The protege Ravindra Jadeja vs Shane Warne his early days mentor

[Shri]

As we can all agree, Murali threw the ball and was only allowed to play to give the Sri Lankan team some small appearance of competitiveness

you need a better protractor

but first, a good head on your shoulders

then, a protractor too

 

[Shri]

And while we're at it we should acknowledge the greatest opener in history - Dravid Warner. A man who is calm, patient and an intellectual giant who is easily better than Gavaskar or Hobbs.

yes warner is up there tbh

but thats a topic for another thread

thanks for agreeing with me about jaddu tho!

 

[TheJediBrah]

If Jadeja played as much cricket in Australia as Warne did he'd have a bowling average of 40

 

[Daemon]

If Jadeja played as much cricket in Australia as Warne did he'd have a bowling average of 40

tbf if Warne played as much cricket in India as Jadeja did he'd have a bowling average of 40 too

 

[Shri]

If Jadeja played as much cricket in Australia as Warne did he'd have a bowling average of 40

if your aunt had a dick, she'd be your uncle

 

[srbhkshk]

Jadeja's average in India - 21.06 , in Australia - 28.57
Warne's average in India - 43.11 , in Australia - 26.39

Pretty definitive imo.

 

[TheJediBrah]

tbf if Warne played as much cricket in India as Jadeja did he'd have a bowling average of 40 too

Yep this would have been my next post . 40 is probably generous tbh

 

[h_hurricane]

If Jadeja played as much cricket in Australia as Warne did he'd have a bowling average of 40

That is a strange comment. Given that he actually went on to play there and averaged 28. By your own hypothesis in many other cases, bowling more helps one to improve, so he would have done even better than that over a larger sample size.

Warne though was impotent in India, and that is something not debatable.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That is a strange comment

Have u read the thread m8

 

[Daemon]

Warne though was impotent in India

Incorrect, there are reports of illegitimate children of his in India

 

[h_hurricane]

Have u read the thread m8

Does anyone read ?

 

[srbhkshk]

Incorrect, there are reports of illegitimate children of his in India

Are they refusing to get legitimized due to his shameful record in India?

 

[stephen]

Do you think he will get selected in Australia this season?

 

[h_hurricane]

He will get selected for sure. It will be musical chair between him and Ashwin for the spinner's role I guess. For the 1st test, I think Jadeja will get the pick. Kohli is unpredictable though.

 

[Burgey]

Given that he actually went on to play there and averaged 28.

He averaged 28 against the worst batting line up put on the park by Australia since 1985, arguably since WSC. He'll average 50 with the ball here this summer, assuming he's picked to begin with (which he should be imo as he is more likely to score runs than Ashwin, is a better fielder and Ashwin will be just as woeful with the ball).

 

[TheJediBrah]

tbh I was surprised when I heard that Jadeja averaged 28 in Aus, but I didn't realise until now that it was only from 2 Tests on that last tour lol. You sneaky guys.

IMO there's no way he would average any less than 40 with the ball in Aus over any signficant period. Plenty of very good overseas finger spinners have done worse.

 

[h_hurricane]

He averaged 28 against the worst batting line up put on the park by Australia since 1985, arguably since WSC. He'll average 50 with the ball here this summer, assuming he's picked to begin with (which he should be imo as he is more likely to score runs than Ashwin, is a better fielder and Ashwin will be just as woeful with the ball).

The batsmen Jadeja dismissed in Australia were Harris, 2 Marshes, Khawaja and Paine. Still better than some of the most frequently dismissed players by Warne i.e Harmison, Giles, Caddick etc.

 

[stephen]

In all seriousness Jadeja needs to take >20 wickets in any country away from home before he's got anything like a meaningful sample size there. As it is he hasn't even played 20 tests outside India. I don't know why, he's clearly the better player between him and Ashwin and has been for some time. Neither player are much chop away but as Burgey said, at least Jadeja has other strings to his bow.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The earlier comparison to David Warner was actually a very good one. Jadeja has played an incredible 33 of his 49 Tests at home. If Warner played that percentage of games at home he'd almost certainly be averaging 60+ and have undeniably ATG stats.

 

[h_hurricane]

The earlier comparison to David Warner was actually a very good one. Jadeja has played an incredible 33 of his 49 Tests at home. If Warner played that percentage of games at home he'd almost certainly be averaging 60+ and have undeniably ATG stats.

On the converse, if Rohit Sharma played that percentage of matches at home, he would be having the second best batting average of all time.