Who are India's most valuable players?
At the conclusion of the Asia Cup, Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji make an assessment after 36 matches India has played so far in the 2013-14 season.
Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami continue to be India’s best bowlers, while Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the best batsmen.
There's a problem, though, with the team.
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina aren’t looking to be good enough batsmen, while Ravichandran Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are dropping off as good bowlers.
It is a puzzle why Cheteshwar Pujara and Amit Mishra aren’t in the mix; indeed the bigger puzzle is why the Indian selectors don’t want to really look beyond their favourite playing eleven.
The most valuable players in the 2013-14 ODI season (36 matches played; 1 abandoned)
|
Rank |
Player name |
Runs |
4s |
6s |
Strike Rate |
Bat Point |
W |
Eco |
Bowl Point |
Field Point |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
R Jadeja |
513 |
46 |
17 |
91.1 |
556.8 |
50 |
4.6 |
1376 |
160 |
36 |
2093 |
|
2 |
Virat Kohli |
1580 |
167 |
27 |
101.7 |
1865.8 |
2 |
6.3 |
-0.2 |
97.5 |
36 |
1963 |
|
3 |
S Dhawan |
1435 |
174 |
12 |
92.2 |
1572.5 |
0 |
- |
0 |
102.5 |
34 |
1675 |
|
4 |
R Ashwin |
252 |
29 |
3 |
100.4 |
294.8 |
40 |
5 |
986.5 |
92.5 |
31 |
1374 |
|
5 |
Rohit Sharma |
1362 |
126 |
41 |
79.2 |
1291.5 |
0 |
4.7 |
2 |
62.5 |
35 |
1356 |
|
6 |
MS Dhoni |
787 |
69 |
23 |
99.9 |
917.3 |
0 |
4.3 |
3 |
230 |
24 |
1150 |
|
7 |
M Shami |
52 |
1 |
4 |
91.2 |
56.5 |
46 |
6.1 |
928.5 |
40 |
24 |
1025 |
|
8 |
B Kumar |
82 |
8 |
1 |
75.2 |
73.2 |
28 |
4.9 |
720.7 |
87.5 |
27 |
881 |
|
9 |
Suresh Raina |
528 |
48 |
4 |
89.8 |
566 |
6 |
5 |
152 |
120 |
30 |
838 |
|
10 |
Amit Mishra |
10 |
1 |
0 |
125 |
13.3 |
21 |
4.3 |
576.5 |
27.5 |
8 |
617 |
|
11 |
I Sharma |
11 |
0 |
0 |
36.7 |
-3 |
26 |
6.2 |
491 |
27.5 |
17 |
516 |
|
12 |
D Karthik |
305 |
32 |
2 |
69.3 |
243.3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
125 |
19 |
368 |
|
13 |
A Rahane |
283 |
25 |
2 |
71.5 |
236 |
0 |
- |
0 |
55 |
11 |
291 |
|
14 |
Umesh Yadav |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9.1 |
-7.2 |
12 |
5.8 |
238 |
47.5 |
11 |
278 |
|
15 |
J Unadkat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
8 |
4 |
251 |
25 |
7 |
276 |
|
16 |
Vinay Kumar |
43 |
3 |
2 |
89.6 |
46 |
10 |
6.7 |
124.5 |
22.5 |
9 |
193 |
|
17 |
A Rayudu |
243 |
16 |
3 |
67.3 |
185.2 |
0 |
8 |
-12 |
0 |
10 |
173 |
|
18 |
Yuvraj Singh |
118 |
12 |
3 |
65.9 |
86.8 |
2 |
7.2 |
19 |
42.5 |
11 |
148 |
|
19 |
Murali Vijay |
57 |
7 |
0 |
89.1 |
60.7 |
0 |
- |
0 |
10 |
3 |
71 |
|
20 |
M Sharma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-4.2 |
4 |
5.8 |
69.5 |
5 |
5 |
70 |
|
21 |
Varun Aaron |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
0.7 |
5 |
7.6 |
43 |
5 |
4 |
49 |
|
22 |
C Pujara |
13 |
2 |
0 |
46.4 |
2.7 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
23 |
Stuart Binny |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-3.3 |
0 |
6 |
-5 |
5 |
2 |
-3 |
Runs (scored) ' Fours ' Sixes ' Strike rate ' Batting points ' W: Wickets taken ' Eco: Economy rate ' Bowling points ' 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.
Image: Ravindra Jadeja
