Asia Cup 2018: The Key Player For Each Team

Sri Lanka - Akila Dananjaya

Dananjaya has proved himself to be an integral part of their limited overs set-up over the past year

Akila Dananjaya, one of Sri Lanka's many 'mystery spinner', has proved himself to be an integral part of their limited overs set-up over the past year.

He came back into national reckoning in the home series against India last year, and since then, he has only gotten better.

Possessing a wide repertoire of deliveries, Dananjaya is almost unarguably Sri Lanka's most potent weapon in the bowling attack and has had an extremely productive 2018 so far. In 10 matches, he has taken 17 wickets and was the leading wicket-taker in Sri Lanka's recently concluded series against South Africa with 14 wickets from five matches.

Despite a slow start to the year, he seemed to have found his groove in the series against South Africa and will be looking to carry on with that momentum in the Asia Cup.