Although he failed with the bat, Sachin Tendulkar [Images] made up by taking two wickets (he also took a great catch that failed to impress umpire Aleem Dar!) in the third and final one-day international against South Africa in Belfast on Sunday.
Yuvraj Singh [Images] too played marvellously to orchestrate a rare Indian ODI series victory abroad.
It's therefore no surprise to see this duo at the top of the list in the Rediff player performance tracker after the sixth ODI match of the current season.
Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | Run Outs | M | Total |
1 | Ind | Sachin Tendulkar | 204 | 260 | 1 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 261.80 |
2 | Ind | Yuvraj Singh | 146 | 188 | 1 | 128 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 256.20 |
3 | Ind | Piyush Chawla | 3 | 4 | 1 | 182 | 246 | 9 | 0.5 | 5 | 250.60 |
4 | Ind | Gautam Gambhir [Images] | 207 | 255 | 1 | | | | 0 | 5 | 215.00 |
5 | Ind | Dinesh Karthik | 115 | 111 | 8 | 1 | | | | 0 | 6 | 191.20 |
6 | Ind | M S Dhoni [Images] | 141 | 175 | 3 | 2 | | | | 0.5 | 4 | 189.00 |
7 | Ind | Rahul Dravid [Images] | 178 | 237 | 2 | | | | 0.5 | 6 | 188.40 |
8 | Ind | Sourav Ganguly [Images] | 146 | 221 | 1 | 65 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 180.00 |
9 | Ind | Zaheer Khan [Images] | 9 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 240 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 160.80 |
10 | Ind | R P Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 180 | 4 | 0.5 | 4 | 135.00 |
11 | Ind | Ramesh Powar | 6 | 14 | 0 | 172 | 240 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 116.80 |
12 | Ind | Ajit Agarkar [Images] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 100.80 |
13 | Ind | Virender Sehwag [Images] | 51 | 47 | 2 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90.80 |
14 | Ind | Dinesh Mongia | 34 | 41 | 0 | 106 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 87.60 |
15 | Ind | Sreesanth [Images] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 80.00 |
16 | Ind | Rohit Sharma | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.60 |
17 | Ind | Munaf Patel [Images] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.20 |
18 | Ind | Ishant Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4.40 |
If one considers only the India-South Africa series, Tendulkar and Yuvraj still end up as the best two players from either side. The tables below list India's and South Africa's most valuable players in the three-match one-day international series in Ireland.
Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | Run Outs | M | Total |
1 | Ind | Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 257 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 237.00 |
2 | Ind | Yuvraj Singh | 121 | 157 | 0 | 88 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 184.40 |
3 | Ind | Rahul Dravid | 114 | 151 | 2 | | | | 0.5 | 3 | 129.20 |
4 | Ind | Sourav Ganguly | 73 | 122 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 94.40 |
5 | Ind | Zaheer Khan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 156 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 92.80 |
6 | Ind | Dinesh Karthik | 51 | 47 | 3 | 0 | | | | 0 | 3 | 79.40 |
7 | Ind | R P Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 120 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 75.00 |
8 | Ind | Piyush Chawla | 2 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 59.20 |
9 | Ind | Ajit Agarkar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55.80 |
10 | Ind | Ramesh Powar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34.60 |
11 | Ind | M S Dhoni | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | | | | 0 | 2 | 26.00 |
12 | Ind | Rohit Sharma | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.60 |
13 | Ind | Ishant Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4.40 |
14 | Ind | Gautam Gambhir | 5 | 18 | 0 | | | | 0 | 2 | -4.40 |
South Africa:
Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | Run Outs | M | Total |
1 | SA | Mark Boucher [Images] | 89 | 94 | 3 | 0 | | | | 1.5 | 3 | 153.80 |
2 | SA | Jacques Kallis [Images] | 93 | 128 | 2 | 64 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121.60 |
3 | SA | Morne van Wyk | 126 | 186 | 0 | | | | 0.5 | 3 | 115.20 |
4 | SA | Andre Nel [Images] | 1 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 105.20 |
5 | SA | Andrew Hall [Images] | 34 | 36 | 0 | 121 | 156 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91.00 |
6 | SA | Makhaya Ntini [Images] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 89.60 |
7 | SA | Herschelle Gibbs [Images] | 78 | 102 | 1 | | | | 0 | 3 | 79.40 |
8 | SA | Justin Kemp | 61 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.80 |
9 | SA | Jean-Paul Duminy | 51 | 75 | 0 | | | | 0 | 3 | 42.00 |
10 | SA | Charl Langeveldt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37.40 |
11 | SA | AB de Villiers | 39 | 78 | 1 | | | | 0 | 3 | 20.60 |
12 | SA | Thandi Tshabalala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.40 |
13 | SA | Vernon Philander | 17 | 22 | 0 | 37 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.80 |
14 | SA | Dale Steyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.80 |
Note: Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | M: Matches played. *Run outs are counted as 1 for a direct hit, and 0.5 if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.
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Srinivas Bhogle and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International [Get Quote] Limited, Bangalore
India in the United Kingdom 2007