Jasprit Bumrah vs Waqar Younis

[PlayerComparisons]

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[CodeOfWisden]

Bumrah, better against top teams and away from home. There is also very little chance of him regressing as much as Waqar.

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Waqar ofc. Other than getting caught at the moment, Waqar is ahead.

 

[DrWolverine]

Let Bumrah finish his career

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Whose peak is better?

 

[vicleggie]

Probably Bumrah

He has to get 300+ test wickets though, to be truly remembered.

 

[Fanboy375]

What will Bumrah ave be if he play 4-5 more years?Will it become 25 or 26

 

[vicleggie]

What will Bumrah ave be if he play 4-5 more years?Will it become 25 or 26

I mean it's under 20 now, pretty insane for nearly 200 test wickets.

 

[Darkshadows]

Bumrah is in Marshall Styen Mcgrath conversations. Comparison with Waqar Younis is very disrespectful to him

 

[DrWolverine]

What will Bumrah ave be if he play 4-5 more years?Will it become 25 or 26

Even Waqar did not fall that much.

First 33 Tests : 190 wickets @ 19.1 and 19 5-Fer
Next 54 Tests : 183 wickets @ 28.1 and 3 5-Fer

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Whose peak is better?

Waqar!!!!!

 

[kyear2]

Bumrah is in Marshall Styen Mcgrath conversations. Comparison with Waqar Younis is very disrespectful to him

That's a little lofty for this exact moment.

 

[ankitj]

3rd such thread

Jasprit Bumrah vs Waqar Younis

Ignore longevity

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Waqar vs Bumrah

Since people keep bringing it up, thought this might be warranted.

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[Johan]

Waqar!!!!!

why

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Waqar was something of a one-trick pony. Admittedly was a great and ***y trick. But Bumrah has now almost reached the stage at which Waqar's career took the most dramatic downturn imaginable from a once nailed-on ATG. Might happen to Bumrah too, but in their respective meteoric early careers, I feel Bumrah's demonstrated the greater nous in terms of working ppl out as opposed to just blasting through them.

 

[h_hurricane]

The point at which he is right now i.e. 194 wickets, Bumrah actually has a better average than Waqar. 179 wickets at 27.93 is what Waqar has over Bumrah.

Bumrah has faced stronger opponents on an average too, hence went with him, though it is only a marginal decision.

About a year back, I went with Waqar. But couldn't have imagined such a massive year for Bumrah.

 

[Coronis]

The point at which he is right now i.e. 194 wickets, Bumrah actually has a better average than Waqar. 179 wickets at 27.93 is what Waqar has over Bumrah.

Bumrah has faced stronger opponents on an average too, hence went with him, though it is only a marginal decision.

About a year back, I went with Waqar. But couldn't have imagined such a massive year for Bumrah.

He has had an incredible year.

62 @ 14.58

Only 3 players have taken more than 50 wickets in a calendar year at an average of under 15.

1982 Imran 62 @ 13.29
2024 Bumrah 62 @ 14.58
1912 Barnes 61 @ 14.14

Also of note he has taken them with a SR of 29.38. Only Waqar in 93 comes close (55 @ 15.23, SR 29.56 - also the next closest average to those 3 unsurprisingly). Nobody else has one below 35.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Didn’t expect Bumrah to win this with less than 200 wickets

 

[sayon basak]

What will Bumrah ave be if he play 4-5 more years?Will it become 25 or 26

To end up with an average of 25/26, he'd have to average 37/38 in those remaining years.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Actually think Bumrah has a legit argument now. Waqar's greatness is based almost entirely on his obscene pre 95 peak and Bumrahs peak is approaching top tier status. This year in particular has been incredible.