Are you sure?
actually he was poor agianst nz in that 3rd test at sharjah i think but his figure were not that much worse.. i like ashwin but will definitely rate yasir shah higher....
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Are you sure?
actually he was poor agianst nz in that 3rd test at sharjah i think but his figure were not that much worse.. i like ashwin but will definitely rate yasir shah higher....
30-2-123-0 vs Bangladesh at Khulna.
No bowler is perfect.
That's ok mate.
Whole world rates Yasir higher which is fair enough. He has more rights anyways.
Bad games happens to all. There were some true horror games by Kumble, Bhajji, Murali, Warne, etc.
Its not the figures which matter but quality of bowling which was bad in this game by Ash.
Just 2 tests back, on a seamer friendly pitch he put India to victory with proper line and lengths.
yess.... it was my view ,,cant challenge u on this...u know better....
Why not?
Not like I can't be wrong.
Your view about both of them is more correct I would say.
yasir. i dont particularly rate ashwin as a bowler and pretty sure i never will
Why, even if he does bowl on tracks that aid spin the most, you still have to be good to average only 20 vs almost all teams at home ?
Would you pick Hafeez for away tours based on his "home" performances? I would never trust Ashwin in Eng, AUS, SAF or NZ; what has ensured his selection on such tours is his ability to be a bit useful with the bat as well; but he's not someone who could bowl IND to victory singlehandedly as the specialist spinner unless he's playing in India, BD or WI; even then his work-load/pressure is significantly reduces given the support bowlers available to him, I wonder how he'd do as the spearhead of an attack.
Until he proves his credentials away from home, he won't be rated as the best in my books. However, it still takes quality to annihilate oppositions at home and that should be respected given how very few spinners have done that.
He is decent no denying that and am not someone who isn't rating him but we should also factor in that his dominance at home is also a collective effort with significant load being decreased thanks to those lovely pitches and support bowlers.
True - Yasir has had an over the hill Zulfiqar Babar since UAE 2015 vs England and those pitches are dead without spin until day 4 most of the time.
Like Misbah said, even 10 bowlers wouldn't be enough![]()
But one Yasir Shah is.
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Would you pick Hafeez for away tours based on his "home" performances? I would never trust Ashwin in Eng, AUS, SAF or NZ; what has ensured his selection on such tours is his ability to be a bit useful with the bat as well; but he's not someone who could bowl IND to victory singlehandedly as the specialist spinner unless he's playing in India, BD or WI; even then his work-load/pressure is significantly reduces given the support bowlers available to him, I wonder how he'd do as the spearhead of an attack.
Ashwin is leagues above yasir , no comparison at the moment.
So how come Ashwin got carted around embarrassingly in this test?
Yasir fans need to find some logic here. They attribute Ashwin's success to Indian pitches, but guess what....Ashwin outbowled Yasir in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even in England, Yasir actually averages 7 more.
How about we hype Yasir after he starts averaging lesser than Ashwin in different countries? Ashwin is comfortably ahead at the moment.
Day 1 on a really flat wicket? And Yasir didn't in England?
What's your point?
The one I quoted...
Why, even if he does bowl on tracks that aid spin the most, you still have to be good to average only 20 vs almost all teams at home ?
Yasir fans need to find some logic here. They attribute Ashwin's success to Indian pitches, but guess what....Ashwin outbowled Yasir in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even in England, Yasir actually averages 7 more.
How about we hype Yasir after he starts averaging lesser than Ashwin in different countries? Ashwin is comfortably ahead at the moment.
Yasir won two tests in England while Ashwin had zero impact. On that basis, Yasir is rightly rated higher. How hard is it to understand?
Lines up with what many people's gut will tell them, Yasir > Herath > Ashwin > Lyon
Yasir I understand.
How Herath?
Ashwin and Herath faced off recently on one rank turner, one normal track and one pace friendly track and Ashwin won by a mile.
Herath averages 40 in Eng.
Ashwin did well in what little chances he got in England.
The one place where Herath wins over Ash is Aus 2010 tour where he averaged 33.
herath better than both..
That is not a good way to look at it. Ashwin bowls with Mishra and Jadeja, who are far better than Pakistan's, Sri Lanka's and Australia's support spinners. That would cause the average of spinners in matches Ashwin has played to be lower.
I am yet to see Yasir Shah on a proper 4th/5th day spinning track. Something 75% of what India makes (If I'm missing some game, please tell me).
(Sounding like a broken record here) Ashwin's action is not clean. I am not saying he is a plain chucker (like Harbhajan or Ojha) but there is something there (noticed it without my green glasses on!).
herath better than both..
His action is clean but he intentionally chucks every now and then, if he was called for a Test he'd clear it with flying colours.
In England? Not true bro.
He had zero impact. A 3/70 means nothing if he didn't at least give India the advantage in a match. Shah had a huge role in one of our wins and and won the other for us outright.
Yasir won two tests in England while Ashwin had zero impact. On that basis, Yasir is rightly rated higher. How hard is it to understand?
Firstly, Ashwin is yet to get a chance. Whatever little opportunity he got, he performed reasonably well. Secondly, yes Yasir may have won two Tests, but let's also not forget that he also had to disastrous matches where he was completely exposed in flatter tracks.
Overall record is the best way to judge a player. Ishant won a Test in England while Amir is yet to do it.. so does that mean that Ishant was better there? Fact is, both Yasir and Ishant average a miserable 40 there.
Nonsense.
Shah went wicketless in the Oval first innings where Ashwin played 3/72 despite bowling with immense scoreboard pressure and nothing to bowl for.
Its only in 2nd innings Shah took 5fer which Ashwin never got a bowl.
Ashwin other than that got to bowl a bit in Manchester. That's all. Didn't play in any other game.
Yes, Shah has achieved more in England but let's not make untrue statements that Ashwin had zero impact as if he failed when he hardly got any chance to bowl.
You may be surprised but EVERY common pitch Ashwin or Shah played...Ashwin either matched Shah or did better. You can check it for yourself. And he averaged better in Aussie pattas (individual games) than Shah did in English tougher pattas.
All this doesn't mean Ash is better per se cos we can't assume he would have got those 5fers in Eng in Shah's position but people shouldn't get carried away.
You are speaking as if the pitches don't change from series to series. Ashwin had zero impact on his tour of England and he has been dropped during India's overseas tours because he has been rubbish overseas. That is not an excuse for his failures but the biggest reason why he is a failure overseas. He wasn't even the spinner on his team.
A valuable knock of 70 with the bat from Ashwin yesterday.
Clearly, the best bowling All Rounder going around in the world well ahead of Moen Ali and Woakes.
As an All Rounder, I would still go with Ashwin although Stokes is giving close fight too and he seems to be a more genuine AR ( can win single handedly with either of dept.) than Ashwin is.
As for any other comparisons , I think Ashwin is the most valuable cricketer going around.
Moeen is a batting all-rounder.
Firstly, Ashwin is yet to get a chance. Whatever little opportunity he got, he performed reasonably well. Secondly, yes Yasir may have won two Tests, but let's also not forget that he also had to disastrous matches where he was completely exposed in flatter tracks.
Overall record is the best way to judge a player. Ishant won a Test in England while Amir is yet to do it.. so does that mean that Ishant was better there? Fact is, both Yasir and Ishant average a miserable 40 there.
You are speaking as if the pitches don't change from series to series. Ashwin had zero impact on his tour of England and he has been dropped during India's overseas tours because he has been rubbish overseas. That is not an excuse for his failures but the biggest reason why he is a failure overseas. He wasn't even the spinner on his team.
Ashwins worst test figures since?
As a whole package.... Ashwin far superior!!!!
Ravi Ashwin or Yasir Shah....who's the better bowler?
To call Ashwin a better AR, cricketer in a Ash vs Yasir test bowling comparison is like saying Kallis was a better AR, cricketer in a SRT vs Kallis test batting comparison.
Irrelevant.
Anyways....if Ash continues to bowl the same way as he did against Eng for the first 4 days, then the current spin ranking would look like:
Yasir > Herath > Lyon > daylight > Ashwin
Concerning signs. Ashwin was never this much off since 2012 Eng. In 2013 Joberg, he was ineffective but not wayward.
Hopefully he sorts this out.
Ashwin loses patience when pitch is not turning or turning slow he prefers bowling on tracks where there is quick turn a quick turning track does not mean its a minefield.
This pitch was a bog standard Indian track form 2000's in last couple of years India has not prepared these kind of tracks the more Ashwin plays on these sort of tracks he will eventually find a way to take wickets on them the likes of Kumble and Harbhajan found success on them so no reason for Ashwin to not do well here aswell.
The title of the thread:
Still Ashwin
Yasir is nowhere near in LOIs
Most of the discussion on this thread has been about their bowling in Tests.
In ODIs, there really isn't any comparison.
Its always been problem with him. Doesn't have the heart of Kumble.
On lunch day 1, he finished with 2/35.
Then the slide started.
Same like in 2012 Ahmedabad. 2 quick wickets the prev evening, got Cook out the next day and then slide started.
The similarities are striking.
My guess as to what really happened was that he hasn't been bowling enough during his rest period. The moment England put on a partnership, his fitness and ability to be accurate on a tough pitch came to the fore and that exposed him big time.
That's why I am not sure whether he can get it all back together in the next test. He was bowling middle and leg line for most part this test. I haven't seen him bowl like that for YEARS.
But day 5, he somehow hacked together a changed action, put more body and was super economical while creating some chances which eventually helped India in the end (retrospectively speaking).
But not sure how much this hack jobs will help long term. Ashwin's rise was due to usage of a single action for all formats with emphasis on good flight and outside off line.
A lot of questions about his form now.....
Has to go back and practice, practice, practice BIG TIME....
Since January 2015, Ashwin has bowled 700 overs in tests. The next Indian bowler is Jadeja who has bowled 344 overs. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...al1=span;team=6;template=results;type=bowling
In that time, India has bowled 2287 overs. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...al1=span;team=6;template=results;type=bowling
Out of those, Ashwin has bowled 30.6%.
You pointed [MENTION=132175]Sadevdesai[/MENTION] to the title.Now you are telling me its irrelevant and we should look for 'most of the discussion'.Funny
If Ashwin needs to bowl on such pitches, he will struggle because he isn't used to bowling dry himself but Jadeja does that for him. We should send Zulfi Baba over![]()
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