If you just compare the difference in stats between them - you may bring out this poll. Meaning - their batting average quite similar.
But the fact is that while Shahid Afridi is a good leg spin One Day bowler, Ashraful would never become a good bowler; on the contrary, Afridi will never become a proper batsman like Ashraful is.
In batting, when Ashraful started his International career, he may have proved to come from 'Shahid Afridi school of free strokeplay', but not any more.
Also, if you look at any player's general batting average of Bangladesh and Pakistan in one form of the game, you will find that while Ashraful's batting average (in tests) is on the 'specialist batsman's side, i.e., all the specialist batsman of Bangladesh have a batting average of above 20s, but all the specialist batsman of Pakistan have a batting average of above 30s, if not in the 40s; where Afridi's batting average is on the 20s. So how can you compare the two of them?
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