Although he did nothing of note in the Twenty20 World Cup final against India on Monday, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi [Images] still emerged as the tournament's most valuable player (MVP).

• Congratulate the Indian team

Umar Gul (3), R P Singh (7), Gautam Gambhir [Images] (12) and Irfan Pathan [Images] (14) improved their positions after their excellent performances in the final.

The final 20-20 MVP list is as follows:

Rank	Player	Country	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Bb	Rc	W	Bowl-pts	Ct | St	Run Outs	Field-pts	M	Total
1	Shahid Afridi	Pak	91	46	120.7	168	188	12	227.9	2	1.5	32	7	380.6
2	DL Vettori	NZ	36	20	45.3	144	128	11	240.0	2	1.5	32	6	317.3
3	Umar Gul	Pak	0	2	-2.7	166	155	13	274.3	3	1	28	7	299.6
4	ML Hayden	Aus	265	183	286.1								6	286.1
5	SR Clark	Aus				144	144	12	240.0	2	1	24	6	264.0
6	ST Jayasuriya	SL	154	96	180.0	77	102	4	64.6		0.5	8	5	252.7
7	RP Singh	India	1	1	0.7	144	152	12	232.0	1	1	20	7	252.6
8	AC Gilchrist	Aus	169	112	188.7					9	1	52	6	240.7
9	Shoaib Malik [Images]	Pak	195	154	184.7	18	18	2	38.0	3		12	7	234.7
10	Yuvraj Singh [Images]	India	148	76	194.7	18	38	1	2.0	1	2	36	6	232.7
11	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	218	156	228.1					1		4	7	232.1
12	G Gambhir	India	227	175	220.7					2		8	7	228.7
13	CD McMillan	NZ	163	90	206.0					1	0.5	12	6	218.0
14	IK Pathan	India	34	30	28.0	132	149	10	187.0				7	215.0
15	KP Pietersen	Eng	178	110	209.4					1		4	5	213.4
16	Mohammad Hafeez [Images]	Pak	99	78	94.0	114	163	5	69.0	5	1.5	44	6	207.0
17	A Flintoff	Eng	70	53	69.4	108	110	5	114.0	4		16	5	199.3
18	Mohammad Asif [Images]	Pak	4	1	6.7	161	212	10	162.6	3	1	28	7	197.3
19	MG Johnson	Aus	14	7	18.7	144	153	8	167.0	1		4	6	189.6
20	JM Kemp	SA	173	124	180.7					2		8	5	188.7
21	DPMD Jayawardene	SL	159	104	179.4					2		8	5	187.4
22	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	67	56	59.4	102	116	6	116.0	1	0.5	12	5	187.3
23	DL Maddy	Eng	113	80	119.4	18	26	3	46.0	1	1	20	4	185.4
24	JA Morkel	SA	120	86	125.4	60	77	3	51.0	2		8	5	184.3
25	MS Dhoni [Images]	India	154	120	148.0					1	2	36	7	184.0
26	M Morkel	SA	1	3	-2.0	120	120	9	184.0				5	182.0
27	NW Bracken	Aus	4	3	4.0	134	142	8	164.6	2		8	6	176.6
28	Imran Nazir [Images]	Pak	147	98	163.4					3		12	7	175.4
29	CH Gayle	WI	117	60	154.0	24	22	0	10.0	2		8	2	172.0
30	B Lee	Aus	17	12	18.0	144	171	7	133.0	4		16	6	167.0
31	SL Malinga	SL	13	12	10.0	84	100	7	124.0	4	1	32	5	166.0
32	BB McCullum	NZ	139	114	126.0					5|1	0.5	36	6	162.0
33	Aftab Ahmed	Ban	162	125	157.4					1		4	5	161.4
34	Sohail Tanvir	Pak	12	4	18.7	138	161	6	119.0	1		4	6	141.6
35	A Symonds	Aus	107	71	119.4	71	115	1	-4.4	2	1	24	6	139.0
36	RL Taylor	NZ	118	85	122.7					4		16	6	138.7
37	E Chigumbura	Zim	12	8	13.3	42	51	7	117.0	2		8	2	138.3
38	SM Pollock	SA	16	13	14.7	117	167	8	117.0	1		4	5	135.6
39	S Sreesanth [Images]	India	20	13	22.7	138	183	6	97.0	2	0.5	16	7	135.6
40	WPUJC Vaas	SL	33	41	11.3	108	100	5	124.0				5	135.3
41	BRM Taylor	Zim	107	84	102.0					2|1	1	32	2	134.0
42	CRD Fernando	SL	0	2	-2.7	102	104	6	128.0		0.5	8	5	133.3
43	SE Bond	NZ	11	13	4.7	144	180	7	124.0	1		4	6	132.6
44	Abdur Razzak	Ban	7	19	-11.3	114	121	7	143.0				5	131.6
45	J Mubarak	SL	105	62	127.4	2	8	0	-5.3	2		8	5	130.0
46	Harbhajan Singh [Images]	India	8	10	2.7	138	182	7	114.0	3		12	7	128.6
47	V Sehwag	India	133	96	138.0	6	20	0	-12.0				6	126.0
48	HH Gibbs	SA	110	77	117.4					1		4	3	121.4
49	JJ van der Wath	SA	11	11	7.3	120	150	6	106.0		0.5	8	5	121.3
50	Younis Khan	Pak	127	118	96.7					6		24	7	120.7
51	RV Uthappa	India	113	100	92.7					1	1.5	28	7	120.7
52	TM Dilshan	SL	65	53	59.4	33	36	2	40.0	3	0.5	20	5	119.3
53	SB Styris	NZ	70	59	61.4	66	74	2	46.0	1	0.5	12	6	119.3
54	RP Sharma	India	88	61	94.7					1	1	20	4	114.7
55	KC Sangakkara	SL	104	99	76.0					2|2	0.5	32	5	108.0
56	L Vincent	NZ	117	116	79.4					1	1.5	28	6	107.4
57	Mohammad Ashraful [Images]	Ban	87	48	110.0	48	86	1	-6.0				5	104.0
58	CP Schofield	Eng	24	20	21.3	77	92	4	74.6	1		4	4	100.0
59	OA Shah	Eng	103	81	98.0								5	98.0
60	MR Gillespie	NZ	10	16	-1.3	119	156	6	98.6				6	97.3
61	PD Collingwood	Eng	86	65	85.4	42	82	2	6.0	1		4	5	95.3
62	GC Smith	SA	94	78	84.0	6	16	0	-8.0	4		16	5	92.0
63	MV Boucher	SA	88	93	52.0					7	0.5	36	5	88.0
64	BJ Hodge	Aus	82	61	82.7	12	20	0	-4.0	2		8	6	86.7
65	VD Philander	SA	8	12	0.0	78	104	4	64.0	1	1	20	5	84.0
66	JDP Oram	NZ	92	60	104.0	78	146	1	-26.0	1		4	6	82.0
67	CS Martin	NZ				90	114	4	70.0	1	0.5	12	4	82.0
68	Kamran Akmal	Pak	44	39	36.0					3|1	1.5	44	7	80.0
69	V Sibanda	Zim	52	40	50.7					1	1.5	28	2	78.7
70	AD Mascarenhas	Eng	19	17	15.3	84	122	4	54.0	2		8	5	77.3
71	Junaid Siddique	Ban	71	49	76.7								1	76.7
72	Yasir Arafat	Pak	44	24	56.0	54	72	1	16.0	1		4	3	76.0
73	LPC Silva	SL	70	61	58.7	12	11	0	5.0	1	0.5	12	5	75.7
74	VS Solanki	Eng	67	56	59.4					2	0.5	16	2	75.4
75	JM Anderson	Eng				90	102	3	66.0		0.5	8	4	74.0
76	Mahmudullah	Ban	17	17	11.3	48	47	2	49.0	1	0.5	12	2	72.3
77	MJ Prior	Eng	69	62	55.4					4		16	3	71.4
78	WU Tharanga	SL	74	60	68.0								5	68.0
79	PG Fulton	NZ	77	73	56.7					2		8	5	64.7
80	H Masakadza	Zim	54	51	40.0	6	9	1	15.0	2		8	2	63.0
81	Syed Rasel	Ban	7	9	2.0	102	123	3	61.0				5	63.0
82	MEK Hussey	Aus	65	60	50.0					3		12	6	62.0
83	AB de Villiers	SA	50	47	37.3					6		24	5	61.3
84	Mushfiqur Rahim	Ban	14	18	4.0					4|3	1	56	5	60.0
85	CM Wright	Scot	14	18	4.0	24	29	3	51.0	1		4	2	59.0
86	DS Smith	WI	86	86	57.4								2	57.4
87	RR Sarwan	WI	17	15	14.0	12	10	2	38.0	1		4	2	56.0
88	JD Nel	Scot	13	7	16.7	24	25	2	39.0				2	55.7
89	KD Karthik	India	28	22	26.7					3|2		28	4	54.7
90	Joginder Sharma	India				87	138	4	42.0	3		12	4	54.0
91	P Utseya	Zim	13	10	12.7	48	55	2	41.0				2	53.7
92	DF Watts	Scot	46	35	45.3					2		8	2	53.3
93	SCJ Broad	Eng	5	7	0.7	114	184	5	48.0	1		4	5	52.6
94	GB Brent	Zim				42	53	2	35.0		1	16	2	51.0
95	JP Duminy	SA	36	32	29.3					1	1	20	2	49.3
96	S Chanderpaul	WI	48	41	41.3					1		4	2	45.3
97	TM Odoyo	Kenya	18	26	1.3	36	36	2	44.0				2	45.3
98	LJ Wright	Eng	43	37	36.7					2		8	5	44.7
99	RT Ponting	Aus	61	65	35.4					2		8	4	43.4
100	CJ Chibhabha	Zim	20	22	10.7	36	41	1	23.0	2		8	2	41.7
101	Mashrafe Mortaza [Images]	Ban	35	35	23.3	106	160	2	13.3	1		4	5	40.6
102	M Ntini	SA	4	2	5.3	72	109	2	19.0		1	16	4	40.3
103	JAR Blain	Scot	0	1	-1.3	24	23	2	41.0				2	39.7
104	Fawad Alam	Pak				18	29	2	27.0	1	0.5	12	1	39.0
105	JK Kamande	Kenya	18	23	5.3	24	48	3	32.0				2	37.3
106	MN Samuels	WI	33	18	42.0	12	21	0	-5.0				2	37.0
107	MJ Clarke	Aus	3	4	0.7	42	72	2	16.0	4		16	5	32.7
108	G Wijekoon	SL	1	5	-4.7	66	101	2	19.0		1	16	3	30.3
109	YK Pathan	india	15	8	19.3	6	5	0	3.0	1		4	1	26.3
110	R Rampaul	WI				48	87	3	25.0				2	25.0
111	DR Smith	WI	30	11	45.3	12	37	0	-21.0				2	24.3
112	SR Watson	Aus				20	19	1	23.7				1	23.7
113	CJO Smith	Scot	11	7	12.7					0|1		8	2	20.7
114	AB Agarkar	India	15	11	15.3	48	75	1	5.0				3	20.3
115	Tamim Iqbal	Ban	56	78	8.0					1	0.5	12	5	20.0
116	CT Tremlett	Eng				24	45	2	19.0				1	19.0
117	T Mupariwa	Zim				30	45	1	11.0		0.5	8	2	19.0
118	JS Patel	NZ	0	1	-1.3	41	69	2	17.7				2	16.3
119	Nadif Chowdhury	Ban	17	16	12.7								2	12.7
120	MF Maharoof	SL	0	2	-2.7	30	50	1	6.0		0.5	8	2	11.3
121	CO Obuya	Kenya	20	28	2.7						0.5	8	2	10.7
122	D Ramdin	WI	8	7	6.7					1		4	2	10.7
123	FH Edwards	WI				36	54	1	10.0				2	10.0
124	RM Haq	Scot	14	31	-13.3	24	49	2	15.0	2		8	2	9.7
125	A Nel	SA				24	23	0	9.0				1	9.0
126	Salman Butt [Images]	Pak	74	105	8.0								5	8.0
127	GM Hamilton	Scot	2	4	-1.3					1		4	2	2.7
128	MA Ouma	Kenya	0	5	-6.7						0.5	8	2	1.3
129	A Obanda	Kenya	25	37	0.7								2	0.7
130	NS Poonia	Scot	4	6	0.0								2	0.0
131	S Matsikenyeri	Zim	5	14	-8.7					2		8	2	-0.7
132	JN Snape	Eng	7	11	-0.7	6	12	0	-4.0	1		4	1	-0.7
133	T Mishra	Kenya	16	25	-1.3								2	-1.3
134	RR Watson	Scot	2	4	-1.3								2	-1.3
135	DBL Powell	WI	1	1	0.7	42	62	0	-6.0	1		4	2	-1.3
136	RL Bhudia	Kenya	11	9	10.0	4	17	0	-11.7				1	-1.7
137	NFI McCallum	Scot	0	2	-2.7								2	-2.7
138	NL McCullum	NZ	1	4	-3.3								1	-3.3
139	BJ Haddin	Aus	11	20	-4.7								2	-4.7
140	DO Obuya	Kenya	18	34	-9.3					1		4	2	-5.3
141	Farhad Reza	Ban	23	34	0.7	18	35	0	-11.0	1		4	3	-6.3
142	Nazimuddin	Ban	12	23	-6.7								4	-6.7
143	RJ Kirtley	Eng	2	4	-1.3	6	17	0	-9.0				1	-10.3
144	KM Dabengwa	Zim				12	29	0	-13.0				2	-13.0
145	DR Brown	Scot	1	5	-4.7	24	44	0	-12.0				2	-16.7
146	SO Tikolo	Kenya	4	6	0.0	6	25	0	-17.0				2	-17.0
147	N Odhiambo	Kenya	5	14	-8.7	30	65	1	-9.0				2	-17.7
148	T Taibu	Zim	2	10	-9.3	24	41	0	-9.0				2	-18.3
149	Alok Kapali	Ban	19	43	-19.3	12	23	0	-7.0	1		4	3	-22.3
150	PJ Ongondo	Kenya	3	7	-3.3	42	75	0	-19.0				2	-22.3
151	LN Onyango	Kenya	4	4	2.7	24	61	0	-29.0				1	-26.3
152	DJ Bravo	WI	2	2	1.3	28	73	0	-35.7				2	-34.3

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.

It is noteworthy that Afridi was also independently chosen as the Player of the Series. In fact, the MVP has often provided the best indicator of who the player of the series might be (Ian Bell [Images] in the recent NatWest Series and Sachin Tendulkar [Images] in the India-SA series topped the series MVP list and, in both cases, were also declared players of the series).

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