Ishant Sharma vs Shaheen Shah Afridi

[PlayerComparisons]

Two world class bowlers

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Shaheen will eventually do better

 

[capt_Luffy]

Shaheen will eventually do better

But I don't think he is ahead right now. It's kinda like voting for Jaiswal over Warner because he will eventually do better....

 

[GirthQuake]

How's Shaheen going to overtake Ishant if he keeps getting dropped and groundsmen in pakistan cannot dry the outfield quick enough?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ishant Sharma vs Matt Henry would be a good comparison. Both were hyped up but terrible, but finally turned it around to be really good.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Ishant Sharma vs Matt Henry would be a good comparison. Both were hyped up but terrible, but finally turned it around to be really good.

Ishant easily on longevity. Has over thrice the wickets and 4x matches

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Ishant Sharma vs Matt Henry would be a good comparison. Both were hyped up but terrible, but finally turned it around to be really good.

Could add Jimmy Anderson to that comparison

 

[ma1978]

I think people have forgotten how woefully bad Ishant was

 

[sayon basak]

Could add Jimmy Anderson to that comparison

No

 

[PlayerComparisons]

No

Yea my bad he’s not as good as those two

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I think people have forgotten how woefully bad Ishant was

Yeah but Ishant Sharma improved massively with Indias change in attitude towards fast bowling..
A career of two halves :
07-13
149 wickets in 53 Tests @38.82

14-21.
162 wickets in 52 Tests @26.71

Also you have to consider the record of the two bowlers vs the SENA teams (Home & Away) , which brings the two bowlers closer ..

Shaheen Shah Afridi vs SENA teams

17 Tests - 52 wickets @37.21

Ishant Sharma
72 Tests - 195 wickets @35.78


Due to longevity and the second half of his career Ishant should be ahead of Shaheen Afridi who still has to prove himself against the best teams.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Ishant Sharma operated like an ATG bowler away from home during 2016 to 2020.
I know that we have to take full career for comparison but Ishant Sharma for me is a better bowler than Brett Lee in tests and there’s no way I am taking Shaheen over

Shaheen’s potential is also in question now because he has lost his pace and looks like a one trick pony.

The 2016 to 2020 phase of Ishant where we became an actual fast bowling powerhouse sets him apart from other bowlers with similar averages.

I remember in 2018 the Indian pacers quartet broke WestIndies quartets record of most wickets in a year, Ishant was a major reason for that.

From 2016 to 2021
Ishant Sharma averaged 22 against SENAW in away conditions, if we remove West Indies he avgd 23 in SENA.

 

[smash84]

Early career Shaheen over early career Ishant.

Although the way Shaheen is heading, it would be Ishant over their careers. Ishant became a genuinely ATVG bowler towards the last few years of his career.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Ishant was a proper fighter. Hard to appreciate in the middle years because of how bad he was but the guy never gave in. Deserved something resembling a farewell.