Top 5 Best All Rounders In Cricket

Cricketers who can contribute their team with both batting and bowling are known as all rounders. All rounders are very important for the same reason. If they can't perform with the batting there is always the chance to perform with the bowling. A cricket team consist of 10 cricketers excluding wicket-keeper; 5 bowlers and 5 batsman if there were no all rounders but, if you got 2 all rounders in team then, the team would get 6 batsman and six bowlers which is very useful for a team. So, it is very hard to imagine a good team without few good all rounders.Some, times the wicket keeper who have ability to bat is also named as the all rounders but, basically there are not counted as all rounders. In the modern day cricket, many wicket-keeper can bat very well like: Kumar Sangakkara, Adam Gilchrist, Mahendra Singh Dhoni etc. They are regarded as wicket-keeper batsman rather than all rounder in cricket.

Imran Khan

Cricket has got many good all rounders, Garfield Sobers ( A batting all rounder who was an excellent batsman and also could perform well in bowling with his spin. ), Ian Botham (A right hand batsman and right hand bowler) , Kapil Dev ( A bowling all rounder who was an excellent bowler and very handy with the bat as well). But, If some one talks about the world's best all rounder then, for me it is tie between Imran Khan and Garfield Sobers, two legend in the history of cricket.

Best All Rounders Of Cricket

Cricket has developed very fast but, what have not changed is the importance of all rounder in the team. Top 5 all rounders in the cricket world now a days are as follows:

5. Angelo Mathews
This Sri Lankan cricket is a very good all rounder; good hitter of a cricket ball and excellent fast arm bowling. He is though young but, his striking ability has given Sri Lanka a great asset of a bowler and his bowling in limited over cricket is just awesome.That's why Angelo Mathews is one of the top all rounders of cricket in world and he is in number five spot.


4. Andrew Flintoff
Who can forget this name after the Ashes series 2005, most entertaining tournament for me ever. And the star of that tournament was Andrew Flintoff who performed with both bat and the ball. His all round performance all made him man of the series. Andrew Flintoff has ability to become one of the best all rounders of all time but, injury problem made him back to remain at the number 4 spot of Top All Rounder.

3. Shane Watson
A truly Aussie star Shane Watson has always proved in international cricket when he had to prove. He was out from the team now and then due to his injury problem but, every time he was recovered his all round performance impressed the selector. Thought he changed his bowling action due to the recovery. He is still very effective in bowling and he is an excellent batsman, opener for Australia. His excellent all round performance makes him one of the best all rounders in cricket.

2. Shakib Al Hasan
Its not too long before, Bangladesh as approved for the test team but, Bangladesh has progressed very well in these day and one of the major contributor is Shakib Al Hasan. In many of matches won by Bangladesh, you will see the contribution of Shakib Al Hasan either with or bowl or with both. His terrific all round performance has enhanced the Bangladesh team and he is in the number 2 spot of top all rounders of all time.

1. Jacques Kallis
Who does not know the Jacques Kallis in modern cricket. He is one the best batsman in the cricket world. With the batting average about 55 and 45 in test cricket and ODI cricket respectively and with the bowling average of less than 32 runs, Jacques Kallis has been always very useful for South Africa. Not, only the he is all rounder with bowl and bat but, he is an excellent fielder as  well.
These are the top five all rounders of cricket. But, there are many good all rounders in this era who are not in this list of top all rounders.If we extend it to a list of top 10 all rounders then, the following name would have been added.

List of Top 10 All Rounders

6.   Abdul Razzak
7.   Dwane Bravo
8.   Shaid Afridi
9.   Danniel Vettori
10. Stuart Board

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