and picked Eoin Morgan as KKR’s player to watch out for in IPL 2020. While he admitted that Morgan has never been an extremely impactful player in Indian T20 event,  commentator said that he would be surprised if cricketer would fail this year as well. Harsha Bhogle’s admiration for English captain comes on backdrop of his quickfire innings against South Africa.

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While chasing a mammoth 223, England overhauled South Africa’s target with five balls to spare on back of fifties from Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow and Eoin Morgan. Morgan wowed everyone with a six-laden kck of 57* from just 22 balls.

33-year old also led England to ICC World Cup 2019 victory last year by defeating New Zealand in a hard-fought final.

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IPL 2020: Eoin Morgan joins KKR

Eoin Morgan was roped in by KKR for ₹5.25 crore during recently concluded IPL 2020 auction. In upcoming edition, Morgan will join his England teammates Tom Banton and Harry Gurney in franchise along with KKR veterans like Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell.

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15:59 IST, February 17th 2020