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Virat Kohli is Most Valuable Player of IPL 9

June 01, 2016 21:12 IST

With a MVPI of 1128 the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.

Virat Kohli was at his dominant best and hence is named MVP of IPL 9

IMAGE: Virat Kohli was at his dominant best, and hence, is the MVP of IPL 9. Photograph: BCCI

It is hard to think of one player who has dominated the IPL more comprehensively than Virat Kohli.

With a MVPI of 1128 he has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.

The only one who comes close is his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Chris Gayle in 2011 with 953.

Here are the top three players in each of the nine IPLs so far (name, team, MVPI):

2008: Sanath Jayasuriya, MI, 729 ' Shane Watson, RR, 699 ' Shaun Marsh, KXIP, 649

2009: Adam Gilchrist, DC, 753 ' Matthew Hayden, CSK, 678 ' Suresh Raina, CSK, 667

2010: Suresh Raina, CSK, 784 ' Jacques Kallis, RCB, 780 ' Keiron Pollard, MI, 772

2011: Chris Gayle, RCB, 953 ' Lasith Malinga, MI, 629 ' Yusuf Pathan, KKR, 608

2012: Chris Gayle, RCB, 837 'Dwayne Bravo, CSK, 697 ' Gautam Gambhir, KKR, 688

2013: Chris Gayle, RCB, 864 ' Shane Watson, RR, 851 ' Mike Hussey, CSK, 764

2014: Robin Uthappa, KKR, 777 ' G Maxwell, KXIP, 737 ' Suresh Raina, CSK, 666

2015: Dwayne Bravo, CSK, 698 ' A B de Villiers, RCB, 691 ' David Warner, SRH, 685

The table below indicates the MVPI and the PVI for the top 125 players in IPL9. 

Rank Player's Name Team From Runs Top Score 6's Str Rate W Eco M MVPI Money Offered (US $) PVI (US$ per run) PVI (INR per run)
1 Virat Kohli RCB IND 973 113 38 152 0 13 16 1128 1865000 1653 110816
2 David Warner SRH AUS 848 93 31 151.4 0 - 17 965 820600 850 56995
3 AB de Villiers RCB SA 687 129 37 168.8 0 - 16 907 1119000 1234 82690
4 Chris Morris DD SA 195 82 12 178.9 13 7 12 566 1044400 1845 123675
5 Shane Watson RCB AUS 179 36 12 133.6 20 8.6 16 530 1417400 2674 179245
6 Robin Uthappa KKR IND 394 72 8 136.3 0 - 15 519 746000 1437 96339
7 Quinton de Kock DD SA 445 108 13 136.1 0 - 13 515 522200 1014 67961
8 Rohit Sharma MI IND 489 85 16 132.9 0 - 14 511 1865000 3650 244618
9 Lokesh Rahul RCB IND 397 68 16 146.5 0 - 14 509 149200 293 19646
10 Dwayne Smith GL WI 324 73 16 146.6 8 8.5 12 500 343160 686 46000
11 Andre Russell KKR WI 188 39 15 164.9 15 8 12 497 89520 180 12072
12 Bhuvneshwar Kumar SRH IND 43 21 1 159.3 23 7.4 17 496 634100 1278 85685
13 Ajinkya Rahane RPS IND 480 74 9 126.6 0 - 14 487 1417400 2910 195072
14 Shikhar Dhawan SRH IND 501 82 8 116.8 0 - 17 466 1865000 4002 268240
15 Gautam Gambhir KKR IND 501 90 6 121.9 0 - 15 458 1865000 4072 272926
16 Krunal Pandya MI IND 237 86 13 191.1 6 7.6 12 434 298400 688 46083
17 Yusuf Pathan KKR IND 361 63 13 145.6 1 5.5 15 434 484900 1117 74885
18 Murali Vijay KXI IND 453 89 10 124.5 0 8 14 429 447600 1043 69930
19 Suresh Raina GL IND 399 75 10 127.9 0 8.2 15 424 1865000 4399 294811
20 Aaron Finch GL AUS 393 74 11 131.4 0 - 13 399 149200 374 25063
21 Moises Henriques SRH AUS 182 31 6 115.2 12 8 17 398 149200 375 25126
22 Dinesh Karthik GL IND 335 53 3 125.9 0 - 16 387 343160 887 59432
23 Brendon McCullum GL NZ 354 60 16 135.1 0 - 16 375 1119000 2984 200000
24 MS Dhoni RPS IND 284 64 14 135.2 0 - 14 368 1865000 5068 339674
25 Dwayne Bravo GL WI 99 22 1 120.7 17 8.8 15 363 596800 1644 110193
26 Dhawal Kulkarni GL IND 27 10 0 168.8 18 7.4 14 357 298400 836 56022
27 Yuzvendra Chahal RCB IND 0 0 0 - 21 8.2 13 352 14920 42 2841
28 Mustafizur Rahman SRH BAN 0 0 0 - 17 6.9 16 347 208880 602 40346
29 Karun Nair DD IND 357 83 6 120.2 0 - 14 343 596800 1740 116618
30 Axar Patel KXI IND 111 36 8 144.2 13 8.1 14 330 111900 339 22727
31 Ambati Rayudu MI IND 334 65 12 120.1 0 - 13 321 596800 1859 124611
32 Wriddhiman Saha KXI IND 270 56 1 127.4 0 - 12 321 328240 1023 68536
33 Chris Gayle RCB WI 227 76 21 151.3 2 6.3 10 319 1417400 4443 297806
34 Steven Smith RPS AUS 270 101 8 153.4 0 - 8 313 820600 2622 175719
35 Manish Pandey KKR IND 248 52 9 135.5 0 - 12 304 253640 834 55921
36 Sandeep Sharma KXI IND 8 5 0 88.9 15 7.3 14 302 126820 420 28146
37 Jos Buttler MI ENG 255 41 11 138.6 0 - 14 301 566960 1884 126246
38 M McClenaghan MI NZ 34 20 3 147.8 17 8.2 14 300 44760 149 10000
39 Ravindra Jadeja GL IND 191 36 4 107.9 8 7.7 15 300 1417400 4725 316667
40 Thisara Perera RPS SL 150 34 11 161.3 9 9.8 12 295 149200 506 33898
41 Marcus Stoinis KXI AUS 146 52 4 135.2 8 8.4 7 274 82060 299 20073
42 Mohit Sharma KXI IND 32 15 1 123.1 13 8.4 14 262 969800 3702 248092
43 Yuvraj Singh SRH IND 236 44 13 131.8 0 8.4 10 259 1044400 4032 270270
44 Jasprit Bumrah MI IND 8 6 0 72.7 15 7.8 14 255 179040 702 47059
45 Sanju Samson DD IND 291 60 8 112.4 0 - 14 253 626640 2477 166008
46 Carlos Brathwaite DD WI 83 34 8 218.4 7 8.2 8 252 626640 2487 166667
47 Amit Mishra DD IND 4 3 0 28.6 13 7.5 14 249 14920 60 4016
48 Harbhajan Singh MI IND 92 45 2 109.5 9 8 14 248 820600 3309 221774
49 Barinder Sran SRH IND 4 2 0 100 14 8.3 14 242 179040 740 49587
50 R Ashwin RPS IND 41 29 1 107.9 10 7.3 14 236 1119000 4742 317797
51 Jean-Paul Duminy DD SA 191 49 3 122.4 2 7.9 10 235 328240 1397 93617
52 Piyush Chawla KKR IND 27 11 0 103.8 11 7.7 12 225 634100 2818 188889
53 Glenn Maxwell KXI AUS 179 68 8 144.4 0 8.6 11 223 895200 4014 269058
54 David Miller KXI SA 161 31 4 122.9 0 - 14 219 1865000 8516 570776
55 Tim Southee MI NZ 30 25 2 157.9 9 7.7 11 218 373000 1711 114679
56 Sunil Narine KKR WI 7 4 0 53.8 11 7.1 11 218 1417400 6502 435780
57 Faf du Plessis RPS SA 206 69 9 127.2 0 - 6 212 596800 2815 188679
58 Adam Zampa RPS AUS 0 0 0 0 12 6.8 5 212 44760 211 14151
59 Deepak Hooda SRH IND 144 34 5 119 3 7.5 17 210 626640 2984 200000
60 Kieron Pollard MI WI 207 51 16 143.8 0 13.5 13 209 1119000 5354 358852
61 Parthiv Patel MI IND 177 81 4 116.4 0 - 10 207 208880 1009 67633
62 Sreenath Aravind RCB IND 0 0 0 - 11 7.4 9 205 338684 1652 110732
63 Rishabh Pant DD IND 198 69 6 130.3 0 - 10 205 283480 1383 92683
64 Shakib Al Hasan KKR BAN 114 66 5 107.5 5 7.8 10 204 417760 2048 137255
65 Saurabh Tiwary RPS IND 170 57 4 120.6 0 - 10 200 104440 522 35000
66 Naman Ojha SRH IND 136 37 5 98.6 0 - 17 200 74600 373 25000
67 Suryakumar Yadav KKR IND 182 60 5 127.3 0 - 15 197 104440 530 35533
68 Zaheer Khan DD IND 6 4 0 46.2 10 7.7 12 196 596800 3045 204082
69 Sachin Baby RCB IND 119 33 5 150.6 2 4.8 11 190 14920 79 5263
70 Ashok Dinda RPS IND 0 0 0 - 11 7.6 9 189 74600 395 26455
71 Ben Cutting SRH AUS 65 39 6 191.2 5 7.2 4 178 74600 419 28090
72 Praveen Kumar GL IND 24 15 0 92.3 9 7.8 16 176 522200 2967 198864
73 Rajat Bhatia RPS IND 34 21 2 170 6 7.2 10 173 89520 517 34682
74 Gurkeerat Singh KXI IND 113 51 3 131.4 2 7.8 7 164 193960 1183 79268
75 Manan Vohra KXI IND 161 51 3 122.9 0 - 7 159 596800 3753 251572
76 Chris Jordan RCB ENG 3 3 0 75 11 9.2 9 159 149200 938 62893
77 Ashish Nehra SRH IND 1 1 0 100 9 7.7 8 158 820600 5194 348101
78 Hashim Amla KXI SA 157 96 4 131.9 0 - 6 155 149200 963 64516
79 Umesh Yadav KKR IND 9 7 1 180 10 9 9 149 387920 2603 174497
80 Morne Morkel KKR SA 1 1 0 100 10 8.4 10 148 417760 2823 189189
81 Iqbal Abdulla RCB IND 37 33 1 137 6 8.5 8 145 14920 103 6897
82 Shaun Marsh KXI AUS 159 56 4 118.7 0 - 6 143 328240 2295 153846
83 Usman Khawaja RPS AUS 127 30 3 127 0 - 6 125 149200 1194 80000
84 Kuldeep Yadav KKR IND 0 0 0 - 6 8.3 3 120 59680 497 33333
85 Eoin Morgan SRH ENG 123 51 4 117.1 0 - 7 118 223800 1897 127119
86 Bipul Sharma SRH IND 51 27 5 204 3 8.6 7 116 14920 129 8621
87 Nitish Rana MI IND 104 70 8 138.7 0 3 4 113 14920 132 8850
88 Stuart Binny RCB IND 63 21 4 161.5 1 7.9 14 112 298400 2664 178571
89 Sam Billings DD ENG 88 54 4 137.5 0 - 5 111 44760 403 27027
90 Kane Williamson SRH NZ 124 50 0 101.6 0 7 6 106 89520 845 56604
91 Kane Richardson RCB AUS 1 1 0 100 7 9.7 4 105 298400 2842 190476
92 Murugan Ashwin RPS IND 0 0 0 0 7 8.5 10 98 671400 6851 459184
93 James Faulkner GL AUS 77 32 0 130.5 2 9.8 7 96 820600 8548 572917
94 Sarfaraz Khan RCB IND 66 35 4 212.9 0 - 5 91 74600 820 54945
95 Mitchell Marsh RPS AUS 7 7 0 63.6 4 5 3 90 716160 7957 533333
96 Shivil Kaushik GL IND 0 0 0 0 6 8.3 7 87 14920 171 11494
97 Vinay Kumar MI IND 13 12 1 108.3 3 7.1 3 82 417760 5095 341463
98 Imran Tahir DD SA 5 5 0 71.4 5 8.6 4 71 149200 2101 140845
99 Brad Hogg KKR AUS 0 0 0 - 4 8.9 5 70 74600 1066 71429
100 Kevin Pietersen RPS ENG 73 37 3 119.7 0 - 4 69 522200 7568 507246
101 Ashish Reddy SRH IND 47 32 4 162.1 1 10.2 4 67 29840 445 29851
102 Pardeep Sahu KXI IND 19 18 1 146.2 3 8.3 5 63 14920 237 15873
103 Pravin Tambe GL IND 7 7 0 36.8 5 8.9 7 58 29840 514 34483
104 Rajagopal Sathish KKR IND 24 10 1 100 1 9.8 4 57 29840 524 35088
105 Hardik Pandya MI IND 44 9 0 69.8 3 9.2 11 56 14920 266 17857
106 Mohammed Shami DD IND 2 2 0 50 5 9.7 8 56 634100 11323 758929
107 Travis Head RCB AUS 54 37 2 135 0 - 3 55 74600 1356 90909
108 Nathan Coulter-Nile DD AUS 9 7 0 64.3 3 7.6 4 53 634100 11964 801887
109 Rishi Dhawan KXI IND 14 11 1 233.3 2 8 2 52 447600 8608 576923
110 Jason Holder KKR WI 22 13 1 115.8 2 7.9 4 52 104440 2008 134615
111 Pawan Negi DD IND 57 19 3 96.6 1 9.3 8 52 1268200 24388 1634615
112 John Hastings KKR AUS 0 0 0 - 2 5.6 2 48 193960 4041 270833
113 Ankit Rajpoot KKR IND 0 0 0 - 3 8.9 4 46 223800 4865 326087
114 Jayant Yadav DD IND 6 5 0 60 2 7.4 5 46 14920 324 21739
115 Shadab Jakati GL IND 1 1 0 50 2 8.9 6 45 29840 663 44444
116 George Bailey RPS ENG 84 34 2 85.7 0 - 6 45 149200 3316 222222
117 Kedar Jadhav RCB IND 42 25 2 131.3 0 - 4 45 298400 6631 444444
118 KC Cariappa KXI IND 13 12 1 118.2 3 9.4 5 44 119360 2713 181818
119 Shreyas Iyer DD IND 30 19 1 69.8 0 - 6 43 387920 9021 604651
120 Martin Guptill MI NZ 57 48 3 103.6 0 - 3 41 74600 1820 121951
121 Eklavya Dwivedi GL IND 24 19 2 171.4 0 - 4 37 149200 4032 270270
122 Scott Boland RPS AUS 0 0 0 - 2 7.7 2 34 74600 2194 147059
123 Ishan Kishan GL IND 42 27 0 102.4 0 - 5 33 52220 1582 106061
124 RP Singh RPS IND 0 0 0 - 3 9.3 4 33 44760 1356 90909
125 T Shamsi RCB SA 0 0 0 - 3 9.2 4 33 14920 452 30303
Purnendu Maji, Srinivas Bhogle