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Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji figure out who are the Most Valuable Players after the league phase of the ICC World Cup for Rediff.com
South Africa Captain A B de Villiers is the most valuable player at the end of the league phase of the 2015 World Cup with a Most Valuable Player Index value of 788 'runs'.
The Sri Lankans, Kumar Sangakkara (MVPI: 686) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (MVPI: 599), are respectively second and third in the MVPI table.
Pacer Mohammad Shami, who has had an excellent World Cup so far, is the best placed Indian at 13th position with a MVPI of 423 having picked up 15 wickets so far.
India's star batsman Virat Kohli, who started the tournament with a century against Pakistan but has since failed to hit a century in five innings, lies far behind at 24th with a MVPI of 365.
The Most Valuable Player Index, MVPI, formula picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take the most catches or participate in the most run out dismissals -- and collapses a player’s batting + bowling + fielding performance into a single ‘run equivalent’.
Table: Most valuable players so far in 2015 World Cup (at the end of the league phase; March 15, 2015)
|
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Runs |
4s |
6s |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
Ct St |
Run Outs |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
A B de Villiers |
SA |
417 |
35 |
20 |
144.3 |
4 |
5.9 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
788 |
|
2 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
496 |
54 |
7 |
119.5 |
0 |
0.0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
686 |
|
3 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
395 |
46 |
3 |
98.3 |
5 |
4.9 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
599 |
|
4 |
Brendan Taylor |
ZIM |
433 |
43 |
12 |
106.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
574 |
|
5 |
Sean Williams |
ZIM |
339 |
29 |
6 |
109.0 |
7 |
6.4 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
553 |
|
6 |
Daniel Vettori |
NZ |
26 |
2 |
1 |
152.9 |
13 |
3.2 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
487 |
|
7 |
Chris Gayle |
WI |
279 |
15 |
18 |
108.6 |
5 |
5.4 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
477 |
|
8 |
Glenn Maxwell |
AUS |
257 |
27 |
11 |
190.4 |
3 |
6.3 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
477 |
|
9 |
Corey Anderson |
NZ |
158 |
15 |
6 |
114.5 |
10 |
4.8 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
466 |
|
10 |
Mitchell Starc |
AUS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
16 |
3.7 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
462 |
|
11 |
Wahab Riaz |
PAK |
67 |
7 |
2 |
106.3 |
14 |
5.5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
448 |
|
12 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
BAN |
186 |
18 |
3 |
106.3 |
7 |
5.0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
430 |
|
13 |
Mohammed Shami |
IND |
7 |
1 |
0 |
87.5 |
15 |
4.4 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
423 |
|
14 |
Trent Boult |
NZ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
15 |
4.2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
419 |
|
15 |
Brendon McCullum |
NZ |
257 |
35 |
12 |
187.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
410 |
|
16 |
Mushfiqur Rahim |
BAN |
271 |
24 |
5 |
113.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
1.5 |
5 |
405 |
|
17 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
337 |
39 |
8 |
94.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
401 |
|
18 |
David Miller |
SA |
275 |
15 |
11 |
127.9 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.5 |
6 |
388 |
|
19 |
Morne Morkel |
SA |
8 |
1 |
0 |
61.5 |
13 |
4.1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
388 |
|
20 |
Hashim Amla |
SA |
307 |
32 |
5 |
98.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
383 |
|
21 |
David Warner |
AUS |
264 |
27 |
8 |
125.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
377 |
|
22 |
Angelo Mathews |
SL |
176 |
10 |
7 |
95.1 |
6 |
5.8 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
374 |
|
23 |
Jerome Taylor |
WI |
26 |
3 |
0 |
72.2 |
14 |
5.1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
373 |
|
24 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
301 |
29 |
1 |
85.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
1.5 |
6 |
365 |
|
26 |
Mahmudullah |
BAN |
344 |
28 |
6 |
82.9 |
1 |
5.7 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
361 |
|
25 |
Josh Davey |
SCOT |
55 |
5 |
0 |
62.5 |
15 |
6.2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
361 |
|
27 |
Tim Southee |
NZ |
12 |
1 |
1 |
171.4 |
13 |
4.8 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
358 |
|
28 |
Shaiman Anwar |
UAE |
311 |
34 |
4 |
91.5 |
0 |
6.0 |
1 |
0.5 |
6 |
356 |
|
29 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
IND |
22 |
0 |
0 |
57.9 |
12 |
4.5 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
344 |
|
30 |
Jason Holder |
WI |
113 |
7 |
7 |
100.9 |
9 |
5.5 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
343 |
|
31 |
Andre Russell |
WI |
84 |
6 |
7 |
186.7 |
9 |
5.6 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
339 |
|
32 |
Misbah-ul-Haq |
PAK |
316 |
24 |
5 |
77.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
333 |
|
33 |
Suresh Raina |
IND |
212 |
17 |
7 |
111.6 |
1 |
4.1 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
332 |
|
35 |
Moeen Ali |
ENG |
192 |
24 |
5 |
105.5 |
4 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
321 |
|
34 |
Imran Tahir |
SA |
8 |
1 |
0 |
50.0 |
11 |
4.4 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
321 |
|
36 |
Umesh Yadav |
IND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
10 |
4.7 |
8 |
0.5 |
6 |
316 |
|
37 |
Mohit Sharma |
IND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
10 |
4.4 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
312 |
|
38 |
Ed Joyce |
IRL |
246 |
23 |
5 |
98.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
299 |
|
40 |
Faf du Plessis |
SA |
277 |
21 |
3 |
89.1 |
0 |
7.5 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
295 |
|
39 |
Amjad Javed |
UAE |
170 |
21 |
4 |
87.2 |
7 |
6.5 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
295 |
|
41 |
Martin Guptill |
NZ |
261 |
31 |
3 |
90.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
287 |
|
42 |
Lahiru Thirimanne |
SL |
261 |
24 |
2 |
84.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
285 |
|
43 |
Richie Berrington |
SCOT |
139 |
9 |
5 |
76.0 |
7 |
5.7 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
284 |
|
44 |
MS Dhoni |
IND |
166 |
15 |
4 |
106.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
1 |
6 |
282 |
|
45 |
Andy Balbirnie |
IRL |
236 |
20 |
4 |
90.8 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.5 |
6 |
268 |
|
46 |
Rilee Rossouw |
SA |
171 |
21 |
4 |
134.6 |
0 |
6.5 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
268 |
|
47 |
Lasith Malinga |
SL |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16.7 |
11 |
5.4 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
264 |
|
48 |
Marlon Samuels |
WI |
203 |
17 |
4 |
71.7 |
3 |
4.7 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
263 |
|
49 |
Dale Steyn |
SA |
17 |
3 |
0 |
70.8 |
9 |
4.8 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
262 |
|
50 |
Aaron Finch |
AUS |
197 |
19 |
5 |
110.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
261 |
|
51 |
Kyle Coetzer |
SCOT |
253 |
33 |
4 |
89.7 |
0 |
7.4 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
257 |
|
52 |
Shapoor Zadran |
AFG |
17 |
2 |
0 |
81.0 |
10 |
5.2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
257 |
|
53 |
Niall O'Brien |
IRL |
199 |
23 |
3 |
109.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
256 |
|
54 |
Joe Root |
ENG |
202 |
19 |
2 |
84.2 |
1 |
6.2 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
253 |
|
55 |
Mohammad Naveed |
UAE |
73 |
6 |
5 |
123.7 |
8 |
6.1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
247 |
|
56 |
Sohail Khan |
PAK |
17 |
1 |
0 |
45.9 |
11 |
5.7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
246 |
|
57 |
Ian Bell |
ENG |
262 |
27 |
0 |
77.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
242 |
|
58 |
Jos Buttler |
ENG |
141 |
17 |
2 |
135.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
235 |
|
59 |
Kyle Abbott |
SA |
12 |
2 |
0 |
63.2 |
8 |
4.1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
235 |
|
60 |
William Porterfield |
IRL |
275 |
22 |
3 |
67.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
234 |
|
61 |
Umar Akmal |
PAK |
144 |
15 |
2 |
80.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
11 |
1.5 |
6 |
231 |
|
62 |
Soumya Sarkar |
BAN |
144 |
20 |
2 |
96.0 |
0 |
4.6 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
226 |
|
64 |
Thisara Perera |
SL |
62 |
8 |
1 |
155.0 |
6 |
6.7 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
223 |
|
63 |
Tendai Chatara |
ZIM |
23 |
2 |
0 |
65.7 |
10 |
5.7 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
223 |
|
65 |
Jean-Paul Duminy |
SA |
156 |
12 |
3 |
100.0 |
2 |
6.2 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
222 |
|
66 |
Paul Stirling |
IRL |
159 |
17 |
5 |
100.0 |
2 |
5.7 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
221 |
|
67 |
Sikandar Raza |
ZIM |
125 |
15 |
4 |
99.2 |
2 |
4.9 |
2 |
0.5 |
6 |
221 |
|
69 |
Michael Clarke |
AUS |
127 |
14 |
2 |
95.5 |
1 |
2.8 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
219 |
|
68 |
Alex Cusack |
IRL |
19 |
1 |
0 |
82.6 |
7 |
4.6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
219 |
|
70 |
Brad Haddin |
AUS |
119 |
15 |
4 |
163.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
217 |
|
71 |
Sabbir Rahman |
BAN |
152 |
16 |
5 |
104.8 |
1 |
6.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
5 |
212 |
|
72 |
Chris Woakes |
ENG |
90 |
6 |
0 |
95.7 |
5 |
6.2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
211 |
|
73 |
Mohammad Irfan |
PAK |
4 |
0 |
0 |
21.1 |
8 |
4.5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
211 |
|
74 |
Rahat Ali |
PAK |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16.7 |
7 |
4.1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
207 |
|
75 |
Ahmed Shehzad |
PAK |
222 |
24 |
1 |
74.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
204 |
|
76 |
Shahid Afridi |
PAK |
93 |
7 |
5 |
129.2 |
2 |
4.8 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
204 |
|
77 |
Hamid Hassan |
AFG |
38 |
5 |
0 |
44.2 |
8 |
5.1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
203 |
|
78 |
Mitchell Johnson |
AUS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
36.4 |
9 |
5.9 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
202 |
|
79 |
Sarfraz Ahmed |
PAK |
150 |
11 |
3 |
86.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
6 |
0.5 |
2 |
198 |
|
80 |
Lendl Simmons |
WI |
161 |
13 |
7 |
104.5 |
0 |
12.0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
197 |
|
81 |
Mashrafe Mortaza |
BAN |
27 |
5 |
0 |
135.0 |
6 |
4.9 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
196 |
|
82 |
Kane Williamson |
NZ |
183 |
21 |
2 |
82.8 |
0 |
7.0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
195 |
|
83 |
Mohammad Nabi |
AFG |
90 |
8 |
2 |
78.3 |
3 |
5.7 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
192 |
|
84 |
Steven Smith |
AUS |
176 |
16 |
2 |
85.4 |
0 |
9.5 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
191 |
|
85 |
Gary Wilson |
IRL |
141 |
15 |
1 |
103.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
189 |
|
86 |
Craig Ervine |
ZIM |
159 |
12 |
5 |
88.3 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
188 |
|
87 |
Manjula Guruge |
UAE |
14 |
1 |
0 |
53.8 |
7 |
4.8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
188 |
|
88 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
IND |
145 |
18 |
3 |
98.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
183 |
|
89 |
Haris Sohail |
PAK |
136 |
10 |
1 |
72.3 |
3 |
6.6 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
179 |
|
91 |
Sohaib Maqsood |
PAK |
124 |
11 |
3 |
93.9 |
1 |
4.0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
174 |
|
90 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
IND |
18 |
2 |
0 |
56.3 |
7 |
5.3 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
174 |
|
92 |
Matt Machan |
SCOT |
186 |
21 |
2 |
80.9 |
1 |
7.8 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
173 |
|
93 |
Alasdair Evans |
SCOT |
38 |
5 |
0 |
66.7 |
6 |
5.4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
164 |
|
94 |
Darren Sammy |
WI |
150 |
14 |
5 |
93.2 |
1 |
6.7 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
162 |
|
95 |
Dwayne Smith |
WI |
93 |
13 |
2 |
80.2 |
1 |
3.9 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
162 |
|
97 |
Shane Watson |
AUS |
114 |
13 |
2 |
120.0 |
2 |
7.8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
162 |
|
96 |
Rohit Sharma |
IND |
159 |
18 |
4 |
85.5 |
0 |
7.0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
162 |
|
98 |
Grant Elliott |
NZ |
116 |
13 |
1 |
90.6 |
2 |
8.4 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
161 |
|
99 |
Kevin O'Brien |
IRL |
131 |
16 |
3 |
100.0 |
6 |
8.2 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
159 |
|
100 |
James Taylor |
ENG |
149 |
12 |
3 |
88.7 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
158 |
Team ' Runs (scored) ' 4s ' 6s ' Strike rate ' W: Wickets taken ' Eco: Economy rate 'Ct St: Catches, stumpings ' Run outs ' 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.
Some other interesting stats:
The top 10 run-getters in the group stage:
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
496 |
|
Brendan Taylor |
ZIM |
433 |
|
A B de Villiers |
SA |
417 |
|
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
395 |
|
Mahmudullah |
BAN |
344 |
|
Sean Williams |
ZIM |
339 |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
337 |
|
Misbah-ul-Haq |
PAK |
316 |
|
Shaiman Anwar |
UAE |
311 |
|
Hashim Amla |
SA |
307 |
The top 10 wicket-takers in the group stage:
| Mitchell Starc |
AUS |
16 |
|
Josh Davey |
SCOT |
15 |
|
Mohammed Shami |
IND |
15 |
|
Trent Boult |
NZ |
15 |
|
Wahab Riaz |
PAK |
14 |
|
Jerome Taylor |
WI |
14 |
|
Daniel Vettori |
NZ |
13 |
|
Tim Southee |
NZ |
13 |
|
Morne Morkel |
SA |
13 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
IND |
12 |
Most fours in the group stage:
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
54 |
|
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
46 |
|
Brendan Taylor |
ZIM |
43 |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
39 |
|
A B de Villiers |
SA |
35 |
|
Brendon McCullum |
NZ |
35 |
|
Shaiman Anwar |
UAE |
34 |
|
Kyle Coetzer |
SCOT |
33 |
|
Hashim Amla |
SA |
32 |
|
Martin Guptill |
NZ |
31 |
Most sixes in the group stage: (Notice the poor overlap between scorers of 4s and 6s)
| A B de Villiers |
SA |
20 |
|
Chris Gayle |
WI |
18 |
|
Brendan Taylor |
ZIM |
12 |
|
Brendon McCullum |
NZ |
12 |
|
Glenn Maxwell |
AUS |
11 |
|
David Miller |
SA |
11 |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
8 |
|
David Warner |
AUS |
8 |
The top 10 strike rates in the group stage (for batsmen scoring over 200 runs):
|
Glenn Maxwell |
AUS |
257 |
190.4 |
|
Brendon McCullum |
NZ |
257 |
187.6 |
|
A B de Villiers |
SA |
417 |
144.3 |
|
David Miller |
SA |
275 |
127.9 |
|
David Warner |
AUS |
264 |
125.1 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
496 |
119.5 |
|
Mushfiqur Rahim |
BAN |
271 |
113.4 |
|
Suresh Raina |
IND |
212 |
111.6 |
|
Sean Williams |
ZIM |
339 |
109.0 |
|
Chris Gayle |
WI |
279 |
108.6 |
The top 10 economy rates in the group stage (for bowlers taking 5 or more wickets):
|
Daniel Vettori |
NZ |
13 |
3.2 |
|
Mitchell Starc |
AUS |
16 |
3.7 |
|
Kyle Abbott |
SA |
8 |
4.1 |
|
Morne Morkel |
SA |
13 |
4.1 |
|
Rahat Ali |
PAK |
7 |
4.1 |
|
Trent Boult |
NZ |
15 |
4.2 |
|
Mohammed Shami |
IND |
15 |
4.4 |
|
Imran Tahir |
SA |
11 |
4.4 |
|
Mohit Sharma |
IND |
10 |
4.4 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
IND |
12 |
4.5 |
Finally, the top nine catchers in the group stage (not a surprise to see wicket-keepers dominating; but Umesh Yadav is a surprise):
|
Denesh Ramdin |
WI |
13 |
|
M S Dhoni |
IND |
11 |
|
Umar Akmal |
PAK |
11 |
|
Matthew Cross |
SCOT |
10 |
|
Luke Ronchi |
NZ |
10 |
|
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
8 |
|
Umesh Yadav |
IND |
8 |
|
Jos Buttler |
ENG |
8 |
|
Brad Haddin |
AUS |
8 |
EARLIER
Don't miss Prem Panicker on World Cup 2015!