Top 5 number 5s in Tests for Sri Lanka

#2 Aravinda de Silva

He was Sri Lanka's finest batsman in the late 1980s and the 1990s and Aravinda de Silva's contribution towards transforming the team into world beaters cannot be overstated. He played in 93 Tests for Sri Lanka and although he played at number 4 for the majority of his career, the right-hander did play at number 5 in 20 Test matches.

De Silva was a batsman who had no real weakness and he was perfectly capable of taking any bowling attack. He was primarily an attacking batsman and had the ability to play on the front foot as well as on the back foot, which made it pretty difficult for bowlers to pin him down.

On the other hand, he was an expert at playing spin and when on form, he could be an extremely tough batsman to dislodge. Hence, his record as a number 5, albeit in 20 Tests is so impressive and he could have scored more than 1066 runs had he batted at that position more. He averaged 48.45 in those games and notched up 2 centuries, along with 5 half-centuries.