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Root leads MVP standings. Guess Kohli's position...

Last updated on: March 27, 2016 15:09 IST

It isn’t a surprise that players from New Zealand dominate the MVP rankings in the World T20 so far, although Joe Root tops the list after his sizzling innings of 83 from 44 balls against South Africa, which helped England chase down a record 230 for victory in Mumbai.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.

IMAGE: England batsman Joe Root hits out against West Indies during the ICC World T20 match in Mumbai. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

As we write this we still await the crucial India-Australia knockout match in Mohali, which will decide the second semi-finalist from Group 2.

But India’s individual performances in the World T20 so far haven’t been impressive.

A look at the most valuable player index (MVPI) table reveals that there’s no Indian player in the top 20. MVPI merges a player’s batting + bowling + fielding performance into a single ‘run equivalent’.

The formula to compute the MVP is devised to reward batsmen who score runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take wickets at low economy rate and fielders who field the best (take a lot of catches and participate in run-outs).

Since this is a relatively low scoring tournament we have assumed a team’s par score to be 150, and each wicket to be worth 15 ‘runs’.

It isn’t a surprise that players from New Zealand dominate the rankings so far, although Joe Root tops the table after his 83 in 44 balls against South Africa.

However, Chris Gayle would probably have topped, if he hadn’t missed out batting in the match against Sri Lanka because of injury.

Despite Bangladesh being knocked out early, Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rehman both figure in the top 10.

However, there is bad news for Indian fans as the top-most ranked Indian player in this list is Virat Kohli, who is a lowly 29th.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.

Rank Player Team Runs 4s 6s Str Rate W Eco M MVPI
1 Joe Root ENG 168 14 7 150 0 13 4 203
2 Quinton de Kock SA 144 16 6 142.6 0 - 3 190
3 Chris Gayle WI 104 6 11 208 2 5.7 3 185
4 Shahid Afridi PAK 90 7 7 183.7 4 7.4 4 184
5 Mitchell Santner NZ 22 2 0 104.8 9 5.7 4 183
6 Martin Guptill NZ 125 12 8 162.3 0 - 3 178
7 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 107 8 4 124.4 4 7.6 4 177
8 Ish Sodhi NZ 0 0 0 - 8 5 4 164
9 Jos Buttler ENG 123 10 6 151.9 0 - 4 149
10 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 6 0 1 200 9 7.2 3 147
11 Shane Watson AUS 78 7 4 162.5 3 8 3 140
12 Glenn Maxwell AUS 78 7 3 139.3 2 7.2 3 138
13 Mohammad Nabi AFG 26 3 1 92.9 4 6.4 3 132
14 Sharjeel Khan PAK 112 18 3 143.6 0 - 4 131
15 AB de Villiers SA 90 5 7 183.7 0 - 3 130
16 Usman Khawaja AUS 117 16 2 133 0 - 3 128
17 Angelo Mathews SL 114 6 6 118.8 1 6.9 3 128
18 Shoaib Malik PAK 96 7 3 165.5 0 9 4 126
19 Thisara Perera SL 72 6 4 150 3 11.2 3 125
20 Andre Russell WI 40 5 1 125 5 8.2 3 123
21 James Faulkner AUS 7 1 0 100 7 7.1 3 122
22 Dwayne Bravo WI 10 1 0 100 6 6.8 3 122
23 Grant Elliott NZ 46 4 0 115 3 5.4 4 120
24 Samiullah Shenwari AFG 78 7 2 141.8 1 6 3 120
25 Jason Roy ENG 105 11 5 136.4 0 - 4 118
26 Jean-Paul Duminy SA 83 5 4 172.9 1 10.3 2 117
27 Tillakaratne Dilshan SL 97 9 4 142.6 0 - 3 109
28 David Willey ENG 20 0 2 117.6 6 8.1 4 107
29 Virat Kohli IND 102 9 2 115.9 0 - 3 102
30 Ravindra Jadeja IND 12 2 0 109.1 4 5.7 3 100
31 Imran Tahir SA 0 0 0 - 5 5.4 3 100
32 Chris Jordan ENG 20 3 0 95.2 5 8.5 4 100
33 Andre Fletcher WI 95 6 6 126.7 0 - 2 100
34 Sabbir Rahman BAN 75 11 1 108.7 1 5.5 4 98
35 Moeen Ali ENG 56 5 2 124.4 4 10.1 4 96
36 Suresh Raina IND 31 1 2 119.2 3 4.8 3 95
37 Mohammad Shahzad AFG 56 5 5 164.7 0 - 3 92
38 Ahmed Shehzad PAK 108 14 0 102.9 0 - 4 89
39 Adam Zampa AUS 2 0 0 200 5 6.4 3 87
40 Mahmudullah BAN 76 8 1 118.8 1 9.4 4 86
41 Ross Taylor NZ 85 5 3 118.1 0 - 4 84
42 Kane Williamson NZ 91 11 1 102.2 0 3 4 83
43 Corey Anderson NZ 58 6 0 89.2 2 6.2 4 83
44 MS Dhoni IND 56 2 2 109.8 0 - 3 83
45 Steven Smith AUS 81 8 1 128.6 0 - 3 83
46 Hashim Amla SA 64 8 3 173 0 - 3 82
47 David Miller SA 48 4 3 200 0 - 3 82
48 Luke Ronchi NZ 47 3 2 156.7 0 - 4 81
49 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 69 7 2 146.8 0 - 2 79
50 Eoin Morgan ENG 61 2 3 132.6 0 - 4 77
51 Umar Akmal PAK 78 4 2 121.9 0 - 4 76
52 Faf du Plessis SA 67 8 2 131.4 0 - 3 74
53 Chris Morris SA 16 2 0 94.1 5 8.9 3 74
54 Asghar Stanikzai AFG 70 3 5 122.8 0 - 3 73
55 Nathan McCullum NZ 0 0 0 0 3 4.2 2 72
56 Ben Stokes ENG 43 4 3 172 1 9.3 4 71
57 Colin Munro NZ 72 4 3 101.4 0 - 4 70
58 Ravichandran Ashwin IND 15 1 0 68.2 3 5.8 3 70
59 Rashid Khan AFG 26 3 1 96.3 3 7.9 3 70
60 Mitchell McClenaghan NZ 6 0 1 600 4 7.9 3 68
61 Jeffrey Vandersay SL 0 0 0 0 3 4.6 2 67
62 Samuel Badree WI 0 0 0 - 3 6.2 3 64
63 Adam Milne NZ 2 0 0 100 3 6.9 3 63
64 Marlon Samuels WI 83 14 0 100 0 - 3 62
65 Ashish Nehra IND 0 0 0 0 3 6.3 3 61
66 Rangana Herath SL 4 0 0 80 3 6.5 3 59
67 Kyle Abbott SA 0 0 0 - 5 10 2 56
68 Alex Hales ENG 45 8 0 121.6 0 - 3 56
69 Al-Amin Hossain BAN 0 0 0 0 5 9.3 4 53
70 Hardik Pandya IND 16 2 1 114.3 3 10.7 3 53

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 '

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji