KKR’s Harry Gurney responds to former England skipper Michael Vaughan who was urging youngster Tom Banton to Skip this year’s IPL.
Banton has made his name in the shortest format with his fiery knocks in England (for Somerset) and Australian (in BBL) and hence was also picked by the IP franchise Kolkata Knight Riders for his base price of INR 1 Crore.
Michael Vaughan advises KKR newest recruit Tom Banton to "Skip IPL, play County Cricket"
Vaughan, on the other hand, had also asked England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to withdraw Banton from the upcoming IPL season so that he could play in the County Championship and press claims for England’s Test team.
But another Englishman Harry Gurney who has also played 8 matches for KKR in the IPL replied to the 45-year-old Vaughan on twitter and gave Banton a couple of options.
“Option A: Rub shoulders and train with Morgan, Narine, Russell, and Cummins on a daily basis. And potentially play in front of 70,000. Option B: Nick off to a medium pacer on a green one in 8 degrees in front of a few hundred pensioners,” Gurney wrote on Twitter.
Option A:
— Harry Gurney (@gurneyhf) January 23, 2020
Rub shoulders and train with Morgan, Narine, Russell and Cummins on a daily basis. And potentially play in front of 70,000.
Option B:
Nick off to a medium pacer on a green one in 8 degrees in front of a few hundred pensioners.
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But according to the right-hand batsman, Banton should look at a No.6 slot available in England’s Test team rather than the IPL.
“If I were in charge I would be on the phone this week to Tom Banton telling him to give up his IPL deal and play the first few weeks of the county season for Somerset because there is a slot available at No 6 in the Test side. The IPL can wait,” Vaughan wrote.
(With Hindustan Times inputs)
