Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the most valuable players in the just-concluded tri-series Down Under. Sachin Tendulkar is way down in the table, and Virender Sehwag even lower!
The Commonwealth Bank Series was a disaster for India. Only one Indian (Virat Kohli) figures in the list of the ten most valuable players (MVP), and only two Indians (Kohli and Gautam Gambhir) figure in the top 20 list. It was that bad!
The MVPI formula picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, and bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate.
David Hussey ( MVPI of 670) is just ahead of the Tillakaratne Dilshan (662); Hussey had a much better strike rate than Dilshan and also took a few more wickets.
The other top Australian performers were David Warner (590), Dan Christian (568) and Clint McKay (491).
The other Sri Lanka players who excelled were Nuwan Kulasekara (541), Kumar Sangakkara (515), Angelo Mathews (484) and the captain Mahela Jayawardene (483).
For India the table makes painful viewing. Sachin Tendulkar is way down in the table, and Virender Sehwag is even lower! If this is a shock, look at who is last on the table!
Table 1: Most valuable players in the Commonwealth Bank Series (Feb 5- Mar 8, 2012)
|
|
Player Name |
Team |
Runs |
Top score |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
David Hussey |
AUS |
439 |
74 |
101.15 |
4 |
5.1 |
11 |
670 |
|
2 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
513 |
160 |
83.96 |
2 |
4.2 |
11 |
662 |
|
3 |
David Warner |
AUS |
506 |
163 |
90.2 |
0 |
|
11 |
590 |
|
4 |
Daniel Christian |
AUS |
191 |
39 |
90.52 |
13 |
4.9 |
11 |
568 |
|
5 |
Nuwan Kulasekara |
SL |
119 |
73 |
119 |
12 |
5.0 |
11 |
541 |
|
6 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
420 |
105 |
86.96 |
0 |
|
11 |
515 |
|
7 |
Clint McKay |
AUS |
66 |
28 |
77.65 |
15 |
4.6 |
8 |
491 |
|
8 |
Angelo Mathews |
SL |
206 |
64 |
93.64 |
7 |
4.8 |
8 |
484 |
|
9 |
Mahela Jayawardene |
SL |
406 |
85 |
89.23 |
0 |
|
11 |
483 |
|
10 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
373 |
133 |
92.79 |
0 |
9.0 |
8 |
433 |
|
11 |
Dinesh Chandimal |
SL |
419 |
81 |
81.2 |
0 |
|
11 |
421 |
|
12 |
Matthew Wade |
AUS |
341 |
67 |
76.63 |
0 |
|
11 |
406 |
|
13 |
Michael Clarke |
AUS |
331 |
117 |
95.39 |
1 |
5.2 |
6 |
401 |
|
14 |
Lasith Malinga |
SL |
11 |
6 |
42.31 |
18 |
6.2 |
11 |
362 |
|
15 |
Shane Watson |
AUS |
121 |
65 |
72.46 |
7 |
3.5 |
5 |
348 |
|
16 |
Xavier Doherty |
AUS |
29 |
13 |
76.32 |
9 |
4.5 |
11 |
331 |
|
17 |
Gautam Gambhir |
IND |
308 |
92 |
81.91 |
0 |
|
7 |
313 |
|
18 |
Thisara Perera |
SL |
51 |
21 |
104.08 |
9 |
6.3 |
7 |
294 |
|
19 |
Farveez Maharoof |
SL |
35 |
18 |
71.43 |
9 |
5.1 |
7 |
293 |
|
20 |
Brett Lee |
AUS |
56 |
32 |
60.22 |
12 |
5.7 |
7 |
292 |
|
21 |
MS Dhoni |
IND |
205 |
58 |
67.66 |
0 |
|
7 |
285 |
|
22 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
IND |
81 |
30 |
81.82 |
7 |
4.8 |
7 |
283 |
|
23 |
Irfan Pathan |
IND |
96 |
47 |
109.09 |
6 |
5.3 |
4 |
275 |
|
24 |
Rangana Herath |
SL |
20 |
14 |
68.97 |
7 |
4.4 |
9 |
273 |
|
25 |
M Hussey |
AUS |
226 |
59 |
91.13 |
0 |
|
10 |
270 |
|
26 |
Vinay Kumar |
IND |
19 |
12 |
57.58 |
9 |
5.3 |
6 |
252 |
|
27 |
Suresh Raina |
IND |
182 |
40 |
85.85 |
1 |
5.4 |
8 |
240 |
|
28 |
Peter Forrest |
AUS |
250 |
104 |
71.02 |
0 |
|
7 |
227 |
|
29 |
Ben Hilfenhaus |
AUS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5.4 |
5 |
217 |
|
30 |
Lahiru Thirimanne |
SL |
191 |
62 |
73.75 |
1 |
6.0 |
10 |
212 |
|
31 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
IND |
143 |
48 |
82.66 |
0 |
|
7 |
169 |
|
32 |
Dhammika Prasad |
SL |
46 |
31 |
143.75 |
5 |
5.8 |
3 |
168 |
|
33 |
Virender Sehwag |
IND |
65 |
30 |
112.07 |
3 |
5.4 |
5 |
166 |
|
34 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
IND |
101 |
24 |
70.14 |
3 |
5.3 |
8 |
156 |
|
35 |
Rohit Sharma |
IND |
79 |
33 |
71.17 |
2 |
6.6 |
5 |
154 |
|
36 |
Mitchell Starc |
AUS |
31 |
17 |
72.09 |
5 |
5.6 |
5 |
135 |
|
37 |
Sachithra Senanayake |
SL |
31 |
22 |
79.49 |
3 |
4.8 |
3 |
135 |
|
38 |
Zaheer Khan |
IND |
9 |
9 |
81.82 |
5 |
5.1 |
4 |
132 |
|
39 |
Upul Tharanga |
SL |
140 |
71 |
65.12 |
0 |
|
6 |
106 |
|
40 |
James Pattison |
AUS |
12 |
12 |
52.17 |
5 |
6.4 |
3 |
103 |
|
41 |
Praveen Kumar |
IND |
16 |
15 |
76.19 |
3 |
5.3 |
4 |
97 |
|
42 |
Umesh Yadav |
IND |
6 |
6 |
54.55 |
5 |
6.2 |
6 |
74 |
|
43 |
Ryan Harris |
AUS |
5 |
3 |
38.46 |
3 |
5.5 |
4 |
68 |
|
44 |
Rahul Sharma |
IND |
1 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
6.9 |
1 |
18 |
|
45 |
NM Lyon |
AUS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.5 |
1 |
8 |
|
46 |
Parthiv Patel |
IND |
4 |
4 |
57.14 |
0 |
|
1 |
7 |
|
47 |
Ricky Ponting |
AUS |
18 |
7 |
27.27 |
0 |
|
5 |
-4 |
Runs (scored) | Top score | Strike rate | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | | M: Matches played | MVPI: Most valuable player index = 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 has been a disappointing season for India after the heady triumph at the 2011 World Cup. Only Virat Kohli has improved his reputation. He is also India's top run-scorer with 1279 runs, followed by Suresh Raina with 719 runs. M S Dhoni has generally performed well; he might have been second in the table if he had played more matches this season.
Three bowlers, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Vinay Kumar have topped the 20 wicket mark this season. But in an undistinguished season so far, the bowlers have been as disappointing as the batsmen. India is missing Yuvraj Singh; without him it seems hard to win matches, and it would certainly have been impossible to win the World Cup.
Table 2: India's most valuable players in the 2011-12 ODI season (28 matches so far)
|
|
Player Name |
Runs |
6s |
4s |
Strike Rate |
Bat Pts |
W |
Eco |
Bowl Pts |
Field Pts |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Virat Kohli |
1279 |
5 |
121 |
89.4 |
1366.3 |
2 |
5.7 |
26.0 |
90 |
28 |
1482 |
|
2 |
Suresh Raina |
719 |
15 |
60 |
99.7 |
837.2 |
8 |
4.7 |
220.5 |
70 |
28 |
1128 |
|
3 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
321 |
2 |
25 |
80.9 |
311.2 |
27 |
5.1 |
661.3 |
65 |
21 |
1038 |
|
4 |
R Ashwin |
193 |
0 |
14 |
79.1 |
182.7 |
28 |
4.8 |
748.8 |
70 |
23 |
1002 |
|
5 |
MS Dhoni |
653 |
14 |
43 |
89.2 |
696.0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
200 |
17 |
896 |
|
6 |
Rohit Sharma |
641 |
10 |
41 |
85.6 |
657.8 |
2 |
6.6 |
24.0 |
62.5 |
15 |
744 |
|
7 |
G Gambhir |
635 |
1 |
62 |
85.7 |
652.5 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
35 |
17 |
688 |
|
8 |
Parthiv Patel |
446 |
6 |
44 |
80.9 |
432.8 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
147.5 |
20 |
580 |
|
9 |
Vinay Kumar |
43 |
0 |
2 |
43.9 |
4.3 |
23 |
5.4 |
521.2 |
47.5 |
19 |
573 |
|
10 |
V Sehwag |
330 |
8 |
42 |
121.3 |
433.3 |
3 |
5.4 |
69.0 |
15 |
9 |
517 |
|
11 |
Praveen Kumar |
67 |
3 |
4 |
100.0 |
78.2 |
15 |
5.0 |
375.0 |
17.5 |
17 |
471 |
|
12 |
Amit Mishra |
5 |
0 |
0 |
33.3 |
-2.5 |
11 |
4.0 |
326.0 |
5 |
5 |
329 |
|
13 |
Irfan Pathan |
100 |
4 |
9 |
102.0 |
118.3 |
8 |
5.2 |
192.0 |
17.5 |
5 |
328 |
|
14 |
A Rahane |
340 |
3 |
33 |
75.1 |
302.5 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
10 |
11 |
313 |
|
15 |
Umesh Yadav |
23 |
0 |
4 |
76.7 |
21.0 |
15 |
6.1 |
268.7 |
10 |
12 |
300 |
|
16 |
Munaf Patel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
10 |
5.6 |
213.3 |
25 |
8 |
238 |
|
17 |
Manoj Tiwary |
163 |
2 |
16 |
80.7 |
157.7 |
1 |
6.9 |
6.0 |
60 |
5 |
224 |
|
18 |
Harbhajan Singh |
47 |
2 |
1 |
69.1 |
37.3 |
4 |
3.6 |
143.0 |
10 |
3 |
190 |
|
19 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
143 |
0 |
17 |
82.7 |
141.8 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
27.5 |
7 |
169 |
|
20 |
Rahul Sharma |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
0.3 |
5 |
5.0 |
124.7 |
17.5 |
3 |
143 |
|
21 |
Zaheer Khan |
9 |
0 |
2 |
81.8 |
8.8 |
5 |
5.1 |
123.0 |
0 |
4 |
132 |
|
22 |
Rahul Dravid |
124 |
0 |
9 |
77.5 |
114.7 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
0 |
5 |
115 |
|
23 |
Varun Aaron |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
4 |
4.7 |
102.8 |
0 |
2 |
103 |
|
24 |
A Mithun |
23 |
2 |
2 |
143.8 |
32.7 |
3 |
6.4 |
49.0 |
5 |
3 |
87 |
|
25 |
Yusuf Pathan |
42 |
2 |
2 |
91.3 |
45.7 |
2 |
5.7 |
35.0 |
5 |
5 |
86 |
|
26 |
RP Singh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
4 |
6.5 |
68.0 |
5 |
3 |
73 |
|
27 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
69 |
1 |
4 |
57.0 |
37.2 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
5 |
4 |
42 |
|
28 |
Vaun Aaron |
6 |
0 |
1 |
54.5 |
2.8 |
2 |
5.9 |
32.0 |
0 |
2 |
35 |
|
29 |
Ishant Sharma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-4.2 |
1 |
5.5 |
14.3 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
|
30 |
S Badrinath |
40 |
0 |
3 |
47.1 |
9.2 |
0 |
|
0.0 |
0 |
4 |
9 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | Strike rate | Bat-pts: Batting points | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | MVPI: Most valuable player index = 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.
