Jadeja v Ashwin- who is better?

[centurymaker]

Who is a better player in Test cricket? (bowling + batting)

Jadeja or Ashwin

Let's have a poll to settle this!

 

[Socerer 01]

if it’s batting plus bowling, Jadeja all day

include fielding and the gap grows wider

 

[BazBall21]

50-50. Ashwin is clearly a bit ahead in their stronger suit. But Jadeja is more of an all rounder and also a gun fielder.

 

[centurymaker]

Just batting + bowling.

Let's ignore fielding for now.

 

[Socerer 01]

Ashwin with the bat is good only in two countries afaik

Jadeja averages more in England than Ashwin does in India. that speaks to the gulf in class between the two with the bat

 

[BazBall21]

Yeah the gap between their batting is bigger than the gap between their bowling. It depends how much weight the stronger suit takes.

 

[shortpitched713]

Jadeja's career is still on an upward trajectory, even at this stage, whereas Ashwin's you more or less know what you got throughout.

Both guns.

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Ashwin is certainly the better bowler but Jadeja clearly the better cricketer imo.

 

[CricAddict]

They are equals as bowler. Jadeja a level above Ashwin in batting. So Jadeja all the way.

 

[honestbharani]

Over their whole careers so far, Ashwin.


But Jaddu has been closing the gap mighty fast.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'd have said Ashwin a while back but Jadeja's consistent batting overseas has made it hard to argue for Ashwin now.

But I will stick to the opinion that the selectors have gotten it completely wrong by selecting only one of them overseas (usually Jadeja as of late). They are both so good it feels ****ing stupid to play some random batsman or fast bowling no rounder to conform to outdated notions that two spinners can't play overseas. India proved that to be wrong by having them both and succeeding in the supposed spinner's graveyard of all places. Watching Ashwin bowl so well in the WTC final when even our spearhead Bumrah **** the bad and to then see him not being selected for a single test in England is always going to rankle hard. They can both bat ffs, there's no reason to drop either of them.

 

[Senile Sentry]

I'd have said Ashwin a while back but Jadeja's consistent batting overseas has made it hard to argue for Ashwin now.

But I will stick to the opinion that the selectors have gotten it completely wrong by selecting only one of them overseas (usually Jadeja as of late). They are both so good it feels ****ing stupid to play some random batsman or fast bowling no rounder to conform to outdated notions that two spinners can't play overseas. India proved that to be wrong by having them both and succeeding in the supposed spinner's graveyard of all places. Watching Ashwin bowl so well in the WTC final when even our spearhead Bumrah **** the bad and to then see him not being selected for a single test in England is always going to rankle hard. They can both bat ffs, there's no reason to drop either of them.

Jadeja is actually India's best batsman in the last 3 years barring Rohit and Pant. He makes the team as a specialist batsman in his own merit and yes that means India can and should play Ashwin as the specialist spinner in the side. And play 3 pacers.

 

[Xix2565]

I'd have said Ashwin a while back but Jadeja's consistent batting overseas has made it hard to argue for Ashwin now.

But I will stick to the opinion that the selectors have gotten it completely wrong by selecting only one of them overseas (usually Jadeja as of late). They are both so good it feels ****ing stupid to play some random batsman or fast bowling no rounder to conform to outdated notions that two spinners can't play overseas. India proved that to be wrong by having them both and succeeding in the supposed spinner's graveyard of all places. Watching Ashwin bowl so well in the WTC final when even our spearhead Bumrah **** the bad and to then see him not being selected for a single test in England is always going to rankle hard. They can both bat ffs, there's no reason to drop either of them.

The WTC lineup style was perfect, maybe at best you remove a dead body in the top order to bring in a bowler.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Ashwin because he picks up wickets in huge clumps , a genuine match winner with over 30 5 wicket hauls..I think he's also the best test captain India has never had ..and he's got more test hundreds than Jadeja so no mug with the bat .

 

[Archer6K]

Ravindra Jadeja is the better batsman but interestingly, Ashwin scores a century every 25.4 innings whereas Jadeja scores a century every 30 innings

 

[subshakerz]

Ravindra Jadeja is the better batsman but interestingly, Ashwin scores a century every 25.4 innings whereas Jadeja scores a century every 30 innings

Ashwin scores his against WI.

 

[Archer6K]

Ashwin scores his against WI.

Jadeja also had the opportunity to score more centuries against the West Indies, also Jadeja only averages 24 there

 

[R!TTER]

Ashwin because he picks up wickets in huge clumps , a genuine match winner with over 30 5 wicket hauls..I think he's also the best test captain India has never had ..and he's got more test hundreds than Jadeja so no mug with the bat .

Jadeja picks up more top order wickets!

Jadeja also had the opportunity to score more centuries against the West Indies, also Jadeja only averages 24 there

No

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Jadeja picks up more top order wickets!
No

That's not true, according to Howstat , 60 of Jadeja's 249 test wickets are top order batsman (24%)

Ashwin has 145 top order victims from his 457 test wickets (31.7%)

 

[_00_deathscar]

Found the article - it’s from 2020 but must have been requoted in a recent one somewhere

The 'real value' of wickets: can anyone match McGrath?

And which was the most valuable wicket in Test history? Find out in this comprehensive analysis

www.thecricketmonthly.com

To provide additional information, I have listed five high wicket-takers who missed out on the top ten. Shane Warne, James Anderson and Broad have WQI averages higher than 1.02, while Courtney Walsh and Murali just about break even. Murali took a lot of late-order wickets. Kumble has an average WQI value of around 0.99. Overall, spinners find it difficult to get on to the table. Ravindra Jadeja is the highest-placed spinner, in 14th place, with an average WQI of 1.037.