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Aus tour 2021

 

Ashwin

3 matches, 12 wickets at avg of 28.8 and economy of 2.57 in a country where finger spinners not only fail to take wickets, but also the run flow creating pressure on captain and pacers.

 

 

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Ashwin's performances in last 4 matches in Aus.

 

Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Pos Inns   Opposition Ground Start Date  
24.0 1 74 0 3.08 3 1   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402
25.0 1 95 2 3.80 4 3   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402
24.0 7 35 3 1.45 3 1   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
37.1 6 71 2 1.91 4 3   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
18.0 3 55 4 3.05 4 2   v Australia Adelaide 17 Dec 2020 Test # 2396
6.0 1 16 1 2.66 3 4   v Australia Adelaide 17 Dec 2020 Test # 2396
34.0 9 57 3 1.67 4 2   v Australia Adelaide 6 Dec 2018 Test # 2333
52.5 13 92 3 1.74 3 4   v Australia Adelaide 6 Dec 2018 Test # 2333

 

 

Economy rate has been phenomenal. He was probably unfortunate to miss out in Adelaide test in 2014 where Karn Sharma played ahead of him.

 

In addition to that he saved Sydney test in 2020 with bat and was big factor in winning the series eventually.

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Jadeja has amazing numbers in Australia as well..  Probably better than Ash.  These guys outbowled Nathan Lyon on last tours.  Lyon after Perth 2018 MoM performance has never been same vs us.  Thanks to Mayank's assault at MCG & SCG. 

 

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Innings by innings list
Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Pos Inns   Opposition Ground Start Date  
25.0 8 45 2 1.80 3 2   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018 Test # 2337
32.0 6 82 3 2.56 3 4   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018 Test # 2337
32.0 11 73 2 2.28 3 2   v Australia Sydney 3 Jan 2019 Test # 2339
DNB - - - - - 3   v Australia Sydney 3 Jan 2019 Test # 2339
5.3 1 15 1 2.72 4 1   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
14.0 5 28 2 2.00 5 3   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
18.0 3 62 4 3.44 5 1   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402
DNB - - - - - 3   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402

 

 

Jadeja has taken 14 wickets in 4 matches at avg 21 and economy 2.4 in Australia

 

Common factor with both spinners is that impeccable economy rate.

 

In addition to that Ashwin hasn't been just the support bower, he has taken top order key wickets and bowled like front line bowler. 

 

 

Jadeja has also scored 2 50s in Aus.

 

Career averages
  Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s  
unfiltered 2012-2021 57 84 19 2195 100* 33.76 3701 59.30 1 17 5 218 52 Profile
filtered 2018-2021 4 5 1 175 81 43.75 319 54.85 0 2 0 17 1  
Innings by innings list
Runs Mins BF 4s 6s SR Pos Dismissal Inns   Opposition Ground Start Date  
4 5 3 1 0 133.33 8 caught 1   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018 Test # 2337
5 21 6 1 0 83.33 8 caught 3   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2018 Test # 2337
81 - 114 7 1 71.05 8 bowled 1   v Australia Sydney 3 Jan 2019 Test # 2339
57 228 159 3 0 35.84 7 caught 2   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
DNB - - - - - - - 4   v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2020 Test # 2398
28* 75 37 5 0 75.67 7 not out 2   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402
DNB - - - - - - - 4   v Australia Sydney 7 Jan 2021 Test # 2402
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Jadeja's batting at MCG 2020

 

After getting bowled out for 36 at Adelaide, India dismissed Aus for 195 at MCG in first inning.

 

This match is famous for Rahane's captain's knock, brilliant 112.


What went unnoticed was India were 173-5 and previous track record would have meant a collapse with barely 30 runs lead for India at best against Starc, Cummins and Hazelwood.

 

Jadeja had a partnership of 121 runs with Rahane and when Jadeja got out India were leading by 100+ runs.

 

India had to chase just 70 runs. It could have tricky if chase was 150-170.

 

I couldn't find a proper video. Watch the video below.

 

 

Jadeja won 1 match with his batting, Ashwin saved 1 test with his batting. Many players are not able replicate that during their lifetime.

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Ashwin vs Kumble in SENA :-

 

Kumble 141 wickets, AVG 37, 5-fers :- 5

Ashwin 67 wickets, AVG 38, 5-fers :- 0

 

Kumble in AENS - 37, 41, 40, 32

Ashwin in AENS - 42,28,33,46

 

Batting lineup quality:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

England - Spin bowling Kumble better again

New Zealand - Ashwin better but he played only one match.

South Africa - Ashwin better

 

Performance wise comparison:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

South Africa - Kumble better(1992 tour, he was excellent)

England - Ashwin better

NEW ZEALAND - Ashwin too low a sample to conclude. Ash has only 3 wickets in NZ while Kumble has 11.

 

To conclude, Kumble has been comfortably better than Ashwin in SENA.

 

 

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3 hours ago, Majestic said:

Ashwin vs Kumble in SENA :-

 

Kumble 141 wickets, AVG 37, 5-fers :- 5

Ashwin 67 wickets, AVG 38, 5-fers :- 0

 

Kumble in AENS - 37, 41, 40, 32

Ashwin in AENS - 42,28,33,46

 

Batting lineup quality:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

England - Spin bowling Kumble better again

New Zealand - Ashwin better but he played only one match.

South Africa - Ashwin better

 

Performance wise comparison:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

South Africa - Kumble better(1992 tour, he was excellent)

England - Ashwin better

NEW ZEALAND - Ashwin too low a sample to conclude. Ash has only 3 wickets in NZ while Kumble has 11.

 

To conclude, Kumble has been comfortably better than Ashwin in SENA.

 

 

 

Ashwin's career isn't over yet. Kumble improved his record in later stages of his career.

 

Ashwin didn't play England series at peak of his career and missed out lot of matches because team had better pacers. Ashwin doesn't have 5-fers slightly due to his performance and more due to presence of others bowlers who could take wickets. 

 

Kumble was great at wicket taking. There isn't much to separate Ashwin from Kumble.

 

 

But overall point of the thread is that spinners have played a vital role with both and ball, be it Ashwin, Jadeja or Kuldeep or Sundar and this is a major difference between Indian team and other teams. Them being good with bat meant we could cover shortcomings of middle order also.

 

Those days are gone when they would leak runs quickly. At bare minimum, they ensure that one end is tightly held.

 

For other teams, their secondary bowling options are turning out to be useless. Pacers from SA, NZ, Aus, Eng in India, visiting spinners to Aus, NZ. 

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On 12/23/2021 at 2:56 AM, Majestic said:

Ashwin vs Kumble in SENA :-

 

Kumble 141 wickets, AVG 37, 5-fers :- 5

Ashwin 67 wickets, AVG 38, 5-fers :- 0

 

Kumble in AENS - 37, 41, 40, 32

Ashwin in AENS - 42,28,33,46

 

Batting lineup quality:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

England - Spin bowling Kumble better again

New Zealand - Ashwin better but he played only one match.

South Africa - Ashwin better

 

Performance wise comparison:-

 

Australia - Kumble better

South Africa - Kumble better(1992 tour, he was excellent)

England - Ashwin better

NEW ZEALAND - Ashwin too low a sample to conclude. Ash has only 3 wickets in NZ while Kumble has 11.

 

To conclude, Kumble has been comfortably better than Ashwin in SENA.

 

 

kumble picked up a load of wkts in Oz '03. He kept improving in 2nd half of his career, as did Ashwin. however, the latter's career is not over yet.

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On the other hand, the great SDP scored a 90 in SA (his first test in SENA), won a test in Eng (5-er + a 50 -> his 2nd series in SENA) and almost took India to a win at Lords (last man out on 31 iirc) in his first two series in SENA (has not played in Aus where he could have been more successful with the bat or NZ where he could have been more successful with the ball) while some of these “experienced” spinners have had  almost zero impact apart from law of averages working in favor after playing tons of games over the years (or cashing in after seamers have built up pressure) or getting to play on relatively favourable surfaces (esp. in Aus).

 


 

 

Edited by zen
Posted
33 minutes ago, zen said:

On the other hand, the great SDP scored a 90 in SA (his first test in SENA), won a test in Eng (5-er + a 50 -> his 2nd series in SENA) and almost took India to a win at Lords (last man out on 31 iirc) in his first two series in SENA (has not played in Aus where he could have been more successful with the bat or NZ where he could have been more successful with the ball) while some of these “experienced” spinners have had  almost zero impact apart from law of averages working in favor after playing tons of games over the years (or cashing in after seamers have built up pressure) or getting to play on relatively favourable surfaces (esp. in Aus).

 


 

 

 

This is not SDP thread.

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54 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

 

This is not SDP thread.

this is a thread of spinners. with Softdik's injuries, he might be reduced to bowling spin.

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