IPL Auction 2020: One Batsman who each team must look to sign
IPL 2020 has become the talk of the town as just over 3 weeks remain for the auction which is scheduled to take place on December 19 in Kolkata. This will be the most important event for all the teams and they would have carefully planned for the event.
Each team would have a specific type of player who they're looking for and would already of a list of players who they should target at the auction. Some teams like the Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians were very active during the trade window and whipped their squad into shape ahead of the auction.
While some teams like CSK were very conservative in releasing their players, teams like KXIP, RCB, and RR have a lot of spots to be filled during the auction.
So on that note, let's take a look at one batsman who each team could target at the auction.
Chennai Super Kings- Evin Lewis
The Chennai Super Kings issued a huge statement ahead of the auction by holding on to some of their older players like Shane Watson and Harbhajan Singh. And while that sounds pretty confident, CSK does need an injection of youth. They need firepower at the top of the innings as both Shane Watson and Faf Du Plessis failed to score well during the power play.
There have been rumors linking CSK with England opener Tom Banton but considering his recently acquired popularity, he's likely to go for a lot of money at the auction. CSK aren't a side who spend a lot of money on one particular player and hence could look to sign someone like Evin Lewis.
The southpaw has a great T20 record and has played in over 140 T20 matches scoring excess of 4000 runs at a good average of 30.57 and brilliant strike-rate of 142.86. He's a regular in the West Indies limited-overs setup and was the highest run-scorer in the recently concluded T20I series against Afghanistan.
The Caribbean opener was released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the auction as he was surplus to their side. The 27-year old will be overshadowed by the other big names like Chris Lynn and is sure to cost less than the others. CSK can hence look to get him at a decent price and focus the remaining money elsewhere.
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