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Originally Posted by Gowza
shakib doesn't get as much chance to bowl because his team doesn't get to 2nd innings as often. honestly there is no point in comparing these 2 atm, one is at best considered a bowling all rounder (ashwin) but is really selected as a specialist spinner and the other (shakib) is there to be a genuine all rounder and is expected to win every match, be the best batsman and the best bowler. different expectations, different teams, different situations, different roles.

as far as playing test cricket in NZ/SA/Aus shakib and ashwin have played a similar amount, ashwin 3 matches but 5 innings and shakib 4 matches but 5 innings. aswhin has bowled 168 overs to shakib's 137 though but shakib has 14 wickets to ashwin's 9 and a much better strike rate at 58 to ashwin's 112 strike rate and shakib's average at 29 is more than half of ashwin's at 62.77.

Which year? Shakib did well in 2008 in SA when he was a real good bowler. The last time was in NZ back in 2010 and Shakib did not do well there. And even that is now outside of ICC rank window of 3.5 years. Now Shakib is just his own shadow ... Hope he would be back.