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Kohli jumps to top spot in MVP list

April 02, 2016 15:31 IST

India's T20 World Cup challenge has ended.

But it is likely that Virat Kohli (MVPI of 338) will go on to become the tournament's most valuable player because he enjoys a lead of 109 runs over second-placed Joe Root (229).

In all probability the battle for the second place will be between Root, Andre Russell (221) and Jason Roy (219).

The reason for India's demise becomes clear when you scroll down the MVPI table searching for the second Indian on the list.

MS Dhoni (138) is at #22, and Shikhar Dhawan (37) isn't even in the top 100! The message is clear: even a Virat Kohli, or a Sachin Tendulkar back in 1996, can't win you a cricket world cup. The whole team must fire.

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

IMAGE: Virat Kohli of India looks on during a practice session. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images.

 

Rank Player Team Runs 4s 6s Str Rate W Eco M MVPI
1 Virat Kohli IND 273 29 5 146.8 1 9 5 338
2 Joe Root ENG 195 17 7 145.5 0 13 5 229
3 Andre Russell WI 90 8 5 147.5 8 8.4 5 221
4 Jason Roy ENG 183 22 7 151.2 0 - 5 219
5 Quinton de Kock SA 153 18 6 143 0 - 4 212
6 Jos Buttler ENG 155 12 9 158.2 0 - 5 203
7 Mitchell Santner NZ 29 3 0 107.4 10 6.3 5 201
8 Shane Watson AUS 96 9 4 150 5 7.4 4 197
9 Martin Guptill NZ 140 15 8 157.3 0 - 4 193
10 Chris Gayle WI 109 7 11 194.6 2 5.7 4 188
11 Shahid Afridi PAK 90 7 7 183.7 4 7.4 4 184
12 Ish Sodhi NZ 0 0 0 - 10 6.1 5 182
13 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 107 8 4 124.4 4 7.6 4 177
14 Mohammad Nabi AFG 35 4 1 97.2 6 6.4 4 174
15 Usman Khawaja AUS 143 22 2 137.5 0 - 4 164
16 Glenn Maxwell AUS 109 8 4 129.8 2 7.6 4 162
17 AB de Villiers SA 110 5 9 180.3 0 - 4 155
18 Mustafizur Rahman BAN 6 0 1 200 9 7.2 3 147
19 Tillakaratne Dilshan SL 133 13 5 123.1 0 - 4 146
20 Samuel Badree WI 2 0 0 100 7 5.7 5 145
21 Dwayne Bravo WI 38 2 1 97.4 6 7.7 5 141
22 MS Dhoni IND 89 6 2 127.1 0 - 5 138
23 James Faulkner AUS 17 2 0 100 8 8.1 4 134
24 Thisara Perera SL 80 6 4 145.5 3 10.3 4 132
25 Sharjeel Khan PAK 112 18 3 143.6 0 - 4 131
26 Samiullah Shenwari AFG 79 7 2 136.2 1 5.8 4 130
27 Hashim Amla SA 120 13 4 134.8 0 - 4 129
28 Chris Jordan ENG 20 3 0 95.2 6 8 5 129
29 Angelo Mathews SL 114 6 6 118.8 1 6.9 3 128
30 Imran Tahir SA 0 0 0 - 6 5.2 4 127
31 Ben Stokes ENG 43 4 3 172 4 8.6 5 127
32 Colin Munro NZ 118 11 4 114.6 0 - 5 126
33 Shoaib Malik PAK 96 7 3 165.5 0 9 4 126
34 Rashid Khan AFG 32 3 2 114.3 5 7.6 4 126
35 Moeen Ali ENG 56 5 2 124.4 5 9.4 5 124
36 David Willey ENG 20 0 2 117.6 7 8.2 5 124
37 Mohammad Shahzad AFG 80 7 6 142.9 0 - 4 124
38 Grant Elliott NZ 50 4 0 108.7 3 5.8 5 122
39 Jean-Paul Duminy SA 83 5 4 172.9 1 10.3 2 117
40 Johnson Charles WI 116 11 5 114.9 0 - 5 113
41 Kane Williamson NZ 123 14 2 105.1 0 3 5 112
42 Andre Fletcher WI 106 8 6 120.5 0 - 3 110
43 Ashish Nehra IND 0 0 0 0 5 5.9 5 107
44 Suresh Raina IND 41 2 2 124.2 3 4.8 5 106
45 Faf du Plessis SA 98 11 2 112.6 0 - 4 103
46 Corey Anderson NZ 86 8 1 97.7 2 7 5 102
47 Lendl Simmons WI 82 7 5 160.8 0 - 1 100
48 Najibullah Zadran AFG 86 7 4 141 0 - 4 100
49 Sabbir Rahman BAN 75 11 1 108.7 1 5.5 4 98
50 Kyle Abbott SA 0 0 0 - 7 8.1 3 98
51 Adam Zampa AUS 2 0 0 200 5 6.3 4 91
52 Ahmed Shehzad PAK 108 14 0 102.9 0 - 4 89
53 Ross Taylor NZ 91 5 3 113.8 0 - 5 86
54 Mahmudullah BAN 76 8 1 118.8 1 9.4 4 86
55 Ravindra Jadeja IND 12 2 0 109.1 4 7.2 5 85
56 Luke Ronchi NZ 50 3 2 151.5 0 - 5 83
57 David Miller SA 48 4 3 200 0 - 4 82
58 Steven Smith AUS 83 8 1 120.3 0 - 4 80
59 Eoin Morgan ENG 61 2 3 129.8 0 - 5 79
60 Mohammad Hafeez PAK 69 7 2 146.8 0 - 2 79
61 Rohit Sharma IND 88 7 4 107.3 0 - 5 78
62 Marlon Samuels WI 96 17 0 101.1 0 - 5 77
63 Asghar Stanikzai AFG 86 3 6 108.9 0 - 4 77
64 Umar Akmal PAK 78 4 2 121.9 0 - 4 76
65 Chris Morris SA 16 2 0 94.1 5 8.9 3 74
66 Nathan McCullum NZ 0 0 0 0 3 4.2 2 72
67 Alex Hales ENG 65 9 1 116.1 0 - 4 72
68 Sulieman Benn WI 0 0 0 - 2 5.8 5 71
69 Jeffrey Vandersay SL 3 0 0 37.5 3 5.2 3 69
70 Mitchell McClenaghan NZ 7 0 1 233.3 4 7.9 4 66
71 Rangana Herath SL 6 0 0 60 3 6.2 4 66
72 Ravichandran Ashwin IND 15 1 0 68.2 4 7.7 5 64
73 Hardik Pandya IND 16 2 1 114.3 5 10.2 5 64
74 Aaron Phangiso SA 4 0 0 80 3 5.6 2 62
75 Peter Nevill AUS 18 1 2 360 0 - 4 60
76 Adam Milne NZ 2 0 0 100 3 7.4 4 59
77 Yuvraj Singh IND 52 2 2 100 1 6.3 4 58
78 Jasprit Bumrah IND 0 0 0 0 4 7.7 5 55
79 David Wiese SA 28 2 0 107.7 1 8.2 3 55
80 Aaron Finch AUS 58 4 2 116 0 - 2 54
81 Al-Amin Hossain BAN 0 0 0 0 5 9.3 4 53
82 Denesh Ramdin WI 36 1 0 69.2 0 - 5 53
83 Imad Wasim PAK 0 0 0 0 3 7 3 53
84 Mohammad Sami PAK 4 1 0 200 4 9.3 3 52
85 Dinesh Chandimal SL 56 5 3 96.6 0 - 4 52
86 Mushfiqur Rahim BAN 44 7 0 110 0 - 4 50
87 Tamim Iqbal BAN 62 5 2 103.3 0 - 3 49
88 Shuvagata Hom BAN 29 3 1 103.6 1 6.6 3 49
89 Shafiqullah AFG 44 4 2 141.9 0 - 3 49
90 Liam Plunkett ENG 0 0 0 - 2 6.1 3 47
91 Amir Hamza AFG 4 0 0 50 3 7.2 3 47
92 Noor Ali Zadran AFG 62 4 1 93.9 0 - 3 46
93 Adil Rashid ENG 0 0 0 - 4 9.1 5 44
94 Mohammad Amir PAK 0 0 0 - 3 7.9 4 44
95 Mitchell Marsh AUS 30 1 2 103.4 1 7.6 2 42
96 Farhaan Behardien SA 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 42
97 Khalid Latif PAK 49 4 1 102.1 0 - 2 42
98 Ajinkya Rahane IND 40 2 0 114.3 0 - 1 40
99 Milinda Siriwardana SL 22 2 1 110 2 9 4 39
100 Kagiso Rabada SA 0 0 0 - 5 10.7 3 38
101 Shikhar Dhawan IND 43 4 2 82.7 0 - 4 37
102 Wahab Riaz PAK 0 0 0 0 3 8.2 3 37
Purnendu Maji, Srinivas Bhogle