IPL Auction 2020: One Batsman who each team must look to sign

Kolkata Knight Riders- Tom Banton

Tom Banton made his national debut a few weeks back.

Tom Banton has been the talk of the town ever since CSK and MI expressed their desire to sign the young English batsman. The 21-year-old is sure to be hot property at the auction given that many teams lack good openers and need someone to provide them fiery starts. A team that's at the top of that list is KKR and they'll certainly look to sign someone like Banton.

Having released both Chris Lynn and Robin Uthappa ahead of the auction, KKR doesn't have an opener ahead of the auction and has the budget to make big buys.

Banton caught the eye of the cricketing fraternity with his tremendous performance in the Vitality T20 Blast. The Somerset batsman scored 549 runs from 13 matches averaging 42.23 at a brilliant strike-rate of 161.47. He made his national debut against New Zealand scoring 56 runs in 3 matches at a strike-rate of 164.70. He played for the Qalandars in the T10 League and scored 162 runs in just 5 games at a brilliant strike-rate of of 200.0

With a promising career ahead of him and a lot of runs on offer, the bidding is sure to be high for Tom Banton. But KKR desperately needs a fiery opener and they should go all out on him in the auction.