Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji compile a list of the most valuable players in the 2011 World Cup so far.
It will be hard to catch up with Afridi now! After another incredible bowling performance on Wednesday at Mirpur (9.3-1-30-4), Afridi is now over 200 'runs' clear of Yuvraj Singh in the MVPI list.
Other Pakistani players too have climbed higher on the list. Umar Gul is at No. 5 (MVPI of 462), Mohammad Hafeez is at No. 13 (413) and Abdul Razzaq (258) is at No. 50.
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But there's little doubt that Afridi is almost single-handedly propelling this Pakistani surge with Umar Gul giving him good company. Pakistan must pray that this duo performs on their next big day at Mohali.
Our list is based on the idea of the most valuable player index (MVPI) which is calculated by adding together a player's batting, bowling and fielding index.
The batting index is based on a combination of runs scored and strike rate; the bowling index uses a combination of the number of wickets taken and the economy rate; and the fielding index is based on the number of catches taken and the fielder's participation in run-out dismissals.
Most valuable players in the 2011 World Cup so far (after 43 matches, as on 23.3.2011)
|
Player Name |
Team |
6s |
4s |
Runs |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
M |
MVPI | |
|
1 |
Shahid Afridi |
PAK |
1 |
8 |
65 |
130.0 |
21 |
3.5 |
7 |
756 |
|
2 |
Yuvraj Singh |
IND |
3 |
29 |
284 |
86.1 |
9 |
5.0 |
6 |
526 |
|
3 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
SL |
1 |
38 |
286 |
97.3 |
5 |
3.5 |
6 |
500 |
|
4 |
Robin Peterson |
SA |
1 |
6 |
43 |
134.4 |
14 |
4.0 |
6 |
480 |
|
5 |
Umar Gul |
PAK |
1 |
3 |
36 |
124.1 |
14 |
3.9 |
7 |
462 |
|
6 |
Ryan ten Doeschate |
NED |
5 |
26 |
307 |
89.2 |
7 |
6.2 |
6 |
450 |
|
7 |
Kumar Sangakkara |
SL |
4 |
32 |
363 |
88.8 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
448 |
|
8 |
Tim Southee |
NZ |
0 |
1 |
14 |
77.8 |
14 |
4.0 |
6 |
444 |
|
9 |
Virender Sehwag |
IND |
7 |
38 |
327 |
125.3 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
442 |
|
10 |
Graeme Swann |
ENG |
1 |
7 |
60 |
120.0 |
12 |
4.2 |
6 |
430 |
|
11 |
Zaheer Khan |
IND |
0 |
1 |
9 |
81.8 |
15 |
4.3 |
6 |
424 |
|
12 |
AB de Villiers |
SA |
7 |
27 |
318 |
111.2 |
0 |
-- |
4 |
415 |
|
13 |
Mohammad Hafeez |
PAK |
1 |
25 |
172 |
83.5 |
7 |
3.5 |
7 |
413 |
|
14 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
BAN |
0 |
14 |
142 |
71.0 |
8 |
4.8 |
6 |
386 |
|
15 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
IND |
8 |
32 |
326 |
99.7 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
385 |
|
16 |
Shane Watson |
AUS |
7 |
27 |
265 |
96.0 |
2 |
4.4 |
6 |
384 |
|
17 |
Andrew Strauss |
ENG |
3 |
34 |
329 |
97.3 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
381 |
|
18 |
Kevin O'Brien |
IRE |
9 |
19 |
198 |
125.3 |
4 |
6.8 |
6 |
374 |
|
19 |
Brett Lee |
AUS |
0 |
1 |
5 |
62.5 |
12 |
4.2 |
6 |
362 |
|
20 |
Darren Sammy |
WI |
3 |
4 |
54 |
110.2 |
9 |
4.5 |
7 |
356 |
|
21 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
SL |
1 |
0 |
7 |
175.0 |
11 |
3.5 |
6 |
355 |
|
22 |
Kieron Pollard |
WI |
11 |
14 |
180 |
150.0 |
2 |
4.9 |
7 |
355 |
|
23 |
Kemar Roach |
WI |
0 |
2 |
19 |
35.8 |
13 |
4.2 |
6 |
354 |
|
24 |
Imran Tahir |
SA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100.0 |
12 |
3.9 |
4 |
346 |
|
25 |
Jonathan Trott |
ENG |
0 |
26 |
336 |
82.6 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
345 |
|
26 |
Harvir Baidwan |
CAN |
0 |
6 |
53 |
67.1 |
13 |
5.6 |
6 |
343 |
|
27 |
John Mooney |
IRE |
0 |
8 |
58 |
64.4 |
10 |
5.8 |
6 |
342 |
|
28 |
Mitchell Johnson |
AUS |
0 |
3 |
19 |
146.2 |
10 |
3.8 |
6 |
340 |
|
29 |
Paul Stirling |
IRE |
3 |
23 |
157 |
122.7 |
4 |
4.5 |
6 |
339 |
|
30 |
Ray Price |
ZIM |
0 |
4 |
37 |
62.7 |
9 |
3.4 |
6 |
336 |
|
31 |
Brendon McCullum |
NZ |
5 |
27 |
239 |
94.8 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
333 |
|
32 |
Brad Haddin |
AUS |
4 |
34 |
279 |
77.7 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
331 |
|
33 |
Jacques Kallis |
SA |
1 |
15 |
178 |
76.1 |
5 |
4.3 |
6 |
329 |
|
34 |
Jean-Paul Duminy |
SA |
6 |
12 |
221 |
101.8 |
2 |
5.1 |
6 |
325 |
|
35 |
Hashim Amla |
SA |
1 |
24 |
299 |
86.9 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
316 |
|
36 |
Ross Taylor |
NZ |
13 |
18 |
245 |
100.0 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
311 |
|
37 |
Sulieman Benn |
WI |
0 |
1 |
16 |
45.7 |
12 |
5.0 |
6 |
304 |
|
38 |
Tim Bresnan |
ENG |
1 |
2 |
41 |
82.0 |
9 |
4.9 |
6 |
300 |
|
39 |
Dale Steyn |
SA |
0 |
3 |
20 |
64.5 |
10 |
4.1 |
5 |
300 |
|
40 |
Jacob Oram |
NZ |
3 |
3 |
45 |
125.0 |
8 |
4.7 |
4 |
294 |
|
41 |
Michael Clarke |
AUS |
1 |
20 |
225 |
94.9 |
0 |
4.2 |
6 |
282 |
|
42 |
Shaun Tait |
AUS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
10 |
4.7 |
6 |
280 |
|
43 |
Upul Tharanga |
SL |
0 |
36 |
261 |
87.3 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
278 |
|
44 |
Prosper Utseya |
ZIM |
1 |
9 |
123 |
65.4 |
6 |
4.3 |
6 |
273 |
|
45 |
Devon Smith |
WI |
2 |
32 |
300 |
76.7 |
0 |
6.0 |
7 |
273 |
|
46 |
George Dockrell |
IRE |
0 |
6 |
42 |
79.2 |
7 |
4.4 |
6 |
269 |
|
47 |
Mahela Jayawardene |
SL |
1 |
19 |
200 |
93.9 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
265 |
|
48 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
2 |
19 |
214 |
89.2 |
0 |
-- |
6 |
263 |
|
49 |
Graeme Cremer |
ZIM |
0 |
8 |
99 |
68.8 |
6 |
4.6 |
6 |
259 |
|
50 |
Abdul Razzaq |
PAK |
0 |
13 |
101 |
87.1 |
5 |
4.2 |
7 |
258 |
