[8] Later the same month, in the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.
[9] Banton was set to play for the Brisbane Heat in the 2020–21 Big Bash League, but pulled out of the tournament on 5 December 2020.
[11] In July 2022, in the County Championship match against Essex, Banton scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
[18] On 29 May 2020, Banton was named in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.
[19][20] On 9 July 2020, Banton was included in England's 24-man squad to start training behind closed doors for the ODI series against Ireland.