Dwayne Bravo edges past A B de Villers in IPL8

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings for the Indian Premier League 8.

Dwayne Bravo

Image: Dwayne Bravo of the Chennai Super Kings won the Purple cap for IPL 8 with 26 wickets. Photograph: BCCI

IPL 8 will be remembered for Mumbai Indians's journey that culminated in a resounding win.

When it comes to individual performances, Dwayne Bravo just got past A B de Villiers to become the Most Valuable Player of IPL 8.

Bravo was a deserving winner with 26 wickets (and the Purple cap) augmented by nearly 200 runs.

Recall that the Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performances into a one-dimensional 'run equivalent'.

The PVI (Player Value Index in English, and Paisa Vasool Index in Hindi) column suggests that Bravo offered great value with a 'run' costing less than $1,000.

This was very much a West Indian IPL with five of the top dozen places in the MVPI table bagged by players from the Caribbean.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	6s	Str. Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Offered ($)	PVI($)	PVI(Rs)
1	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	195	5	131.8	26	8.1	17	698	666,667	955	57,307
2	A B de Villiers	RCB	SA	513	22	175.1	0	-	16	691	1,250,000	1,809	108,538
3	David Warner	SH	AUS	562	21	156.5	0	-	14	685	916,667	1,338	80,292
4	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	326	19	192.9	14	8	13	682	100,000	147	8,798
5	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	419	28	163.7	3	9.5	16	595	1,250,000	2,101	126,050
6	Jean-Paul Duminy	DD	SA	414	20	131.4	8	7.4	14	594	366,667	617	37,037
7	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	IND	540	13	130.8	0	-	14	568	1,250,000	2,201	132,042
8	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	505	23	130.8	0	5.5	16	567	2,083,333	3,674	220,459
9	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	482	21	144.7	0	-	16	553	2,083,333	3,767	226,040
10	Chris Gayle	RCB	WI	491	38	147.4	0	7.5	14	544	1,583,333	2,911	174,632
11	Lendl Simmons	MI	WI	540	21	122.4	0	-	13	538	50,000	93	5,576
12	Moises Henriques	SH	AUS	287	13	136.0	11	6.3	9	516	166,667	323	19,380
13	Brendon McCullum	CSK	NZ	436	23	155.7	0	-	14	509	541,667	1,064	63,851
14	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	364	7	131.4	0	-	13	459	833,333	1,816	108,932
15	Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	117	9	160.3	18	7.8	15	450	916,667	2,037	122,222
16	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	372	17	122.0	0	-	17	448	2,083,333	4,650	279,018
17	Lasith Malinga	MI	SL	6	0	60.0	24	7.4	15	445	1,583,333	3,558	213,483
18	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	339	5	137.8	0	-	14	440	233,333	530	31,818
19	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	206	8	118.4	13	8.4	14	436	125,000	287	17,202
20	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	439	21	128.4	0	-	14	432	433,333	1,003	60,185
21	Shane Watson	RR	AUS	347	14	135.0	6	9.3	10	431	2,083,333	4,834	290,023
22	Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	374	16	122.6	2	7.8	17	431	1,583,333	3,674	220,418
23	Dwayne Smith	CSK	WI	399	16	119.1	1	8.5	16	419	750,000	1,790	107,399
24	Ashish Nehra	CSK	IND	1	0	14.3	22	7.2	16	415	333,333	803	48,193
25	Mitchell Starc	RCB	AUS	11	0	78.6	20	6.8	13	411	833,333	2,028	121,655
26	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	380	5	125.0	0	-	17	411	750,000	1,825	109,489
27	David Wiese	RCB	SA	122	4	141.9	16	8.3	14	396	466,667	1,178	70,707
28	David Miller	KXI	SA	357	21	134.2	0	-	13	394	2,083,333	5,288	317,259
29	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	1	0	100.0	23	8.9	15	372	16,667	45	2,688
30	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	132	3	104.8	11	7.7	17	364	1,250,000	3,434	206,044
31	Yusuf Pathan	KKR	IND	312	12	135.1	2	9.7	13	362	541,667	1,496	89,779
32	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SH	IND	17	1	170.0	18	7.9	14	356	708,333	1,990	119,382
33	Shikhar Dhawan	SH	IND	353	6	123.4	0	-	14	355	2,083,333	5,869	352,113
34	Ambati Rayudu	MI	IND	281	16	145.6	0	-	15	350	666,667	1,905	114,286
35	Steven Smith	RR	Aus	293	3	132.6	0	-	14	342	666,667	1,949	116,959
36	Chris Morris	RR	SA	76	5	165.2	13	7.4	11	339	233,333	688	41,298
37	Harshal Patel	RCB	IND	19	2	158.3	17	7.5	15	330	66,667	202	12,121
38	Ravichandran Ashwin	CSK	IND	52	1	162.5	10	5.8	14	320	916,667	2,865	171,875
39	Nathan Coulter-Nile	DD	AUS	20	1	111.1	15	7.6	11	316	708,333	2,242	134,494
40	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	327	4	117.6	0	-	13	306	2,083,333	6,808	408,497
41	Wriddhiman Saha	KXI	IND	249	10	126.4	0	-	14	305	366,667	1,202	72,131
42	Mitchell McClenaghan	MI	NZ	13	2	216.7	18	8.2	12	304	50,000	164	9,868
43	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	204	8	125.2	0	-	14	292	666,667	2,283	136,986
44	George Bailey	KXI	AUS	259	7	136.3	0	-	13	286	541,667	1,894	113,636
45	Angelo Mathews	DD	SL	144	6	138.5	7	8.2	11	275	1,250,000	4,545	272,727
46	Dinesh Karthik	RCB	IND	141	4	120.5	0	-	16	272	175,0000	6,434	386,029
47	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	9	0	64.3	13	7	14	267	141,667	531	31,835
48	Karn Sharma	SH	IND	104	6	122.4	10	8.3	14	261	625,000	2,395	14,3678
49	Mohit Sharma	CSK	IND	28	2	155.6	14	8.4	16	256	333,333	1,302	78,125
50	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	225	7	122.3	0	-	13	254	283,333	1,115	66,929
51	Pawan Negi	CSK	IND	116	5	158.9	6	8.4	10	247	16,667	67	4,049
52	Kedar Jadhav	DD	IND	189	7	135.0	0	-	14	244	333,333	1,366	81,967
53	Piyush Chawla	KKR	IND	54	2	114.9	11	7.7	13	242	708,333	2,927	175,620
54	Yuvraj Singh	DD	IND	248	10	118.1	1	8	14	242	266,6667	11,019	661,157
55	Ravi Bopara	SH	ENG	145	6	120.8	6	8	9	236	16,6667	706	42,373
56	Jagadeesha Suchith	MI	IND	48	2	150.0	10	8.6	13	236	16,667	71	4,237
57	James Faulkner	RR	AUS	144	5	132.1	8	9.5	13	233	158,3333	6,795	407,725
58	Dhawal Kulkarni	RR	IND	4	0	36.4	13	7.9	11	229	183,333	801	48,035
59	Imran Tahir	DD	SA	5	0	83.3	15	8.8	10	227	33,333	147	8,811
60	Murali Vijay	KXI	IND	251	8	110.1	0	7	11	222	500,000	2,252	135,135
61	Anureet Singh	KXI	IND	18	1	58.1	15	9	14	219	33,333	152	9,132
62	Mandeep Singh	RCB	IND	157	7	160.2	0	-	14	218	133,333	612	36,697
63	Ishwar Pandey	CSK	IND	0	0	-	11	7.2	10	211	250,000	1,185	71,090
64	Mayank Agarwal	DD	IND	213	7	120.3	0	-	10	205	266,667	1,301	78,049
65	Suryakumar Yadav	KKR	IND	157	8	138.9	0	-	13	198	116,667	589	35,354
66	Eoin Morgan	SH	ENG	187	11	123.8	0	-	9	198	250,000	1263	75,758
67	Deepak Hooda	RR	IND	151	11	158.9	1	8.5	14	197	66,667	338	20,305
68	Morne Morkel	KKR	SA	4	0	133.3	10	7.4	7	195	466,667	2393	14,3590
69	Karun Nair	RR	IND	181	5	124.8	0	-	14	184	125,000	679	40,761
70	Umesh Yadav	KKR	IND	29	1	207.1	10	9.1	12	178	433,333	2434	146,067
71	Trent Boult	SH	NZ	0	0	-	9	8.4	7	174	633,333	3640	218,391
72	Brad Hogg	KKR	AUS	7	0	116.7	9	6.9	6	174	83,333	479	28,736
73	Stuart Binny	RR	IND	74	1	112.1	4	7.4	13	169	916,667	5,424	325,444
74	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	145	8	129.5	2	9.7	11	166	1,000,000	6,024	361,446
75	Amit Mishra	DD	IND	8	0	66.7	9	7.7	12	165	583,333	3,535	212,121
76	Naman Ojha	SH	IND	137	4	113.2	0	-	14	164	83,333	508	30,488
77	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	112	8	180.6	1	10	9	160	16,667	104	6,250
78	Ashish Reddy	SH	IND	73	5	158.7	3	8.3	6	152	33,333	219	13,158
79	Zaheer Khan	DD	IND	0	0	-	7	6.5	7	149	666,667	4,474	268,456
80	Sreenath Aravind	RCB	IND	0	0	0.0	8	7.3	5	144	50,000	347	20,833
81	Sarfaraz Khan	RCB	IND	111	2	156.3	0	-	13	143	83,333	583	34,965
82	Quinton de Kock	DD	SA	122	4	158.4	0	-	3	141	583,333	4,137	248,227
83	Saurabh Tiwary	DD	IND	109	5	139.7	0	-	7	139	116,667	839	50,360
84	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	0	0	0.0	7	7.3	8	138	1,583,333	11,473	688,406
85	Lokesh Rahul	SH	IND	142	5	112.7	0	-	9	137	166,667	1,217	72,993
86	Vinay Kumar	MI	IND	0	0	0.0	7	8.5	13	135	466,667	3,457	207,407
87	Albie Morkel	DD	SA	86	2	132.3	3	9.1	4	125	50,000	400	24,000
88	Pravin Tambe	RR	IND	3	0	60.0	7	7.8	10	122	16,667	137	8,197
89	Corey Anderson	MI	NZ	114	6	117.5	1	8.3	4	119	750,000	6,303	378,151
90	Tim Southee	RR	NZ	13	0	144.4	6	8.8	7	115	200,000	1,739	104,348
91	Unmukt Chand	MI	IND	102	2	122.9	0	-	6	113	108,333	959	57,522
92	Mitchell Johnson	KXI	AUS	31	1	86.1	9	9.4	9	109	1,083,333	9,939	596,330
93	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR	BAN	36	0	133.3	4	8.8	4	105	466,667	4,444	266,667
94	Ryan ten Doeschate	KKR	NETH	61	3	135.6	0	4	6	95	166,667	1,754	105,263
95	Iqbal Abdulla	RCB	IND	20	0	111.1	4	7.9	5	87	108,333	1,245	74,713
96	Praveen Kumar	SH	IND	17	0	68.0	7	9.1	12	87	366,667	4,215	252,874
97	Virender Sehwag	KXI	IND	99	3	117.9	0	-	8	86	533,333	6,202	372,093
98	Shaun Marsh	KXI	AUS	81	3	139.7	0	-	4	85	366,667	4,314	258,824
99	Beuran Hendricks	KXI	AUS	1	0	50.0	5	8.4	4	84	300,000	3,571	214,286
100	Johan Botha	KKR	SA	31	1	206.7	1	8.1	4	77	166,667	2,165	129,870

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