Abhishek Sharma versus Saim Ayub: Left-handed openers battle – Who will dominate the cricket world?

Who has better skills and will dominate the world of cricket?


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Abhishek Sharma and Saim Ayub are two promising left-handed openers, both known for their aggressive stroke play and ability to take on bowlers in the powerplay.

Abhishek has gained recognition through strong performances in domestic cricket and franchise leagues, particularly excelling against spin. His ability to score quickly and adapt to different conditions makes him a valuable asset. Additionally, his occasional left-arm spin adds versatility to his game.

Saim, on the other hand, is a naturally gifted stroke-maker with a flair for elegant shot selection. He has shown glimpses of brilliance in domestic and franchise cricket, especially against pace. However, he is still developing his consistency at the highest level.

So, let's discuss who will dominate the world of cricket.

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I don't want any of our players to be compared with anyone. Moment players start thinking along those lines that is where statpadding comes in. Everyone has a role. Abhishek has a role. As long as he fulfills the role that is all that matters. I want opposition to look at INdia as a team.
 
Saim Ayub is technically a superior batsman and should have a formidable career across all 3 formats very soon.

Abhishek Sharma is very exciting for T20 cricket but he hasn’t proven himself in ODIs or Tests so we cannot just predict that he will have success in those formats. Not even sure if he’s gonna get picked in those formats anytime soon, at least in tests I don’t see him being considered for a good number of years.

It’s like Babar Azam vs Suryakumar Yadav comparison all those years ago. One emerged a legend and a King and the other has only been a T20’star and is now on the decline already.
 
I don't want any of our players to be compared with anyone. Moment players start thinking along those lines that is where statpadding comes in. Everyone has a role. Abhishek has a role. As long as he fulfills the role that is all that matters. I want opposition to look at INdia as a team.

Damn right.
It’s a team sport.
if Abhishek can be a match winner in T20s i am happy with that.
 
Abhishek Sharma and Test cricket?
You never know. Marcus Trescothick was one of the most boring Test players when he made his debut for Engalnd. I hated watching him bat at first. Yet, he turned out to be a completely different player when he got his chance in ODI cricket, aggressive and dominating.

Some players can switch between different modes in different formats.​
 
You never know. Marcus Trescothick was one of the most boring Test players when he made his debut for Engalnd. I hated watching him bat at first. Yet, he turned out to be a completely different player when he got his chance in ODI cricket, aggressive and dominating.

Some players can switch between different modes in different formats.​
I think the BCCI will not develop him as a red-ball cricketer, their focus is on Jaiswal.
 
Too early but when it comes to these sort of comparisons India usually wins.

Bhai India is still a developed country ranked 5th on gdp. Their biggest issue is that due to their population size their gdp per capita is rubbish and hence overwhelming poverty exists and for those unfortunate enough to be one of em, their quality of life is poorer then any other country in the world.

But when it comes to one's who are rich or have the opportunity to represent themselves on the big stage such as businessmen, Actors, Cricketers or even white collar workers, India has plenty of money to develop them and turn them world class.

Through money alone abisheikh has access to better pitches, better coaches, Better fitness regimes, better talent to play against, better opportunities, better leagues, a better domestic structure(ranji trophy), better mentors be it ex cricketers or current both local and international.

^^ with so many advantages it'll be tough for saim to catch up.

That's why it's better to compare abisheikh to someone from a developed country like sam konstas, Harry Brooks or other upcoming youngsters who can change world cricket.

Not someone who happens to be an outlier talent from an otherwise poor and talentless nation.
 
Saim is a superior allround player. That first ton in South Africa showed that he can play on tough pitches against quality bowling too.

He can never match Abhishek for power hitting though.
 
I hope both bring success to their countries and make their fans happy.

Saim has had some scores but that knock yesterday from Abhishek against pace bowling was unreal. Perhaps one of the most brutal T20 knocks in recent times.

Saim is just establishing himself but Abhishek has set down a marker for the rest of the world.

Best of luck to both.
 
This is a better comparison than Saim vs Jaiswal. I will put Saim ahead as of now since he is an all format player where as Abhishek is only good at T20s.
 
This is a better comparison than Saim vs Jaiswal. I will put Saim ahead as of now since he is an all format player where as Abhishek is only good at T20s.
I think abhishek with his spin bowling is good for Raina, Russell Arnold , symo kind of finisher role than opener in odis.he is too aggressive to last 10 overs of pp.He can be a floater from 5 to 7.
 
Too early but when it comes to these sort of comparisons India usually wins.

Bhai India is still a developed country ranked 5th on gdp. Their biggest issue is that due to their population size their gdp per capita is rubbish and hence overwhelming poverty exists and for those unfortunate enough to be one of em, their quality of life is poorer then any other country in the world.

But when it comes to one's who are rich or have the opportunity to represent themselves on the big stage such as businessmen, Actors, Cricketers or even white collar workers, India has plenty of money to develop them and turn them world class.

Through money alone abisheikh has access to better pitches, better coaches, Better fitness regimes, better talent to play against, better opportunities, better leagues, a better domestic structure(ranji trophy), better mentors be it ex cricketers or current both local and international.

^^ with so many advantages it'll be tough for saim to catch up.

That's why it's better to compare abisheikh to someone from a developed country like sam konstas, Harry Brooks or other upcoming youngsters who can change world cricket.

Not someone who happens to be an outlier talent from an otherwise poor and talentless nation.

Money cannot buy desire, hunger and passion to succeed. Gavaskar, Miandad, Tendulkar, Wasim weren’t products of cash rich systems when they were up against foreign players availing much better training and coaching facilities.

if it was all about money, Arjun Tendulkar would have made it.

It’s relative, Pakistan cricket is still much richer than many other nations.
 
Abishek sharma in t20s is a beAast.Saim is also good but he gets somewhat tired after scoring 70 or 80 runs.
Considering domestic stats i think Saim atm is better than Abishek in odis and tests.
 
Abhishek in T20s.

Saim in ODIs.

AS won't play Tests but Saim will (and has?) due to Pakistan not having too many options but he'll end up strictly as a sub 30 averaging batter. So nothing much to pick there.
 
Money cannot buy desire, hunger and passion to succeed. Gavaskar, Miandad, Tendulkar, Wasim weren’t products of cash rich systems when they were up against foreign players availing much better training and coaching facilities.

if it was all about money, Arjun Tendulkar would have made it.

It’s relative, Pakistan cricket is still much richer than many other nations.
You're highlighting outliers lol.

Gavaskar, Tendulkar are outliers and they come from an era where india wasn't very powerful.

Now about Arjun Tendulkar, I never said money = Talents.

But the truth is A talented person from a rich country will be > an equally talented person from a poor country.

For example, Cliff oberchet and Melanie Perkins aren't the only Java, Python developers in the world nor are they the only graphic designers. Infact their skills are below one Afghani female programmer who broke records.

Yet both these 2 built canva and became super rich because Perth is connected to American investors + Sydney offered tech infrastructure to allow them to build and scale it.

Arjun Tendulkar isn't talented in the same way shan masood isn't, so you can give them everything and they'll output nothing

However Abhiskeh is talented and so is saim ayub. Jaiswal in terms of raw talent is > both, but abhi and saim are =. But abhi will have a more succesful career due to money and the country using it correctly

While pakistan can't even use its money to build stadiums on time.
 
You're highlighting outliers lol.

Gavaskar, Tendulkar are outliers and they come from an era where india wasn't very powerful.

Now about Arjun Tendulkar, I never said money = Talents.

But the truth is A talented person from a rich country will be > an equally talented person from a poor country.

For example, Cliff oberchet and Melanie Perkins aren't the only Java, Python developers in the world nor are they the only graphic designers. Infact their skills are below one Afghani female programmer who broke records.

Yet both these 2 built canva and became super rich because Perth is connected to American investors + Sydney offered tech infrastructure to allow them to build and scale it.

Arjun Tendulkar isn't talented in the same way shan masood isn't, so you can give them everything and they'll output nothing

However Abhiskeh is talented and so is saim ayub. Jaiswal in terms of raw talent is > both, but abhi and saim are =. But abhi will have a more succesful career due to money and the country using it correctly

While pakistan can't even use its money to build stadiums on time.

When a young kid is exposed to the harsh realities of the world, he becomes a man sooner than rich kids who have no worry about getting good in their plate.

Bharat’s greatest cricketers came from poverty. In fact world’s greatest athletes came from poverty.

If it was all about developed countries dominating then NZ wouldn’t have 0 world cups till now. England only won in 2019.

You have Afghanistan cricket doing so much more than Ireland, Netherlands despite have so much less.

It’s about hunger and passion bro.

Rawalpindi express did not need Michael Phelps level training to break the speed barriers. There were times there wasn’t food at his home. He came from extreme poverty and became the fastest bowler in the world because God was with him when he had nothing.
 
When a young kid is exposed to the harsh realities of the world, he becomes a man sooner than rich kids who have no worry about getting good in their plate.

Bharat’s greatest cricketers came from poverty. In fact world’s greatest athletes came from poverty.

If it was all about developed countries dominating then NZ wouldn’t have 0 world cups till now. England only won in 2019.

You have Afghanistan cricket doing so much more than Ireland, Netherlands despite have so much less.

It’s about hunger and passion bro.

Rawalpindi express did not need Michael Phelps level training to break the speed barriers. There were times there wasn’t food at his home. He came from extreme poverty and became the fastest bowler in the world because God was with him when he had nothing.
Hunger and passion have to align with opportunity. Bill gates wouldn't even have a networth of 20,000 dollars if he was born in North Korea.

Now as for NZ and Eng, The problem is that NZ is a developed country but

A) it's cricket resources are lacking, their the poorest cricket board out of the main 10, receiving only 9M per year

B) it's population is like 5M, their a developed country in other aspects, not sporting aspects.

And Eng is a top tier team, winning trophies is another matter altogether. Australia is now a more developed country and that's it and England has shifted priorities to other sports.
 
Hunger and passion have to align with opportunity. Bill gates wouldn't even have a networth of 20,000 dollars if he was born in North Korea.

Now as for NZ and Eng, The problem is that NZ is a developed country but

A) it's cricket resources are lacking, their the poorest cricket board out of the main 10, receiving only 9M per year

B) it's population is like 5M, their a developed country in other aspects, not sporting aspects.

And Eng is a top tier team, winning trophies is another matter altogether. Australia is now a more developed country and that's it and England has shifted priorities to other sports.

My point is that Cricket is still a sport where the key to success lies more in your personal efforts than in the investments made on your training and hence someone from the relatively less richer nations can still make it to the top with hard work provided he gets the opportunity to play high quality competitive cricket on a regular basis.

Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi are shining examples. Both won the Garfield Sobers trophy before Bumrah.
 
My point is that Cricket is still a sport where the key to success lies more in your personal efforts than in the investments made on your training and hence someone from the relatively less richer nations can still make it to the top with hard work provided he gets the opportunity to play high quality competitive cricket on a regular basis.

Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi are shining examples. Both won the Garfield Sobers trophy before Bumrah.
An equally talented person from Australia will be > an equally talented person from Pakistan plain and simple. Their are no ifs and buts.

Also we were having a serious discussion until the final paragraph lol.
 
Saim's game will develop better since he will get chance across formats
 
Abhishek will play just T20 for a while. In T20 he is probably one of the most brutal going around. Travis head his SRH opening partner is another one. SRH team can be a nightmare team to face when these two get going. Samson was also brutal in all the matches he clicked. But not as much as Abhishek.
 
Abhishek Sharma would not get opportunities as there is too much competition in other formats(Jaiswal, Ruturaj, Sai Sudarshan etc). In T20s he seems good. As India is going towards all out approach, they need quick scoring rather than consistency, he will excel.

Saim will be a better Test and ODI player, he gets more opportunities and he has used them good.
 
Too early but when it comes to these sort of comparisons India usually wins.

Bhai India is still a developed country ranked 5th on gdp. Their biggest issue is that due to their population size their gdp per capita is rubbish and hence overwhelming poverty exists and for those unfortunate enough to be one of em, their quality of life is poorer then any other country in the world.

But when it comes to one's who are rich or have the opportunity to represent themselves on the big stage such as businessmen, Actors, Cricketers or even white collar workers, India has plenty of money to develop them and turn them world class.

Through money alone abisheikh has access to better pitches, better coaches, Better fitness regimes, better talent to play against, better opportunities, better leagues, a better domestic structure(ranji trophy), better mentors be it ex cricketers or current both local and international.

^^ with so many advantages it'll be tough for saim to catch up.

That's why it's better to compare abisheikh to someone from a developed country like sam konstas, Harry Brooks or other upcoming youngsters who can change world cricket.

Not someone who happens to be an outlier talent from an otherwise poor and talentless nation.
I won't call India a developed country. It's a developing country and likely to remain that way for decades.

Agree that country has resource due to economy being big.

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As per OP is concerned, I will wait a little bit for a sample size across formats.
 
All of Abhishek's good innings came against Zimbabwe, at home etc.

Abhishek hasn't faced any real challenge (ICC events and tough away tours).

Saim went to South Africa/Australia and performed there.
 
Abhishek only plays T20 while Saim is an all format player.

The comparison is futile.
 
It is very very hard to break into Indian XI in any format (assuming they purely use merit as selection criteria). Way too many options. Especially for LOIs. Also all format nonsense hopefully die with Kohli and Rohit.
 
Saim will have more impact.

Reason is that Saim will get to play across formats more games. Abhishek will find it difficult to play other format , because India has more such players , it will be tough to get him games.
 
Man, I have seen this way too many times.
A players starts playing well in Pak,

The desperate fans hype him to clouds... Putting all their hopes and dreams on him.

The player actually starts to believe this hype... Stops working and improving due to complacency and lack of competition.

Then within a few years, the decline starts.

Have seen this movie way too many times.
 
I won't call India a developed country. It's a developing country and likely to remain that way for decades.

Agree that country has resource due to economy being big.

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As per OP is concerned, I will wait a little bit for a sample size across formats.
The reason it's in developing stages is because despite being ranked 5th on gdp, their gdp per capita is crap, compared to Australia and NZ which is ranked at no 3.

Like india's gdp per capita is 8K which is beyond pathetic but that's due to their ever growing population.

Their gdp is a joke compared to China hence unlike China they can't sustain an equal division.

That's why India is divided between rich and poor and theirs so much poverty.

However if you aren't born in Poverty then India is a top tier place in regards to education, Tech, Infrastructure etc etc. Jaiswal benefits from it.
 
Once upon a time it was UAkmal vs Kohli, then Babar vs SKY, and now this. Let them be. I've never understood the concept of comparing cricketers at very early stages of their careers. It's pointless and unnecessary.

It's scary even. This may be the 3rd or 4th thread I've seen of comparing Saim to so and so batsmen. Pakistanis really get in their heads. Let the jit play for a while and establish himself.
 
Abhishek sharma is no doubt a very talented player but i want to see him how he goes in longer format so i will pick Saim for ODIs and Abhshek for T20
 
Saim is more talented and has done it away from home in SA. Abhisek I am skeptical can do it vs big name bowlers - maybe he can but it is a question mark at this point.
 
Saim is more talented and has done it away from home in SA. Abhisek I am skeptical can do it vs big name bowlers - maybe he can but it is a question mark at this point.
He did in SA T20 series. Besides Saim has not done in T20 anywhere in the world let alone SA.
 
What has Abhisek done in ODI by that logic? Saim has barely played T20Is.
Saim has played more T20Is than ABhishek. You can only compare the format they played. Btw Saim Ayub came into prominence only through CPL performance. HE was expected to do the same in T20 internationals. He couldn't do. ODIs are an easier format for batsmen to statpad as you are allowed to play a touch slowly. A reason why over trhe hill guys like Kohli, Rahul are still staying relevant in this format.
 
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