Yes i will also prefer Jadeja over Ashwin but only when playing at South Africa, NZ or majority of green top pitches of England. Ashwin's record in Australia improved in last 2 tour tho so its open for debate. Stats do matters because Jadeja and Ashwin are playing for a long time of period and both of em are great spin allrounder and been on top ICC rank since 2014-15 along with Shakib. No spin all rounder comes close to this trio by country mile.
Shardul is seam allrounder so his comparison with Jaddu is not fair. India need 2-3 more shardul type of seam allrounder when playing at SENA country, in subcontinent we really don't need his services cause we already have 2 best allrounder Jaddu, Ash and Axar- Washi duo is also there.
Like i said horses for courses.
That is a really good argument but I think Jadeja can take wickets at the key moments of the match. And his crickets look more impactful to me. And his batting is also better. And even if we all say that they are both the same in batting and bowling, Ashwin and Jadeja,
Jadeja can be really electric in Fielding and save a lot of runs.
I understand that statistics has a great role while selecting players but for me, stats are not everything because a player also needs to have the calmness to perform under pressure and in key moments. And I think ok I would prefer Jadeja to have my back in those moments instead of Ashwin or Shardul.
I agree with this. Statistics can be deceiving. If we go solely by stats, then Shardul and Ashwin may look far better options when compared to Jadeja. But from what I can recall from all these years, Jadeja has performed under pressure, during crucial situations. Matches India won as a result of Jadeja may be far more than the number of the matches India won as a result of Shardul and Ashwin. And in the end it should matter. What is the point in having personal milestones, when you can't guide your team to a win?
That's exactly what I'm talking about because when the team is winning and the opponent team needs like 70 runs in 30 balls with 3 wickets left it's really easy for someone to take 2 out of those three remaining wickets.
But if the opponent needs 30 runs in 30 balls and have three wickets in hand that is the time when wicket-taking matters. And for me, I will always prefer Jadeja over Ashwin in those situations
Yes, stats do deceive sometimes. Which is why Jadeja is first choice spin allrounder in pace friendly countries, no benefit on denying this fact but at the same time it would be pretty ignorant to say that Jadeja is better match winner than Ashwin and also bizarre to compare Shardul with Jadeja. One is seam all rounder and later is spin all rounder, comparison doesn't make sense at all.
Btw this is all time Man of the series list.
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I am not saying that stats are everything and I am not also saying that stats are nothing but my thinking is we should not always rely on stats to choose which player should play it which player is better.
And I am sure that in certain situations Jadeja will be better and Ashwin in others.
