Five most exciting prodigies in world cricket now

Quite often it happens that people start admiring a cricketer very early in his playing days. We have seen some boys in the past with immense talent go on to become the greatest cricketers of their time. The likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting showed glimpses of their potential in their teens and conquered the world later. Such wonder boys are always running ahead of others in their age groups, competing strongly with seniors and making a name for themselves while in their transformation to become men. Here are 5 such players who have the ability to become the best in business in coming years.

#5 Dayyaan Galiem (Gauteng, South Africa)

There is a big void created in South African cricket after the retirement of JacquesKallis. The quality that Kallis offered made everyone believe that there wont be any good all-rounder ever who can perform that well. But there is a certainDayyaan Galiem, who has a great potential to fill up that void. At 16, Dayyaan made his debut for the South African Under-19 team. He put up some brilliant performances with bat and ball during the quadrangular Under-19 series in India. His all-round skillsensured a place for him in the 2014 Under-19World Cup. But just few weeks before the tournament, he sufferedan injury thatcosted his spot.

South Africa eventually went on to win the World Cup, but Galiemcouldnt be a part of it at that moment. However, he still has a chance to play in 2016 World Cup,as he is very young. His aim is simple:he wants to bat like Kallis and bowl like Dale Steyn, thus justifying number 38 on his jersey (No. 3 was Kalliss jersey number,while No. 8 is Steyns jersey number). He need not do exactly that, even performing at half of their potentials would mean we have a star in the making.