Yes, these are the numbers of the spin duo Ashwin & Jadeja in their total matches. With such admirable numbers and sagacious performance in the last 18 months it is testimonial to say that the 2 finger spinners from India deserved the top 2 spots in the ICC rankings.
Ashwin and Jadeja have their own style but they have formed a combination which is as good as any spin bowling combination in the cricketing world right now. Ashwin the classical offspinner who can deceive the batsmen with his variations, loop. Can produce the occasionally unplayable ball. Jadeja, the left hander who could run in and ball overs after overs on a coin has been the most …show more content…
A quick look at Ashwin and Jadeja in comparison with Kumble and Harbhajan gives you an indication that these two have the potential to deliver the way Kumble and Harbhajan did for a decade.
In 67 matches, Ashwin and Jadeja have claimed 348 wickets whereas Kumble and Harbhajan played 235 matches together taking 1036 wickets. The Kumble-Harbhajan combo had an average of 31 and strike rate of 67 which is higher than the combo of Ashwin-Jadeja who claim a wicket every 57 balls and concede only 25 runs for every wicket.
The Ashwin-Jadeja combo has already reached half of the five/ten wicket hauls of the Kumble-Harbhajan duo. In batting, the combo has already achieved 54% of the total runs achieved by Kumble and Harbhajan and they have accumulated those runs at an average of 30 as against Kumble and Harbhajan’s average of 18.
These are early days for Aswhin and Jadeja as they have played only 28% of the matches compared to the 2 greats, but statistically these two workhorses are slowly inching towards the combined numbers of the 2 legendary spinners.
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