Under-25 cricketers from prominent Test nations who could be the next big superstars in world cricket

Sri Lanka – Kusal Mendis

Kusal Mendis could be the batsman at the first down position that Sri Lanka have been looking for

Six Tests and five ODIs don’t provide for a comprehensive statistical analysis when it comes to the case of the young Sri Lankan top order batsman, but the promise that Kusal Mendis has shown in the recently concluded Test series against England, wherein his team was humbled by the English, showed that his mettle can be put to sterner tests. Innings of 53, 35, 26, 25 and 17* while may not speak highly of him, but considering the fact that Sri Lanka lost the first two Tests of the three-match series comprehensively – with one of them being an innings defeat – Mendis’ efforts prove out to be herculean. Still in the nascent stages of his career, if nurtured properly, Mendis could be the answer to one of those several problems that Sri Lankan cricket currently suffers with – a proper batsman at the coveted No. 3 position.