After two spirited batting performances, Rahul Dravid [Images] leads the list of India's most valuable One-Day International players (MVP) in the current season.

This list considers the performance of all Indian players in the ten ODI games played after the disastrous 2007 World Cup.

Dravid finds himself at the top mainly because he has scored a lot of runs at a very good scoring rate.

• Dravid, Tendulkar are MVPs after game 9

Young leg-spinner Piyush Chawla, who is India's leading ODI wicket-taker, is placed third: in addition to his haul of 15 wickets, Chawla has also taken 7 catches and effected a run out dismissal.

All-rounders are normally expected to gain a lot of MVP points; that's why Yuvraj Singh [Images], India's closest approximation to an all-rounder, is placed second. Yuvraj also benefits because he scores his runs at a fair nick.

Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup

Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = sum of batting, bowling and fielding points | *Run outs are counted as 1 (wicket) for a direct hit, and 0.5 (wicket) if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.

There were some inadvertent totaling errors in the list published after game 9 which have now been corrected. Note also that players who have played more games are more likely to find themselves at the top of the list.

If we apply the MVP calculation to the matches played in the ongoing NatWest Series, Ian Bell [Images] tops the list, followed by Dravid. Only two Indian players figure in the top ten; this isn't a surprise, England [Images] have played better.

If we only look at the most valuable players in the ongoing India-England seven-match ODI series, then the picture is as follows:

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-England series

Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Rc	Bb	W	Bowl-pts	Ct|St	Run outs	Field-pts	M	Total
1	I Bell	269	303	295.6					2	0.5	22	3	317.6
2	Rahul Dravid	194	196	231.2					3		15	3	246.2
3	J Anderson				111	175	8	221				3	221
4	A Cook	178	223	177.6					2		10	3	187.6
5	A Flintoff	9	7	12.4	68	102	6	157.6				2	170
6	M Prior (w/k)	86	99	92.8					7	1	59	3	151.8
7	P Collingwood	71	78	79.6	106	114	2	33.2	4	0.5	32	3	144.8
8	Yuvraj Singh	94	96	111.2	68	72	1	13.6	2		10	3	134.8
9	D Mascarenhas	52	39	72.8	59	84	1	32.2	0	0.5	12	2	117
10	S Broad	39	35	50	115	156	2	57.8				3	107.8
11	RP Singh	12	20	8	160	174	5	99.2				3	107.2
12	Sachin Tendulkar	124	164	116.8	29	24	0	-9.8				3	107
13	Sourav Ganguly	113	164	94.8	38	42	0	-4.4				3	90.4
14	Monty Panesar [Images]				96	120	2	48	0	1.5	36	2	84
15	Piyush Chawla	4	13	-2.4	152	156	4	68.8	3		15	3	81.4
16	Ramesh Powar	6	15	0	88	120	3	80				2	80
17	K Pietersen	67	72	76.4								3	76.4
18	Munaf Patel	1	3	-0.4	107	78	4	51.4	1		5	2	56
19	Dinesh Karthik	45	49	50.8					1		5	3	55.8
20	Zaheer Khan	31	40	30	98	120	1	22				2	52
21	MS Dhoni (w/k)	53	98	27.6					1|1		15	3	42.6
22	Chris Tremlett	19	10	30	130	102	2	-0.4	1		5	2	34.6
23	Owais Shah	19	15	26								1	26
24	R Bopara	27	29	30.8	39	36	0	-10.2	1		5	3	25.6
25	Gautam Gambhir	3	14	-5.2								1	-5.2
26	Ajit Agarkar	12	32	-1.6	132	114	0	-40.8	2		10	2	-32.4

Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = sum of batting, bowling and fielding points | *Run outs are counted as 1 (wicket) for a direct hit, and 0.5 (wicket) if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.

These lists will be updated after every one-day international game.

Srinivas Bhogle, Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International [Get Quote] Limited, Bangalore.