Chandra vs Deadly

[Migara]

Both were exceptionally quick for spinners, Underwood bowled slow medium pace some times and Chandra used to bounce players. Very similar records, who was better?

Underwood 86M, 297W @ 25.83, SR 74.6
Chandra 58M, 242W @29.74, SR 65.9

 

[jimmy101]

That's a really hard one. Chandra is often lauded as the best of the famous 70's quartet, whilst Deadly quite possibly makes it into the top 3 England spinners of all time.

Both would probably make mince meat out of a fair chunk of modern-day batsmen.

 

[DriveClub]

Wasn't deadly bowling a mix of spin and medium pace depending on the pitch? Might be hard to verify what his actual record as a spinner is

 

[Migara]

Wasn't deadly bowling a mix of spin and medium pace depending on the pitch? Might be hard to verify what his actual record as a spinner is

So was Chandra. His flippers and sliders were almost medium paced. Anil Kumble is a similar version accrding to people who have seen both. Kumble used to york batsmen with 105-110k deliveries in late 90s, would have been even quicker in early to mid 90s.

 

[Engle]

Even tho we're talking about individual bowlers, sometimes the surrounding cast can have a bearing if there is a vast difference.
Chandra was part of a spin quartet, while Deadly was essentially the lone "spinner"
All things considered, I would lean slightly towards Deadly as he had the greater burden.