IPL 2020: Michael Vaughan urges KKR star Tom Banton to abandon ₹1 crore contract

England cricketer Tom Banton has seemingly come out of where and made a name for himself in sport even before making his international debut for country. Banton, who is a wicketkeeper-batsman, has displayed some exceptional hitting skills that have made T20 franchises around world applaud his talent. Last December, Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bid successfully for Banton at auction to be a part of team in IPL 2020. However, former England skipper Michael Vaughan is t a fan of this development and here is why.

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Michael Vaughan has surprising advice for Tom Banton on IPL

Writing in his column for  Telegraph Sport, former England skipper Michael Vaughan prophecised that Tom Banton could break into English Test side if he lets go of his IPL contract and chooses to play county cricket instead. Banton, who plays for Somerset, will be missing a few matches for his county side while he plays IPL for Knight Riders in April and May. Vaughan implied that English newcomer Ollie Pope will soon be moving up order and a batsman will be required to fill number six slot. According to former England captain, if Banton proves himself in county cricket, he can very easily make his way into English Test setup. A positive Vaughan even went forward to claim that it would t be totally ridiculous to see Banton wear Test cap before end of this year. 

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KKR field a strong lineup for IPL 2020

Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders made sure that y got a very strong set of players when y entered 2020 IPL Auctions. highlight of ir auction was purchase of Australia's Test vice-captain Pat Cummins for a massive sum of INR 15.5 crores. Or purchases that KKR made included England white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan and young superstar Tom Banton. Here is KKR's full squad for IPL 2020.

1. Dinesh Karthik (captain)
2. Shivam Mavi
3. Sandeep Warrier
4. Kuldeep Yadav
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Pat Cummins
7. Harry Gurney
8. Sunil Narine
9. Nikhil Naik
10. M Siddharth
11. Andre Russell
12. Lockie Ferguson
13. Prasidh Krishna
14. Shubman Gill
15. Nitish Rana
16. Siddhesh Lad
17. Kamlesh Nagarkoti
18. Rinku Singh
19. Varun Chakravarthy
20. Tom Banton
21. Pravin Tambe
22. Chris Green
23. Rahul Tripathi

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