5 aggressive openers with great hand-eye coordination

#2 Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka

Like a 'Tollywood' superstar in India, Sanath Jayasuriya was always in action either with the bat or with the ball during his illustrious career. Along with other greats of Sri Lanka, he brought about a transformation in Sri Lankan cricket and the way other cricketing nations perceived it.

Starting off as a left-arm bowler who can give it a whack with the bat, Jayasuriya pounced on any opportunity to prove his batting skills. The historic 1996 World Cup was the turning for Jayasuriya when he opened the innings and took full advantage of the 15-over field restrictions with his unconventional but destructive batting.

Sanath Jayasuriya took full advantage of the field restrictions

His astounding strike rate of 91.22 and a mind-boggling 13430 runs in ODI cricket meant that bowlers had a tough time bowling at him. He scored the fastest ODI hundred off 48 balls which was subsequently broken by Shahid Afridi in the same year. He also scored the fastest ODI 50 off just 17 balls.

The legendary Sri Lankan batsman with his impeccable hand-eye coordination entertained the cricket fans for almost two decades. He was a complete all-rounder with 323 ODI wickets to his name at an economy rate of just 4.79. With 6973 runs and 97 wickets, his Test stats are also impressive.