Top 5 upcoming all-rounders in world cricket

#3 Dhananjaya de Silva

de Silva is a useful off-spinner for the Lankans and can bat long

For a struggling Sri Lankan side, someone like Dhananjaya de Silva is a straw of hope. A technically correct batsman and handy off-spinner, de Silva can open the innings or play in the middle order.

He already has a Test century, a brilliant knock at home against the mighty Aussies a few months ago. In the third Test of that series, de Silva hit a crucial 129 walking in to bat with his team in trouble at 26/5.

de Silva topped the run charts for the series, making 325 runs and his off spin bowling was also useful during the series. In the ODIs that followed, de Silva revelled at the opportunity of opening the innings and smashed 76 in his first attempt at the top of the order. His second Test hundred came in the series against Zimbabwe a month later.