A B de Villiers still heads Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings for the World Cup... The highest Indian is Umesh Yadav at 14, followed by Mohammed Shami, at 19.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the MVP rankings after the semi-finals.
The light has gone out of India's World Cup dream. There will be no Indian player in the final. India's campaign is over.
It has been a funny sort of campaign. If we look at the MVPI at this stage of the 2011 World Cup, as many as four Indians (Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, with MVPIs respectively of 694, 537, 514, 513) figured in the top 10.
Shahid Afridi, at that point, topped the table with a MVPI of 790, and only one Australian (Shane Watson) figured in the top 20.
There were some familiar names: Tillakaratne Dilshan was #2 with a MVPI of 747, Kumar Sangakkara, who was Sri Lanka captain, was #8 with a MVPI of 505, Tim Southee was #4 with a MVPI of 540 and, yes, A B de Villiers was there too, placed #12 with a MVPI of 452.
This time the highest Indian, after his four wickets against Australia in the semi-final, is Umesh Yadav (#14, MVPI: 512) followed by Mohammed Shami (#19, 470).
And therein lies a puzzle. There were no truly consistent and outstanding India performers. Every player, barring perhaps Ravindra Jadeja and Ajinkya Rahane, did reasonably well... but nobody excelled or played out of their skin!
The players who have truly excelled this time are A B de Villiers, who will most probably stay #1 with a MVPI of 875, Glenn Maxwell (#4, 654) and Mitchell Starc (#6, 593) from Australia and a large number of New Zealanders: Martin Guptill (#3, 677), Corey Anderson (#5, 600), Trent Boult (#10, 567), Daniel Vettori (#12, 538) and Brendon McCullum (#13, 524).
And we are, of course, not forgetting the two Sri Lankans: Sangakkara (currently #2, 696) and Dilshan (#7, 593).
Readers will recall that 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.
So Glenn Maxwell's all-round show, with 324 runs at a staggering strike rate of 182 and five wickets, at an economy rate of 5.8, is equivalent to scoring 654 'runs.'
Indeed, Maxwell looks to be the best bet to end up #2 at the 2015 World Cup, with only Martin Guptill or Corey Anderson offering some credible challenge.
Come Sunday, we shall know.
Table: Most valuable players so far in 2015 World Cup (after SFs; as on March 27, 2015)
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | W | Eco | Ct St | Run Outs | M | MVPI |
| 1 | A B de Villiers | SA | 482 | 43 | 21 | 144.3 | 4 | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 875 |
| 2 | Kumar Sangakkara | SL | 541 | 57 | 7 | 105.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 696 |
| 3 | Martin Guptill | NZ | 532 | 58 | 15 | 108.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 677 |
| 4 | Glenn Maxwell | AUS | 324 | 35 | 14 | 182.0 | 5 | 5.8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 654 |
| 5 | Corey Anderson | NZ | 231 | 22 | 9 | 109.5 | 14 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 600 |
| 6 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 593 |
| 7 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | SL | 395 | 46 | 3 | 96.6 | 5 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 593 |
| 8 | Chris Gayle | WI | 340 | 17 | 26 | 117.2 | 5 | 5.4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 581 |
| 9 | Brendan Taylor | ZIM | 433 | 43 | 12 | 106.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 574 |
| 10 | Trent Boult | NZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 567 |
| 11 | Sean Williams | ZIM | 339 | 29 | 6 | 109.0 | 7 | 6.4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 553 |
| 12 | Daniel Vettori | NZ | 41 | 5 | 1 | 164.0 | 15 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 538 |
| 13 | Brendon McCullum | NZ | 328 | 44 | 17 | 191.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 524 |
| 14 | Umesh Yadav | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5.0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 512 |
| 15 | Wahab Riaz | PAK | 83 | 9 | 2 | 97.6 | 16 | 5.6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 503 |
| 16 | Shikhar Dhawan | IND | 412 | 48 | 9 | 91.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 485 |
| 17 | Morne Morkel | SA | 8 | 1 | 0 | 61.5 | 17 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 482 |
| 18 | David Miller | SA | 324 | 21 | 14 | 139.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 481 |
| 19 | Mohammed Shami | IND | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9 | 17 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 470 |
| 20 | Imran Tahir | SA | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 15 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 446 |
| 21 | Shakib Al Hasan | BAN | 196 | 18 | 3 | 93.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 443 |
| 22 | Mushfiqur Rahim | BAN | 298 | 26 | 5 | 105.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.5 | 6 | 439 |
| 24 | Jerome Taylor | WI | 37 | 5 | 0 | 77.1 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 424 |
| 23 | David Warner | AUS | 300 | 31 | 9 | 124.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 424 |
| 25 | Steven Smith | AUS | 346 | 34 | 4 | 94.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 421 |
| 26 | Suresh Raina | IND | 284 | 25 | 8 | 110.1 | 1 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 419 |
| 27 | Hashim Amla | SA | 333 | 35 | 5 | 95.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 8 | 417 |
| 28 | Ravichandran Ashwin | IND | 30 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 | 13 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 410 |
| 29 | Faf du Plessis | SA | 380 | 28 | 4 | 84.6 | 0 | 7.5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 406 |
| 30 | Angelo Mathews | SL | 195 | 11 | 7 | 89.9 | 6 | 5.8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 386 |
| 31 | M S Dhoni | IND | 237 | 18 | 6 | 102.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 381 |
| 32 | Mahmudullah | BAN | 365 | 30 | 6 | 81.8 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 378 |
| 33 | Jason Holder | WI | 155 | 12 | 9 | 112.3 | 9 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 374 |
| 34 | Andre Russell | WI | 104 | 7 | 9 | 185.7 | 11 | 6.4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 373 |
| 35 | Rohit Sharma | IND | 330 | 33 | 9 | 91.7 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 369 |
| 36 | Josh Davey | SCOT | 55 | 5 | 0 | 62.5 | 15 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 361 |
| 37 | Tim Southee | NZ | 12 | 1 | 1 | 171.4 | 15 | 5.6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 361 |
| 38 | Mohit Sharma | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 360 |
| 39 | Virat Kohli | IND | 305 | 29 | 1 | 81.6 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1.5 | 8 | 359 |
| 40 | Shaiman Anwar | UAE | 311 | 34 | 4 | 91.5 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 6 | 356 |
| 41 | Misbah-ul-Haq | PAK | 350 | 25 | 7 | 75.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 352 |
| 42 | Aaron Finch | AUS | 280 | 26 | 6 | 93.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 341 |
| 43 | Mitchell Johnson | AUS | 31 | 4 | 1 | 155.0 | 12 | 5.4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 337 |
| 44 | Jean-Paul Duminy | SA | 164 | 13 | 3 | 102.5 | 6 | 5.8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 333 |
| 45 | Lahiru Thirimanne | SL | 302 | 29 | 2 | 84.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 327 |
| 46 | Moeen Ali | ENG | 192 | 24 | 5 | 105.5 | 4 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 321 |
| 47 | Rilee Rossouw | SA | 210 | 23 | 5 | 116.7 | 0 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 312 |
| 48 | Grant Elliott | NZ | 227 | 22 | 6 | 107.1 | 2 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 309 |
| 49 | Dale Steyn | SA | 17 | 3 | 0 | 70.8 | 11 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 302 |
| 50 | Ed Joyce | IRL | 246 | 23 | 5 | 98.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 299 |
| 51 | Marlon Samuels | WI | 230 | 20 | 5 | 77.2 | 3 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 296 |
| 52 | Amjad Javed | UAE | 170 | 21 | 4 | 87.2 | 7 | 6.5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 295 |
| 53 | Ravindra Jadeja | IND | 57 | 8 | 0 | 96.6 | 9 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 284 |
| 54 | Richie Berrington | SCOT | 139 | 9 | 5 | 76.0 | 7 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 284 |
| 55 | Lasith Malinga | SL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 12 | 5.6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 277 |
| 56 | Shane Watson | AUS | 206 | 22 | 4 | 107.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 270 |
| 57 | Andy Balbirnie | IRL | 236 | 20 | 4 | 90.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 6 | 268 |
| 58 | Kyle Abbott | SA | 12 | 2 | 0 | 63.2 | 9 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 263 |
| 61 | Sohail Khan | PAK | 21 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 12 | 5.9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 257 |
| 60 | Shapoor Zadran | AFG | 17 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 10 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 257 |
| 59 | Kyle Coetzer | SCOT | 253 | 33 | 4 | 89.7 | 0 | 7.4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 257 |
| 62 | Niall O'Brien | IRL | 199 | 23 | 3 | 109.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 256 |
| 64 | James Faulkner | AUS | 44 | 6 | 2 | 176.0 | 7 | 4.9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 255 |
| 63 | Brad Haddin | AUS | 126 | 16 | 4 | 157.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 255 |
| 65 | Joe Root | ENG | 202 | 19 | 2 | 84.2 | 1 | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 253 |
| 66 | Umar Akmal | PAK | 164 | 17 | 2 | 80.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.5 | 7 | 251 |
| 67 | Soumya Sarkar | BAN | 173 | 23 | 3 | 89.6 | 0 | 4.6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 248 |
| 68 | Mohammad Naveed | UAE | 73 | 6 | 5 | 123.7 | 8 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 247 |
| 69 | Ian Bell | ENG | 262 | 27 | 0 | 77.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 242 |
| 70 | Michael Clarke | AUS | 145 | 15 | 2 | 92.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 241 |
| 71 | Sabbir Rahman | BAN | 182 | 18 | 5 | 98.4 | 1 | 6.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 238 |
| 73 | Kane Williamson | NZ | 222 | 27 | 2 | 83.1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 235 |
| 72 | Jos Buttler | ENG | 141 | 17 | 2 | 135.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 235 |
| 74 | William Porterfield | IRL | 275 | 22 | 3 | 67.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 234 |
| 75 | Ajinkya Rahane | IND | 208 | 21 | 3 | 82.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 231 |
| 76 | Shahid Afridi | PAK | 116 | 10 | 6 | 133.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 228 |
| 77 | Tendai Chatara | ZIM | 23 | 2 | 0 | 65.7 | 10 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 223 |
| 78 | Paul Stirling | IRL | 159 | 17 | 5 | 100.0 | 2 | 5.7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 221 |
| 79 | Sikandar Raza | ZIM | 125 | 15 | 4 | 99.2 | 2 | 4.9 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 221 |
| 80 | Alex Cusack | IRL | 19 | 1 | 0 | 82.6 | 7 | 4.6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 219 |
| 81 | Quinton de Kock | SA | 145 | 21 | 0 | 82.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 219 |
| 82 | Haris Sohail | PAK | 177 | 14 | 1 | 72.2 | 3 | 6.3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 217 |
| 83 | Thisara Perera | SL | 62 | 8 | 1 | 144.2 | 6 | 6.7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 216 |
| 85 | Mohammad Irfan | PAK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 8 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 211 |
| 84 | Chris Woakes | ENG | 90 | 6 | 0 | 95.7 | 5 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 211 |
| 86 | Lendl Simmons | WI | 173 | 14 | 8 | 101.2 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 207 |
| 87 | Darren Sammy | WI | 177 | 17 | 6 | 100.0 | 1 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 205 |
| 88 | Sarfraz Ahmed | PAK | 160 | 12 | 3 | 84.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 205 |
| 90 | Hamid Hassan | AFG | 38 | 5 | 0 | 44.2 | 8 | 5.1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 203 |
| 91 | Josh Hazlewood | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 203 |
| 89 | Ahmed Shehzad | PAK | 227 | 24 | 1 | 72.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 203 |
| 92 | Mashrafe Mortaza | BAN | 28 | 5 | 0 | 121.7 | 7 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 202 |
| 93 | Rahat Ali | PAK | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 7 | 4.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 200 |
| 94 | Sohaib Maqsood | PAK | 153 | 12 | 3 | 86.9 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 200 |
| 95 | Mohammad Nabi | AFG | 90 | 8 | 2 | 78.3 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 192 |
| 96 | Gary Wilson | IRL | 141 | 15 | 1 | 103.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 189 |
| 97 | Manjula Guruge | UAE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 | 7 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 188 |
| 98 | Craig Ervine | ZIM | 159 | 12 | 5 | 88.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 188 |
| 99 | Matt Machan | SCOT | 186 | 21 | 2 | 80.9 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 173 |
| 100 | Denesh Ramdin | WI | 107 | 11 | 0 | 70.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0.5 | 7 | 166 |
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.
EARLIER:
- March 26: Despite semis loss, De Villiers still the Most Valuable Player
- March 17: De Villiers atop MVP standings at World Cup, Kohli 24th
- March 12: Record-breaker Sangakkara surges ahead in MVP table
- March 7: De Villiers overtakes Gayle in World Cup MVP standings
- March 1: Gayle leads MVP race, de Villiers not far behind
- February 24: Southee leads World Cup MVP race. Dhawan 4th
