Virat Kohli is Most Valuable Player of IPL 9

With a MVPI of 1128 the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.

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

Virat Kohli was at his dominant best and hence is named MVP of IPL 9

IMAGE: Virat Kohli was at his dominant best, and hence, is the MVP of IPL 9. Photograph: BCCI

It is hard to think of one player who has dominated the IPL more comprehensively than Virat Kohli.

With a MVPI of 1128 he has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.

The only one who comes close is his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Chris Gayle in 2011 with 953.

Here are the top three players in each of the nine IPLs so far (name, team, MVPI):

2008: Sanath Jayasuriya, MI, 729 ' Shane Watson, RR, 699 ' Shaun Marsh, KXIP, 649

2009: Adam Gilchrist, DC, 753 ' Matthew Hayden, CSK, 678 ' Suresh Raina, CSK, 667

2010: Suresh Raina, CSK, 784 ' Jacques Kallis, RCB, 780 ' Keiron Pollard, MI, 772

2011: Chris Gayle, RCB, 953 ' Lasith Malinga, MI, 629 ' Yusuf Pathan, KKR, 608

2012: Chris Gayle, RCB, 837 'Dwayne Bravo, CSK, 697 ' Gautam Gambhir, KKR, 688

2013: Chris Gayle, RCB, 864 ' Shane Watson, RR, 851 ' Mike Hussey, CSK, 764

2014: Robin Uthappa, KKR, 777 ' G Maxwell, KXIP, 737 ' Suresh Raina, CSK, 666

2015: Dwayne Bravo, CSK, 698 ' A B de Villiers, RCB, 691 ' David Warner, SRH, 685

The table below indicates the MVPI and the PVI for the top 125 players in IPL9.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	Top Score	6's	Str Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money Offered (US $)	PVI (US$ per run)	PVI (INR per run)
1	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	973	113	38	152	0	13	16	1128	1865000	1653	110816
2	David Warner	SRH	AUS	848	93	31	151.4	0	-	17	965	820600	850	56995
3	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	687	129	37	168.8	0	-	16	907	1119000	1234	82690
4	Chris Morris	DD	SA	195	82	12	178.9	13	7	12	566	1044400	1845	123675
5	Shane Watson	RCB	AUS	179	36	12	133.6	20	8.6	16	530	1417400	2674	179245
6	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	394	72	8	136.3	0	-	15	519	746000	1437	96339
7	Quinton de Kock	DD	SA	445	108	13	136.1	0	-	13	515	522200	1014	67961
8	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	489	85	16	132.9	0	-	14	511	1865000	3650	244618
9	Lokesh Rahul	RCB	IND	397	68	16	146.5	0	-	14	509	149200	293	19646
10	Dwayne Smith	GL	WI	324	73	16	146.6	8	8.5	12	500	343160	686	46000
11	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	188	39	15	164.9	15	8	12	497	89520	180	12072
12	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	IND	43	21	1	159.3	23	7.4	17	496	634100	1278	85685
13	Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	IND	480	74	9	126.6	0	-	14	487	1417400	2910	195072
14	Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	IND	501	82	8	116.8	0	-	17	466	1865000	4002	268240
15	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	501	90	6	121.9	0	-	15	458	1865000	4072	272926
16	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	237	86	13	191.1	6	7.6	12	434	298400	688	46083
17	Yusuf Pathan	KKR	IND	361	63	13	145.6	1	5.5	15	434	484900	1117	74885
18	Murali Vijay	KXI	IND	453	89	10	124.5	0	8	14	429	447600	1043	69930
19	Suresh Raina	GL	IND	399	75	10	127.9	0	8.2	15	424	1865000	4399	294811
20	Aaron Finch	GL	AUS	393	74	11	131.4	0	-	13	399	149200	374	25063
21	Moises Henriques	SRH	AUS	182	31	6	115.2	12	8	17	398	149200	375	25126
22	Dinesh Karthik	GL	IND	335	53	3	125.9	0	-	16	387	343160	887	59432
23	Brendon McCullum	GL	NZ	354	60	16	135.1	0	-	16	375	1119000	2984	200000
24	MS Dhoni	RPS	IND	284	64	14	135.2	0	-	14	368	1865000	5068	339674
25	Dwayne Bravo	GL	WI	99	22	1	120.7	17	8.8	15	363	596800	1644	110193
26	Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	IND	27	10	0	168.8	18	7.4	14	357	298400	836	56022
27	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	0	0	0	-	21	8.2	13	352	14920	42	2841
28	Mustafizur Rahman	SRH	BAN	0	0	0	-	17	6.9	16	347	208880	602	40346
29	Karun Nair	DD	IND	357	83	6	120.2	0	-	14	343	596800	1740	116618
30	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	111	36	8	144.2	13	8.1	14	330	111900	339	22727
31	Ambati Rayudu	MI	IND	334	65	12	120.1	0	-	13	321	596800	1859	124611
32	Wriddhiman Saha	KXI	IND	270	56	1	127.4	0	-	12	321	328240	1023	68536
33	Chris Gayle	RCB	WI	227	76	21	151.3	2	6.3	10	319	1417400	4443	297806
34	Steven Smith	RPS	AUS	270	101	8	153.4	0	-	8	313	820600	2622	175719
35	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	248	52	9	135.5	0	-	12	304	253640	834	55921
36	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	8	5	0	88.9	15	7.3	14	302	126820	420	28146
37	Jos Buttler	MI	ENG	255	41	11	138.6	0	-	14	301	566960	1884	126246
38	M McClenaghan	MI	NZ	34	20	3	147.8	17	8.2	14	300	44760	149	10000
39	Ravindra Jadeja	GL	IND	191	36	4	107.9	8	7.7	15	300	1417400	4725	316667
40	Thisara Perera	RPS	SL	150	34	11	161.3	9	9.8	12	295	149200	506	33898
41	Marcus Stoinis	KXI	AUS	146	52	4	135.2	8	8.4	7	274	82060	299	20073
42	Mohit Sharma	KXI	IND	32	15	1	123.1	13	8.4	14	262	969800	3702	248092
43	Yuvraj Singh	SRH	IND	236	44	13	131.8	0	8.4	10	259	1044400	4032	270270
44	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	8	6	0	72.7	15	7.8	14	255	179040	702	47059
45	Sanju Samson	DD	IND	291	60	8	112.4	0	-	14	253	626640	2477	166008
46	Carlos Brathwaite	DD	WI	83	34	8	218.4	7	8.2	8	252	626640	2487	166667
47	Amit Mishra	DD	IND	4	3	0	28.6	13	7.5	14	249	14920	60	4016
48	Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	92	45	2	109.5	9	8	14	248	820600	3309	221774
49	Barinder Sran	SRH	IND	4	2	0	100	14	8.3	14	242	179040	740	49587
50	R Ashwin	RPS	IND	41	29	1	107.9	10	7.3	14	236	1119000	4742	317797
51	Jean-Paul Duminy	DD	SA	191	49	3	122.4	2	7.9	10	235	328240	1397	93617
52	Piyush Chawla	KKR	IND	27	11	0	103.8	11	7.7	12	225	634100	2818	188889
53	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	179	68	8	144.4	0	8.6	11	223	895200	4014	269058
54	David Miller	KXI	SA	161	31	4	122.9	0	-	14	219	1865000	8516	570776
55	Tim Southee	MI	NZ	30	25	2	157.9	9	7.7	11	218	373000	1711	114679
56	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	7	4	0	53.8	11	7.1	11	218	1417400	6502	435780
57	Faf du Plessis	RPS	SA	206	69	9	127.2	0	-	6	212	596800	2815	188679
58	Adam Zampa	RPS	AUS	0	0	0	0	12	6.8	5	212	44760	211	14151
59	Deepak Hooda	SRH	IND	144	34	5	119	3	7.5	17	210	626640	2984	200000
60	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	207	51	16	143.8	0	13.5	13	209	1119000	5354	358852
61	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	177	81	4	116.4	0	-	10	207	208880	1009	67633
62	Sreenath Aravind	RCB	IND	0	0	0	-	11	7.4	9	205	338684	1652	110732
63	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	198	69	6	130.3	0	-	10	205	283480	1383	92683
64	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR	BAN	114	66	5	107.5	5	7.8	10	204	417760	2048	137255
65	Saurabh Tiwary	RPS	IND	170	57	4	120.6	0	-	10	200	104440	522	35000
66	Naman Ojha	SRH	IND	136	37	5	98.6	0	-	17	200	74600	373	25000
67	Suryakumar Yadav	KKR	IND	182	60	5	127.3	0	-	15	197	104440	530	35533
68	Zaheer Khan	DD	IND	6	4	0	46.2	10	7.7	12	196	596800	3045	204082
69	Sachin Baby	RCB	IND	119	33	5	150.6	2	4.8	11	190	14920	79	5263
70	Ashok Dinda	RPS	IND	0	0	0	-	11	7.6	9	189	74600	395	26455
71	Ben Cutting	SRH	AUS	65	39	6	191.2	5	7.2	4	178	74600	419	28090
72	Praveen Kumar	GL	IND	24	15	0	92.3	9	7.8	16	176	522200	2967	198864
73	Rajat Bhatia	RPS	IND	34	21	2	170	6	7.2	10	173	89520	517	34682
74	Gurkeerat Singh	KXI	IND	113	51	3	131.4	2	7.8	7	164	193960	1183	79268
75	Manan Vohra	KXI	IND	161	51	3	122.9	0	-	7	159	596800	3753	251572
76	Chris Jordan	RCB	ENG	3	3	0	75	11	9.2	9	159	149200	938	62893
77	Ashish Nehra	SRH	IND	1	1	0	100	9	7.7	8	158	820600	5194	348101
78	Hashim Amla	KXI	SA	157	96	4	131.9	0	-	6	155	149200	963	64516
79	Umesh Yadav	KKR	IND	9	7	1	180	10	9	9	149	387920	2603	174497
80	Morne Morkel	KKR	SA	1	1	0	100	10	8.4	10	148	417760	2823	189189
81	Iqbal Abdulla	RCB	IND	37	33	1	137	6	8.5	8	145	14920	103	6897
82	Shaun Marsh	KXI	AUS	159	56	4	118.7	0	-	6	143	328240	2295	153846
83	Usman Khawaja	RPS	AUS	127	30	3	127	0	-	6	125	149200	1194	80000
84	Kuldeep Yadav	KKR	IND	0	0	0	-	6	8.3	3	120	59680	497	33333
85	Eoin Morgan	SRH	ENG	123	51	4	117.1	0	-	7	118	223800	1897	127119
86	Bipul Sharma	SRH	IND	51	27	5	204	3	8.6	7	116	14920	129	8621
87	Nitish Rana	MI	IND	104	70	8	138.7	0	3	4	113	14920	132	8850
88	Stuart Binny	RCB	IND	63	21	4	161.5	1	7.9	14	112	298400	2664	178571
89	Sam Billings	DD	ENG	88	54	4	137.5	0	-	5	111	44760	403	27027
90	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	124	50	0	101.6	0	7	6	106	89520	845	56604
91	Kane Richardson	RCB	AUS	1	1	0	100	7	9.7	4	105	298400	2842	190476
92	Murugan Ashwin	RPS	IND	0	0	0	0	7	8.5	10	98	671400	6851	459184
93	James Faulkner	GL	AUS	77	32	0	130.5	2	9.8	7	96	820600	8548	572917
94	Sarfaraz Khan	RCB	IND	66	35	4	212.9	0	-	5	91	74600	820	54945
95	Mitchell Marsh	RPS	AUS	7	7	0	63.6	4	5	3	90	716160	7957	533333
96	Shivil Kaushik	GL	IND	0	0	0	0	6	8.3	7	87	14920	171	11494
97	Vinay Kumar	MI	IND	13	12	1	108.3	3	7.1	3	82	417760	5095	341463
98	Imran Tahir	DD	SA	5	5	0	71.4	5	8.6	4	71	149200	2101	140845
99	Brad Hogg	KKR	AUS	0	0	0	-	4	8.9	5	70	74600	1066	71429
100	Kevin Pietersen	RPS	ENG	73	37	3	119.7	0	-	4	69	522200	7568	507246
101	Ashish Reddy	SRH	IND	47	32	4	162.1	1	10.2	4	67	29840	445	29851
102	Pardeep Sahu	KXI	IND	19	18	1	146.2	3	8.3	5	63	14920	237	15873
103	Pravin Tambe	GL	IND	7	7	0	36.8	5	8.9	7	58	29840	514	34483
104	Rajagopal Sathish	KKR	IND	24	10	1	100	1	9.8	4	57	29840	524	35088
105	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	44	9	0	69.8	3	9.2	11	56	14920	266	17857
106	Mohammed Shami	DD	IND	2	2	0	50	5	9.7	8	56	634100	11323	758929
107	Travis Head	RCB	AUS	54	37	2	135	0	-	3	55	74600	1356	90909
108	Nathan Coulter-Nile	DD	AUS	9	7	0	64.3	3	7.6	4	53	634100	11964	801887
109	Rishi Dhawan	KXI	IND	14	11	1	233.3	2	8	2	52	447600	8608	576923
110	Jason Holder	KKR	WI	22	13	1	115.8	2	7.9	4	52	104440	2008	134615
111	Pawan Negi	DD	IND	57	19	3	96.6	1	9.3	8	52	1268200	24388	1634615
112	John Hastings	KKR	AUS	0	0	0	-	2	5.6	2	48	193960	4041	270833
113	Ankit Rajpoot	KKR	IND	0	0	0	-	3	8.9	4	46	223800	4865	326087
114	Jayant Yadav	DD	IND	6	5	0	60	2	7.4	5	46	14920	324	21739
115	Shadab Jakati	GL	IND	1	1	0	50	2	8.9	6	45	29840	663	44444
116	George Bailey	RPS	ENG	84	34	2	85.7	0	-	6	45	149200	3316	222222
117	Kedar Jadhav	RCB	IND	42	25	2	131.3	0	-	4	45	298400	6631	444444
118	KC Cariappa	KXI	IND	13	12	1	118.2	3	9.4	5	44	119360	2713	181818
119	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	30	19	1	69.8	0	-	6	43	387920	9021	604651
120	Martin Guptill	MI	NZ	57	48	3	103.6	0	-	3	41	74600	1820	121951
121	Eklavya Dwivedi	GL	IND	24	19	2	171.4	0	-	4	37	149200	4032	270270
122	Scott Boland	RPS	AUS	0	0	0	-	2	7.7	2	34	74600	2194	147059
123	Ishan Kishan	GL	IND	42	27	0	102.4	0	-	5	33	52220	1582	106061
124	RP Singh	RPS	IND	0	0	0	-	3	9.3	4	33	44760	1356	90909
125	T Shamsi	RCB	SA	0	0	0	-	3	9.2	4	33	14920	452	30303

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