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Is Varun Aaron the fastest bowler in the sub-continent?

Can smack 80 off 30 as well when he gets going.

Scary LOI all rounder he's gonna be and with that pace he could be a threat in tests too.

But he is on the wrong side of age, already 30, bowling 145+ is hard after 33 years of age...

Why Rabada is not playing IPL?[emoji848][emoji848]

He is the best young fast bowling talent!!!
 
Damn Morris can hit 150k?? I always took him as a military medium wobbler the kind of which South Africa produce in huge numbers.

Morris is a genuine fast bowling all-rounder. Right now his skills are balanced in batting and bowling with bowling edging it out a little bit.
 
But he is on the wrong side of age, already 30, bowling 145+ is hard after 33 years of age...

Why Rabada is not playing IPL?[emoji848][emoji848]

He is the best young fast bowling talent!!!

AMla will be joining Kings XI though :amla
 
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I saw him after 1999, there were speedguns then. Also, I don't remember people talking about Srinath's pace like they did with Waqar or Donald from the same era.
Srinath was every bit as quick as Donald in 1996 - 7 period. Only Schultz and Zahid may have been quicker than both of them.
 
I think I explained Aaron's lower speeds in Lanka quite well above, he came out of an injury. Few points you should consider.

  • Wahab was bowling medium pace in Bangladesh like he does in most bilateral series, Aaron was express there (like he always is).
  • Wahab was outpaced quite easily by MJ and Starc in UAE. A few months later, the same MJ and Starc were outpaced by Aaron.
  • Even though Wahab hit 154 in the WC, his average pace throughout the tournament was slower or equal to Yadav. This Yadav is nowhere near Aaron when it comes to raw pace.
Why is it hard to accept that Wahab only bowls express once in a while and only when needed? He bowls Yadav's pace or slower most of the times, but can join Aaron and Milne whenever he desires. If anything, it is a smarter way to go about bowling, and I don't see why Pakistani fans feel offended when someone says that.
What is this pre occupation with Wahab Riaz? Oh, I see he is deemed quicker by PAKISTANIS.

I am not Pakistani. Your comparison of Wahab and Aaron is loworthy. We all know Wahab is lazy only bowls quick when he wants to. So famed Aaron was pedestrian compared to a Sri Lankan youngster called Chameera. And using the same speed guns, Sami trumped all of them.

In top pace

1. Wahab
2. Sami
3. Amir
4. Chameera
5. Aaron
6. Taskin
Then Yadav / Ishant / and thos few pakistani left armers.
 
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What is this pre occupation with Wahab Riaz? Oh, I see he is deemed quicker by PAKISTANIS.

I am not Pakistani. Your comparison of Wahab and Aaron is loworthy. We all know Wahab is lazy and only bowls quick when he wants to. So famed Aaron was pedestrian compared to a Sri Lankan youngster called Chameera. And using the same speed guns, Sami trumped all of them.

In top pace

1. Wahab
2. Sami
3. Amir
4. Chameera
5. Aaron
6. Taskin
Then Yadav / Ishant / and thos few pakistani left armers.

You being a Pakistani or non-Pakistani doesn't change the fact that the list is crap.
 
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What is this pre occupation with Wahab Riaz? Oh, I see he is deemed quicker by PAKISTANIS.

Now cut the crap out, I am not Pakistani. Your comparison of Wahab and Aaron is loworthy. We all know Wahab is a lazy ******* and only bowls quick when he wants to. So famed Aaron was pedestrian compared to a Sri Lankan youngster called Chameera. And using the same speed guns, Sami trumped all of them.

In top pace

1. Wahab
2. Sami
3. Amir
4. Chameera
5. Aaron
6. Taskin
Then Yadav / Ishant / and thos few pakistani left armers.

What! You aren't Pakistani?

Then what is your nationality?
 
Varun Aaron was bowling well when we toured England last time. Thanks to Dhoni and his trundler brigade guys like Aaron, Umesh will never feel confident playing under Dhoni. They needed someone like Kohli to lead them in test cricket especially away from home.
 
Varun Aaron was bowling well when we toured England last time. Thanks to Dhoni and his trundler brigade guys like Aaron, Umesh will never feel confident playing under Dhoni. They needed someone like Kohli to lead them in test cricket especially away from home.
Aaron might have had very quick spell or two. But that is history. The most recent performances show that he struggles to touch 150k. If you take historical data, Sami or Malinga are the quickest bowlers currently playing, and no one is naming Malinga for that title.

What is important is how quick they can bowl now.
 
What is this pre occupation with Wahab Riaz? Oh, I see he is deemed quicker by PAKISTANIS.

I am not Pakistani. Your comparison of Wahab and Aaron is loworthy. We all know Wahab is lazy only bowls quick when he wants to. So famed Aaron was pedestrian compared to a Sri Lankan youngster called Chameera. And using the same speed guns, Sami trumped all of them.

In top pace

1. Wahab
2. Sami
3. Amir
4. Chameera
5. Aaron
6. Taskin
Then Yadav / Ishant / and thos few pakistani left armers.

:)):)):)):)):))
 
Is this a joke?

Wahab may be a brainless, often one dimensional bowler but in top speed he is easily better than Varun Aaron

1)Wahab
2)Sami
3)Chameera
4)Amir
5)Aaron
[MENTION=131355]IcedEarth[/MENTION] getting hate for speaking the truth. Though I think Chameera when it comes to raw pace is faster than Amir. I saw Varun Aaron bowl in the IPL in 2 games. He was hitting mid 130s and the occassional 145. These are matches where he has to bowl 4 frickin overs. While Wahab in the 2nd test against England in the searing Dubai heat won us the game just because he generated high pace in a prolonged spell against set batsmen. And I dont even rate Wahab that much.
 
Is this a joke?

Wahab may be a brainless, often one dimensional bowler but in top speed he is easily better than Varun Aaron

1)Wahab
2)Sami
3)Chameera
4)Amir
5)Aaron
[MENTION=131355]IcedEarth[/MENTION] getting hate for speaking the truth. Though I think Chameera when it comes to raw pace is faster than Amir. I saw Varun Aaron bowl in the IPL in 2 games. He was hitting mid 130s and the occassional 145. These are matches where he has to bowl 4 frickin overs. While Wahab in the 2nd test against England in the searing Dubai heat won us the game just because he generated high pace in a prolonged spell against set batsmen. And I dont even rate Wahab that much.
Please lie somewhere else.There is a lisg of fastest balls in IPL and only Morris has bowled faster than Aaron.Top speed of Aaron is around 149ks this IPL.
 
Please lie somewhere else.There is a lisg of fastest balls in IPL and only Morris has bowled faster than Aaron.Top speed of Aaron is around 149ks this IPL.

Im not lying. I am talking about the 7 overs of his which I saw and I was unaware of the top speeds. Hes still not the fastest in the subcontinent. Maybe 4th or 5th. What is the fastest delivery hes ever bowled?
 
I had a debate with a Zaheer Khan's Fan in a thread of PP in November.

By that time 1st Test of India vs SA had completed.

He was arguing with me that Varun Aaron is faster than Wahab Riaz on Average Speed.


I said let's compare speeds of Wahab Riaz in first test vs England in Abu Dhabi from 13th to 17th October 2015 when temperatures were 33,36,38,36 & 38 degrees (UAE heat & humidity)

and

Compare it with 1st Test of series India vs South Africa 5th to 7th (3 day test) when temperatures were 27,28 & 25 degrees of Mohali India.


Wahab Riaz Average Speed in first innings was 87.3 mph with fastest
91.9 mph mph in a spell of 37 overs. Whereas in the second innings his Average speed was 89.0 mph with fastest speed of 92.5 mph in a spell of 2 overs.



Varun Aaron bowled Average Speed first innings was 87.9 mph with fastest
91.9 mph mph in a spell of 8 overs. Whereas in the second innings his Average speed was 87.2 mph with fastest speed of 89.8 mph in a spell of 3 overs.


I said to him look Wahab bowled 39 overs in hot humid conditions while Aaron bowled only 11 overs in relatively cool temperatures and yet Wahab is only 0.6 kph slower than Aaron in first innings match despite bowling 29 more overs than Aaron so it is evident that he is faster than Aaron on average speed since what are the energy levels of a fast bowler after he bowls 5 overs 1st spell than 6 overs spell than 8 overs spell than 7 overs spell than 5 overs spell and than 6 overs spell

6 spells in 1 innings consisting of 37 overs compared with 2 spells of 4 overs each.


I said a tired fast bowler who bowled 37 overs in first innings averaged 89mph in 2nd spell of 2 overs with fastest of 92.5mph whereas the bowler who bowled just 8 overs in first innings bowled 3 overs in 2nd innings and his average speed was 87.2 mph with fastest 89.8 mph.


So I asked him who is the fastest among both on Average speed tell me ?


He said Varun Aaron



Hahahahahahaha Hahahahahahaha haha



Wahab Riaz bowled 108 overs in a 3 test series whereas Ishant Sharma bowled 62 , Umesh Yadav bowled 42 & Aaron bowled 20 overs in a 4 Test series vs South Africa.

3 bowlers bowled 124 overs and 1 bowler bowled 108 overs.


Varun Aaron toured England in 2014. He played the 4th test there and he was at his fastest than recently he has slowed down as evident from his speeds of last test series where his fastest ball was 147.8 kph.


So on August 7-9 that test match was played in pleasant weather (not hot and humid) and Aaron bowled 26 overs where his fastest was 92.4 mph and Average Speed was 86.4 mph.

Now let's compare his 26 overs spell with Wahab's 37 overs spell in October heat and humidity of Abu Dhabi and Wahab's Average speed was 87.3 mph with fastest 91.9 mph. despite bowling 11 more overs than Aaron his Average speed was 1 mph faster than Aaron that too in heat and humid of UAE not 20 degrees temp of Manchester.


None of Indian Pacers is faster than Wahab Riaz in any format currently even on Average Speed Comparisons. This is just a circulated myth on PP.

[MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] this basically explains everything
 
You wouldve expected Vaurun " phastest in the subcontinent" to hit 150 just once this ipl. Or maybe a slightly lower test bowling average than 56. Some Indians here always like to bash Wahab and give me his test bowling stats but Varun Aaron makes Wahab look like Joel Garner in both formats when it comes to stats. Ahh the hypocrisy
 
Im not lying. I am talking about the 7 overs of his which I saw and I was unaware of the top speeds. Hes still not the fastest in the subcontinent. Maybe 4th or 5th. What is the fastest delivery hes ever bowled?
Fastest he has ever bowled is in excess of 153ks.153.5 i believe.

And even in the last Australia tour he was clocking 150s in test matches.
 
You wouldve expected Vaurun " phastest in the subcontinent" to hit 150 just once this ipl. Or maybe a slightly lower test bowling average than 56. Some Indians here always like to bash Wahab and give me his test bowling stats but Varun Aaron makes Wahab look like Joel Garner in both formats when it comes to stats. Ahh the hypocrisy
The argument here is speed and not Stats.So your stats argument means little.

What did Phaaaassssttttt bowler Wahab Riaz did in WT20?What was his top speed?
 
Fastest he has ever bowled is in excess of 153ks.153.5 i believe.

And even in the last Australia tour he was clocking 150s in test matches.
That explains nothing. Bets would be to monitor the speeds of bowlers when they play together, on the same gun in same conditions. Asia cup was one example, and test series of Pak and Ind against us was another. And Sami was EASILY quicker than Aaron or Yadav in that occasion. Even Chameera was quicker.

There is no point saying so and so bowled at 150 in so and so place to show that he is the fastest. If others from SC got the same conditions and the gun would have clocked more according to the evidence we have.

I hate to admit Sami and Wahab are the fastest (because of their lolworthy attitude), but we will not see a Akthar or Malinga pretty soon who both has brain and brawn.
 
That explains nothing. Bets would be to monitor the speeds of bowlers when they play together, on the same gun in same conditions. Asia cup was one example, and test series of Pak and Ind against us was another. And Sami was EASILY quicker than Aaron or Yadav in that occasion. Even Chameera was quicker.

There is no point saying so and so bowled at 150 in so and so place to show that he is the fastest. If others from SC got the same conditions and the gun would have clocked more according to the evidence we have.

I hate to admit Sami and Wahab are the fastest (because of their lolworthy attitude), but we will not see a Akthar or Malinga pretty soon who both has brain and brawn.

Aaron and Yadav played the 2016 Asia cup?This just tells how biased your views are.

What is this evidence that you talk about?

Yadav and Aaron have bowled 150ks in India and in Australia in NZ.Not just one place.
 
Anyone who is claiming Wahab and Sami (lol @ 36 years) are faster than Aaron on a more consistent basis are kidding themselves

Yadav and Wahab is a closer race though
 
Aaron never goes out all out in IPL or LOIs for that matter. He does bowl faster in Tests though. Anyway, he isn't that good a bowler whatever pace he bowls at. Why are some posters getting their knickers in such a twist ?!
 
Wahab and Yadav are a tad close to each other but seriously those calling Sami and Wahab faster than Aaron are laughable at best!
 
Aaron never goes out all out in IPL or LOIs for that matter. He does bowl faster in Tests though. Anyway, he isn't that good a bowler whatever pace he bowls at. Why are some posters getting their knickers in such a twist ?!


He is the first bowler in the history of Cricket to bowl quick in test matches (which he doesn't play mostly) than limited overs cricket.


The argument in ASIA cup was that Aaron & Yadav would have been the fastest bowlers in Asia Cup had Dhoni and selection committee selected them. The argument was not that had they played Asia Cup they would have not gone all out and hence not quickest because Asia Cup format is not Test Cricket.


Be it be Shoaib, Lee or Bond they have bowled quickest in limited overs because you have limited overs to bowl and you can go all out. Whereas in test cricket you have to bowl uptil 5 spells in a single innings so you have to conserve energy and not go all out. Going all out not only decreases your speed substantially in 2nd 3rd fourth spell etc but when you get tired and fatigued your line and length aswell as control goes away aswell.


Wait as Zak Fan said Aaron will become quickest when he will become 29 years old so let's wait for that. Currently he is conserving his pace for life after 5 years and he will switch On NOS at 29 when his physical powers are at his peak like Johnson of Ashes & Wahab of Worldcup while forgetting what happened with Zahir, Nehra & Patel between the age of 26-30 :-)
 
Fastest he has ever bowled is in excess of 153ks.153.5 i believe.

And even in the last Australia tour he was clocking 150s in test matches.

But wahab clocked 155 in Australia.
Does Arron even have one good overall performance like wahab did in 15 wc
 
He is the first bowler in the history of Cricket to bowl quick in test matches (which he doesn't play mostly) than limited overs cricket.

LOL ! Why are you so riled up ?! My comment wasn't directed at you. No need to take it personally. I never said he is better than any Pakistani bowler or anything like that.

You may not have complete knowledge about him. So, let me explain it to you.

Now, He has been told by selectors that he is being considered only for Tests (and rightfully so). He has been given a limited role of bowling short attacking spells, one with the new ball & one or two later when it reverses. So, he gives it his all in the Tests (being the only format of international cricket he plays). And if he you have seen the Australian tour, you would know he did bowl 150 kph there. In the SA series at home, he bowled upto 148 kph.

The argument in ASIA cup was that Aaron & Yadav would have been the fastest bowlers in Asia Cup had Dhoni and selection committee selected them. The argument was not that had they played Asia Cup they would have not gone all out and hence not quickest because Asia Cup format is not Test Cricket.

If you have followed his career, you would know he hasn't played an LOI since 2014. Why would he be even be considered for Asia Cup ? He isn't suitable for shorter formats. Why kind of an absurd argument you are trying to make here ? People were saying Yadav or Shami should have been considered.


Be it be Shoaib, Lee or Bond they have bowled quickest in limited overs because you have limited overs to bowl and you can go all out. Whereas in test cricket you have to bowl uptil 5 spells in a single innings so you have to conserve energy and not go all out. Going all out not only decreases your speed substantially in 2nd 3rd fourth spell etc but when you get tired and fatigued your line and length aswell as control goes away as well.

Thats true. But he isn't playing limited overs cricket for India. He is playing only IPL & so doesn't consider it worthy to give his all out there. Also, if he bowls fast in T20s, he knows he would go for runs. He ends up getting inconsistent in line & length or edges sail over boundary ropes at that speed.

Wait as Zak Fan said Aaron will become quickest when he will become 29 years old so let's wait for that. Currently he is conserving his pace for life after 5 years and he will switch On NOS at 29 when his physical powers are at his peak like Johnson of Ashes & Wahab of Worldcup while forgetting what happened with Zahir, Nehra & Patel between the age of 26-30 :-)


He is not conserving pace ! He is bowling fast in Tests ffs. May be you need to watch more Test matches of other countries apart from Pakistan.
 
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Wahab is 31-32 Aaron 25-26 .

And?

That actually goes against him. It doesn't mean he'll start bowling at a higher pace as he ages further.

For all we know this could be his prime.

But yes, nothing can stop you from believing otherwise and dreaming him to bowl much more faster.
 
LOL ! Why are you so riled up ?! My comment wasn't directed at you. No need to take it personally. I never said he is better than any Pakistani bowler or anything like that.

You may not have complete knowledge about him. So, let me explain it to you.

Now, He has been told by selectors that he is being considered only for Tests (and rightfully so). He has been given a limited role of bowling short attacking spells, one with the new ball & one or two later when it reverses. So, he gives it his all in the Tests (being the only format of international cricket he plays). And if he you have seen the Australian tour, you would know he did bowl 150 kph there. In the SA series at home, he bowled upto 148 kph.



If you have followed his career, you would know he hasn't played an LOI since 2014. Why would he be even be considered for Asia Cup ? He isn't suitable for shorter formats. Why kind of an absurd argument you are trying to make here ? People were saying Yadav or Shami should have been considered.




Thats true. But he isn't playing limited overs cricket for India. He is playing only IPL & so doesn't consider it worthy to give his all out there. Also, if he bowls fast in T20s, he knows he would go for runs. He ends up getting inconsistent in line & length or edges sail over boundary ropes at that speed.




He is not conserving pace ! He is bowling fast in Tests ffs. May be you need to watch more Test matches of other countries apart from Pakistan.
I know what I am talking.

He hardly plays test matches and has bowled 14 overs per innings hardly due to him being Erratic fast bowler.

What is the difference between 10 & 14 overs ? ?


And he has hardly even bowled 10 overs in an odi. Occasionally & rarely.


I follow alot of international cricket. You may not be knowing when he bowled his fastest bowl in international cricket which he will never touch again in this life. For the speed refer to my few months old post.


Between Hirwani legspinner has good first class record though.


And PEACE bro. Stay Blessed.

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And?

That actually goes against him. It doesn't mean he'll start bowling at a higher pace as he ages further.

For all we know this could be his prime.

But yes, nothing can stop you from believing otherwise and dreaming him to bowl much more faster.
Aaron already bowls at a higher pace.
 
I know what I am talking.

He hardly plays test matches and has bowled 14 overs per innings hardly due to him being Erratic fast bowler.



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Of course, hes erratic. Who is disputing that ?

I just thought we were discussing his pace in this thread, going by the title.
 
But wahab clocked 155 in Australia.
Does Arron even have one good overall performance like wahab did in 15 wc
What does overall good performances have to do here

Talk is strictly about speed
 
Wahab is 31-32 Aaron 25-26 .[/QUOTE

Ok.
Looks like Aron's already had his peak in pace.
Most likely he will be asked to slow down his pace for better control.

He has been through 2 stress fractures and hasnt slowed down.

This a classic reply from some PPers,when these two players first came in 2010-11 the reply was they will slow down.Its 2016 and they still havent.
 
I think I know who Varun Aaron is but not sure, it's tough to keep up with India's revolving line of 'pace' bowlers. Regardless, has Aaron done anything worth remembering in international cricket?

For those getting excited at what his pace may be in IPL or whatever, seriously who gives a ..? IPL matches are of no consequence, and every other day you see someone blasting a 100 off 40 balls. Let's keep international cricket as the true judge of a player's capability. Even I am an amazing batsmen in the nets and never get out, and hits lots of 4s and 6's.

So, what has Aaron done in international cricket?
 
Ok so this has turned into Varun Aaron vs Wahab Riaz, predictable really, but goes to show the massive insecurity Pakistani fans have when a country who used to be a laughing stock in terms of pace bowling a decade back has produces a pacer faster than theirs.

If you think Wahab is a 150~ or 150+ bowler then you are seriously seriously kidding yourself. In UAE he operates at 139-143 and revved it up to 145 to about 146 when needed in Aus/NZ, with the rare 150+ delivery. Sami is similar, which is admirable since he is at the age where pacers lose pace.

Aaron is faster than both. Tbh Shami has probably almost caught up to Wahab's pace before he got injured, remains to be seen if it's still the case.

To answer OP the fastest is probably the man, the legend himself Atul Sharma, who has been kept away from a debut because our eyes are not ready to handle his speeds on TV screens.

Other than him, in terms of speed here's how I rank the Asian pacers:

1) Aaron
2) Chameera
3) Wahab / Yadav
4) Sami / Shami
5) Ishant / Nehra / Amir
 
Aaron and Yadav played the 2016 Asia cup?This just tells how biased your views are.

What is this evidence that you talk about?

Yadav and Aaron have bowled 150ks in India and in Australia in NZ.Not just one place.
They both played in Sri Lanka. So did Chameera, Wahab and Sami. That gives direct comparison.

Hell yeah, Chameera, Malinga and Fernando all hit 150k on various occasions and all of them are still bowling. So using your Delhi logic Malinga is the fastest from SC as he hit 156k in NZ .

So what's your point? Do you want to compare them head to head, or concede that Malinga is the fastest from current SC bowlers?
 
Aaron is not bowling fast in this IPL season so far his fastest is 149 I think he had been bowling in high 130s and low 140s maybe it is injury's effect
 
Let's see bunch of posters fighting over utter crap bowlers who don't use their brains.
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Aaron is not bowling fast in this IPL season so far his fastest is 149 I think he had been bowling in high 130s and low 140s maybe it is injury's effect

He loses his radar when bowling close to 150k's.

Its better if he bowls in low 140's and bowls a decent line and length.
 
Varun Aaron joins Leicestershire County to play across both first-class and List A formats

India fast bowler Varun Aaron is to join Leicestershire for part of the 2018 county season.

The 28-year-old will replace injured Sohail Khan, who had been set to fill the gap when Mohammad Abbas is part of Pakistan's side touring England.

Aaron will be available for County Championship and One-Day Cup games between 20 April and 20 June.

He has taken 18 wickets in nine Tests for India, and 11 in nine one-day international appearances.

"Varun is a high-quality performer and his skills will be ideally suited to early season conditions in England," said Leicestershire head coach Paul Nixon.

"We are getting a genuinely quick bowler, who has played a number of games for India and also enjoyed a fine domestic career.

"Varun is very keen to do well for us and get back in the India team again and we're really looking forward to him linking up with us."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/43546947
 
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