Ben Stokes vs Ravi Ashwin

[GIMH]

Are you trolling or kidding?

Option C. But to keep myself infraction free I'll let you work out what that is

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Are you trolling or kidding?

Na, he's just deluded.

 

[hendrix]

Ashwin is the world's premier spinner.

 

[weldone]

Are you trolling or kidding?

Kapil was talented with the bat, but he never took it as seriously as he should have. He threw away his wicket too many times. Ashwin has a much much better attitude as a test batsman (definitely Kapil is light-years ahead as ODI batsman). I'd have him bat at no. 6 in Indian all-time test XI, dropping Kapil down to no. 7.

 

[Adders]

Ashwin is already on his way to be a better allrounder than Botham, Kapil.

You've lost the plot lad.

 

[weldone]

Kapil was talented with the bat, but he never took it as seriously as he should have. He threw away his wicket too many times. Ashwin has a much much better attitude as a test batsman (definitely Kapil is light-years ahead as ODI batsman). I'd have him bat at no. 6 in Indian all-time test XI, dropping Kapil down to no. 7.

Haha I've figured out nobody rates Ashwin as highly in cw as I do. But that's fine.

 

[Pratters]

I would argue that Vettori and Ashwin have similar batting skills.

 

[Pratters]

Vettori was terrific actually at the later stages of his career. So over all lower than Vettori.

 

[cnerd123]

Are you trolling or kidding?

This thread is becoming everything I hoped for

One thing I can say for sure - if Ashwin was a Kolkatan he'd be like Kevin Pietersen.

IE chased off to England because everyone back home thinks he is a ****.

 

[ImpatientLime]

ashwin clearly the bowling all rounder version of sobers.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If Vettori played for India he'd have 700 Test wickets

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Vettori played for India he'd have 700 Test wickets

Vettori got tonked for successive hundreds by ****ing Harbhajan Singh. So nah.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Ashwin is already on his way to be a better allrounder than Botham, Kapil.

definitely think you should start both of these threads

 

[ImpatientLime]

Vettori got tonked for successive hundreds by ****ing Harbhajan Singh. So nah.

luckily he wouldn't be bowling to harbhajan if he were indian

 

[weldone]

@Pratters:

2003-onwards Vettori maybe comparable as a batsman to Ashwin so far; and yes they were slightly better batsmen than Kapil imo.

 

[cnerd123]

Vettori got tonked for successive hundreds by ****ing Harbhajan Singh. So nah.

Also a better allrounder than Stokes ftr

 

[Pratters]

Give me back my Hussain v Hayden.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Nice thread for digging up after 10 years

 

[anil1405]

luckily he wouldn't be bowling to harbhajan if he were indian

And Harbhajan wouldn't be the same batsman he was if he was playing for another country.

 

[cnerd123]

Bhajji and Ashwin would both be ATG batsmen if they were kiwis.