Ravichandran Ashwin vs Ian Botham

[PlayerComparisons]

Two ATG allrounders

 

[Johan]

eh giving it to Botham, not a mismatch though.

 

[kyear2]

Botham, but it's close.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Good comparison, and incidentally I was thinking yesterday about why hadn’t it been done on CW before

 

[PlayerComparisons]

This is closer than I thought it’d be

 

[Bolo.]

This is closer than I thought it’d be

5 fiver fers and 100s vs 4. Sounds pretty close to me

 

[Majestic]

Ashwin is a better bowler comfortably, Botham a better batter comfortably.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ashwin is a better bowler comfortably, Botham a better batter comfortably.

Botham is definitely closer to Ashwin with the ball than Ashwin is to Botham with the bat.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Botham better in Batting, Bowling and Fielding.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

What does Ashwin have to do to win this comparison?

 

[subshakerz]

As bowlers, Ashwin edges Botham. Botham quite comfortably overall.

 

[shortpitched713]

What does Ashwin have to do to win this comparison?

No idea, honestly. In primary skillet of bowling (which tends to be many's default for these kind of comparisons) Ashwin is a street ahead of Botham.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

No idea, honestly. In primary skillet of bowling (which tends to be many's default for these kind of comparisons) Ashwin is a street ahead of Botham.

Maybe once his career is over he’ll be rated higher. He could end up with like 700 wickets and 5000 runs if he plays into his 40s.

 

[sayon basak]

What does Ashwin have to do to win this comparison?

Maybe he will score a double hundred in the kanpur test and take 10 wickets in the match.

 

[CricAddict]

Maybe he will score a double hundred in the kanpur test and take 10 wickets in the match.

That will matter zilch to his haters. They expect him to do that in Australia and in each of those tests.

 

[Bolo.]

No idea, honestly. In primary skillet of bowling (which tends to be many's default for these kind of comparisons) Ashwin is a street ahead of Botham.

I'm not sure if people apply the primary thing to Botham. He seems to be assessed as an overall package.

IDK where people who want primary draw the line at looking at overall package though. Botham? Dev? Pollock? Ashwin? Wasim? Warne? Worse? Drawing a line anywhere feels very arbitrary to me.

 

[honestbharani]

That will matter zilch to his haters.

It is really pretty singular at this point.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Botham is definitely closer to Ashwin with the ball than Ashwin is to Botham with the bat.

Yeah, but bowling is definitely much more important in this comparison than batting as well.

 

[Chin Music]

It is forgotten that up until the mid 80s that Botham was a very good bowler. He did damage his legacy by bowling dolly drops for the last few years of his career. Ashwin has obviously been a consistently good or better bowler throughout his career. It isn't particularly close with the bat, though.

 

[Arachnodouche]

What does Ashwin have to do to win this comparison?

Stop mankading people, cancel his Youtube channel, and not be an Indian...in no particular order.