Pandya brothers vs Pathan brothers

[OpeningBatsman]

Pathan brothers (in their prime) or Pandya brothers, whom would you rather prefer between the two sets of brothers to have in your team? 

Edited April 12, 2017 by OpeningBatsman

[zen]

Can't go wrong with either set of Baroda boys 

[express bowling]

Pandya brothers.

[sandeep]

Prime?  Pathan brothers no question.  Pandyas have a lot to prove before matching the Pathans in their prime.   

[HippoSucks]

Pathan brothers without a doubt.

[Ankit_sharma03]

as of now pandya

No point talking about pathan bros who have wasted their talents 

Pandya bros have the live example of pathan bros of how not to loose the plot. 

 

Somewere both pathan bros lost out on fitness as well which i dnt see it happening with modern cricketers specially under kohli 

Also i expect shankar n in future kamlesh from U-19 will give them competition and keep them on edge

[chewy]

Never rated Yusuf, was a destroyer of spin but absolute dud against quicks

 

Irfan was brilliant in early days, has Test form behind his performances, capable of batting anywhere and decent pace and swing

 

Both Pandyas far away from Tests debuts, but could see Hardik progress well in CT in England

[Ultimate_Game]

Irfan Pathan would be the best of the lot followed by Hardik Pandya. Irfan had the talent to be a genuine fast bowling all-rounder for India who could bat and bowl at a high level. Still feel sad that we lost such a wonderful talent  

[Trichromatic]

Irfan Pathan was among best ODI quicks for first 2 years. 100 wickets in 59 matches and getting dropped after taking a 5-fer in his last ODI. Pandya brothers are not even close to him even in his batting. Only Zak, Srinath, Kapil and Agarkar are ahead of him.

 

Forget about their prime, Pandya bros won't be able to compete with Pathan bros at FC level even now.

[BCCI]

4 hours ago, chewy said:

Never rated Yusuf, was a destroyer of spin but absolute dud against quicks

 

Irfan was brilliant in early days, has Test form behind his performances, capable of batting anywhere and decent pace and swing

 

Both Pandyas far away from Tests debuts, but could see Hardik progress well in CT in England

Sorry but what test form,this guy used to make merry against Bangladesh & Zimbabwe,bowling those inswingers.Once up against a good capable side,used to get exposed.

[BCCI]

On topic,Yusuf Pathan I must say looked like becoming a wonderful cricketer in late 2010 but once again it was a false dawn,purely mediocre cricketers both the Pathan brothers with some great highs & otherwise mediocrity spread all along.

For Indian cricket's sake hope Pandyas go step or two higher than Pathans.

Edited April 13, 2017 by BCCI

[Gollum]

Pathan bros easily. Irfan Pathan has been one of the biggest misses for India, had genuine potential to be an ATG bowler. 

[Sidhoni]

Pathan bros won matches for Indians while Pandya bros win matches for "Mumbai Indians".

[flamy]

Still a long way to go

[NareshK]

Irfan Pathan actually had some talent. Used to be a decent bowler even in tests but somehow lost his way. Rest are pretty much mediocre. Still need to see more of Pandya bros but Hardik is a more of a slogger and bowling is average. Could be a decent all rounder option in ODIs as of now.

[chewy]

5 hours ago, BCCI said:

Sorry but what test form,this guy used to make merry against Bangladesh & Zimbabwe,bowling those inswingers.Once up against a good capable side,used to get exposed.

Still better than anything the other three have achieved 

[Pollack]

Neither.

[Sandeep99]

Irfan, at his peak, was one of the best bowlers in world cricket. I still remember how he castled Butt, Younis, Youhana in Karachi, 2006. Unplayable! Yousuf was a beast and can still play the odd impact innings.

 

Hardik/Krunal are not blessed with the same talent/raw power but seem to have a superior competitive spirit and will to win. Hopefully we get to see a lot more of them at international stage.

[sandeep]

2 hours ago, Sandeep99 said:

Irfan, at his peak, was one of the best bowlers in world cricket. I still remember how he castled Butt, Younis, Youhana in Karachi, 2006. Unplayable! Yousuf was a beast and can still play the odd impact innings.

 

Hardik/Krunal are not blessed with the same talent/raw power but seem to have a superior competitive spirit and will to win. Hopefully we get to see a lot more of them at international stage.

Hardik is 50% the bowler that Irfan was, and probably about the same level as a batsman, but with a different set of strengths and weaknesses.

 

Yusuf in his prime - 2009-2011 - was a very effective slugger down the order.  Sure he wasn't a great "batsman" technically.  But he could and did bludgeon his way to a lot of runs against all types of bowling.  Don't forget he scored an ODI 100 in South Africa - not exactly flat tracks or weak bowling team that.  

 

Pandyas have done well at the IPL level, but have a long way to go to match what the Pathans have done.   

 

[tweaker]

Pandya brothers