In Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji's analysis of the Most Valuable Players of the World Cup, there are only four Indians in the top 10!
If you look for Indian players on this list of the 2011 World Cup's most valuable players you find something very interesting: four Indians figure in the top 10, but, thereafter, Indians appear only at places 32, 34, 42 and 47!
That's been India's problem: We are expecting four super-performers to compensate for seven under-performers. The distribution is markedly skewed.
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And don't even try to look for India's captain in the top 50 list. Our spreadsheet shows that he's currently at 57th place, having scored 96 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of just 70.6.
Shahid Afridi is still MVP, but Tillakaratne Dilshan is fast catching up.
Most valuable players in the 2011 World Cup so far (after 29 matches, as on 12.3.2011)
|
|
Player Name |
Team |
Runs |
6s |
4s |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Shahid Afridi |
PAK |
60 |
1 |
8 |
142.9 |
15 |
3.4 |
552 |
|
2 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
283 |
1 |
38 |
101.4 |
4 |
3.1 |
471 |
|
3 |
Virender Sehwag |
IND |
327 |
7 |
38 |
125.3 |
0 |
-- |
442 |
|
4 |
AB de Villiers |
SA |
318 |
7 |
27 |
111.2 |
0 |
-- |
415 |
|
5 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
IND |
324 |
8 |
32 |
100.3 |
0 |
-- |
384 |
|
6 |
Yuvraj Singh |
IND |
171 |
1 |
19 |
82.6 |
7 |
5.1 |
351 |
|
7 |
Andrew Strauss |
ENG |
298 |
2 |
31 |
99.7 |
0 |
-- |
347 |
|
8 |
Zaheer Khan |
IND |
4 |
0 |
0 |
50.0 |
12 |
4.3 |
338 |
|
9 |
Graeme Swann |
ENG |
52 |
1 |
6 |
123.8 |
9 |
4.3 |
332 |
|
10 |
Suleiman Benn |
WI |
11 |
0 |
1 |
100.0 |
12 |
4.4 |
332 |
|
11 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
252 |
2 |
20 |
89.7 |
0 |
-- |
322 |
|
12 |
Kevin O'Brien |
IRE |
164 |
7 |
17 |
131.2 |
4 |
6.8 |
319 |
|
13 |
Imran Tahir |
SA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
100.0 |
11 |
3.8 |
316 |
|
14 |
Tim Southee |
NZ |
6 |
0 |
0 |
60.0 |
10 |
3.4 |
308 |
|
15 |
Kemar Roach |
WI |
3 |
0 |
0 |
37.5 |
11 |
4.0 |
305 |
|
16 |
Tim Bresnan |
ENG |
21 |
1 |
0 |
91.3 |
9 |
4.6 |
295 |
|
17 |
Dale Steyn |
SA |
20 |
0 |
3 |
64.5 |
10 |
4.3 |
293 |
|
18 |
Darren Sammy |
WI |
10 |
0 |
2 |
76.9 |
8 |
3.9 |
284 |
|
19 |
Kieron Pollard |
WI |
154 |
9 |
13 |
185.5 |
1 |
5.1 |
282 |
|
20 |
Upul Tharanga |
SL |
258 |
0 |
36 |
88.4 |
0 |
-- |
278 |
|
21 |
Jonathan Trott |
ENG |
289 |
0 |
19 |
78.3 |
0 |
-- |
271 |
|
22 |
Ryan ten Doeschate |
NED |
148 |
3 |
11 |
89.7 |
6 |
6.3 |
265 |
|
23 |
Mitchell Johnson |
AUS |
7 |
0 |
1 |
233.3 |
8 |
3.0 |
257 |
|
24 |
Umar Gul |
PAK |
36 |
1 |
3 |
124.1 |
7 |
4.1 |
255 |
|
25 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
BAN |
111 |
0 |
10 |
77.1 |
5 |
4.9 |
247 |
|
26 |
Rizwan Cheema |
CAN |
72 |
4 |
9 |
109.1 |
6 |
4.9 |
243 |
|
27 |
Harvir Baidwan |
CAN |
28 |
0 |
2 |
47.5 |
9 |
5.1 |
239 |
|
28 |
Hashim Amla |
SA |
230 |
0 |
17 |
85.8 |
0 |
-- |
237 |
|
29 |
Robin Peterson |
SA |
21 |
1 |
2 |
91.3 |
7 |
4.5 |
233 |
|
30 |
M Muralitharan |
SL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
7 |
3.6 |
223 |
|
31 |
Ian Bell |
ENG |
193 |
2 |
12 |
85.0 |
0 |
-- |
214 |
|
32 |
Gautam Gambhir |
IND |
197 |
0 |
20 |
90.4 |
0 |
-- |
212 |
|
33 |
Shane Watson |
AUS |
141 |
2 |
14 |
92.2 |
1 |
3.5 |
210 |
|
34 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
155 |
2 |
14 |
94.5 |
0 |
-- |
208 |
|
35 |
Umar Akmal |
PAK |
167 |
2 |
16 |
86.5 |
0 |
-- |
208 |
|
36 |
George Dockrell |
IRE |
26 |
0 |
3 |
63.4 |
6 |
4.7 |
200 |
|
37 |
John Mooney |
IRE |
44 |
0 |
7 |
71.0 |
7 |
6.1 |
200 |
|
38 |
M Jayawardene |
SL |
134 |
1 |
13 |
108.9 |
0 |
-- |
198 |
|
39 |
Trent Johnston |
IRE |
30 |
0 |
4 |
100.0 |
6 |
4.9 |
198 |
|
40 |
Graeme Cremer |
ZIM |
99 |
0 |
8 |
68.8 |
4 |
4.6 |
197 |
|
41 |
Ray Price |
ZIM |
37 |
0 |
4 |
62.7 |
5 |
3.8 |
197 |
|
42 |
Munaf Patel |
IND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
9 |
6.0 |
195 |
|
43 |
Devon Smith |
WI |
202 |
1 |
24 |
79.8 |
0 |
6.0 |
192 |
|
44 |
Martin Guptill |
NZ |
192 |
4 |
20 |
76.5 |
0 |
-- |
187 |
|
45 |
Nuwan Kulasekara |
SL |
31 |
1 |
3 |
182.4 |
4 |
4.0 |
182 |
|
46 |
Balaji Rao |
CAN |
8 |
0 |
1 |
40.0 |
7 |
5.2 |
178 |
|
47 |
Harbhajan Singh |
IND |
3 |
0 |
0 |
30.0 |
5 |
4.4 |
178 |
|
48 |
Tamim Iqbal |
BAN |
152 |
1 |
15 |
96.2 |
0 |
-- |
177 |
|
49 |
Jacques Kallis |
SA |
90 |
0 |
7 |
70.9 |
3 |
4.6 |
177 |
|
50 |
J-P Duminy |
SA |
105 |
5 |
5 |
114.1 |
1 |
5.0 |
173 |
The top 5 run-getters are Sehwag (327), Tendulkar (324), de Villiers (318), Andrew Strauss (298) and Jonathan Trott (289).
The top 5 wicket-takers are Shahid Afridi (15), Suleiman Benn (12), Zaheer Khan (11), Kemar Roach (11) and Imran Tahir (11).
The 5 best strike-rate among batsmen who have scored 100 or more runs: Kieron Pollard (185.5), Kevin O'Brien (131.2), Sehwag (125.3), J-P Duminy (114.1) and de Villiers (111.2).
Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sachin Tendulkar are others who have scored 100+ runs with a 100+ strike rate.
The 5 best economy rate among bowlers who have taken 5 or more wickets: Henry Osinde (3.2), Tim Southee (3.4), Afridi (3.4), Muttiah Muralitharan (3.6) and Ray Price (3.6).
Imran Tahir (3.8), Darren Sammy (3.9) and Kemar Roach (4.0) have also taken 5 or more wickets at an economy rate of 4.0 or less.
- Previous MVP update: Afridi continues to be Most Valuable
