Can Rohit Sharma Be T20 World Cup MVP?

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024 after Game 54.

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma celebrates his half-century during the semi-final match against England in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024 at the Providence stadium in Guyana, June 27, 2024. Photograph: Surjeet Yadav/ANI Photo

Who could be the most valuable player of the 2024 T20 World Cup? There's a good chance that it could be Rohit Sharma.

With a Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) of 336, he's just behind Rahmanullah Gurbaz (MVPI of 356).

If Rohit gets into double digits and takes one catch during the final he could become the MVPI.

Recall that MVPI collapses a cricketer's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a 'runs equivalent'. MVPI is the highest if you score a lot of runs at a high strike rate and take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate.

Who are the other Indian players in the MVPI top 50? Hardik Pandya is at rank 10 with a MVPI of 275, followed by Jasprit Bumrah (13, 265), Rishabh Pant (15, 262), Suryakumar Yadav (17, 254), Arshdeep Singh (25, 217), Axar Patel (33, 190) and Kuldeep Yadav (38, 170).

So, a lot of Indian players have come to the party. Only Virat Kohli (MVPI of 73) and Ravindra Jadeja (69) are being missed so far. Shivam Dube (96) is only faintly visible.

It could all change after the final! The table below shows the rankings before the final.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	MVPI	Top Score	Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games
1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	AFG	356	80	281	18	16	124.3	0	-	8
2	Rohit Sharma	IND	336	92	248	22	15	156	0	-	7
3	Marcus Stoinis	AUS	331	67	169	14	10	164.1	10	8.9	7
4	Travis Head	AUS	322	76	255	26	15	158.4	0	-	7
5	Jos Buttler	ENG	322	83	214	22	10	158.5	0	-	8
6	Rashid Khan	AFG	321	19	57	5	4	123.9	14	6.2	8
7	Nicholas Pooran	WI	314	98	228	15	17	146.2	0	-	7
8	Quinton de Kock	SA	277	74	204	17	12	143.7	0	-	8
9	Andre Russell	WI	277	30	78	8	4	166	11	7	7
10	Hardik Pandya	IND	275	50	139	10	9	149.5	8	7.8	7
11	Fazalhaq Farooqi	AFG	274	4	6	1	0	120	17	6.3	8
12	Andries Gous	USA	274	80	219	20	11	151	0	-	6
13	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	265	0	0	0	0	0	13	4.1	7
14	Philip Salt	ENG	263	87	188	16	10	159.3	0	-	8
15	Rishabh Pant	IND	262	42	171	19	6	129.5	0	-	7
16	Anrich Nortje	SA	255	0	0	0	0	-	13	5.6	8
17	Suryakumar Yadav	IND	254	53	196	15	10	137.1	0	-	7
18	Roston Chase	WI	247	52	94	7	4	130.6	7	5.3	6
19	Rishad Hossain	BAN	242	24	40	2	4	153.8	14	7.8	7
20	David Warner	AUS	227	56	178	17	9	139.1	0	-	7
21	Alzari Joseph	WI	224	11	17	2	0	130.8	13	7.2	7
22	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	221	70	231	25	4	107.4	0	-	8
23	Gulbadin Naib	AFG	219	49	90	9	3	104.7	7	5.2	8
24	Harry Brook	ENG	218	53	145	16	2	157.6	0	-	8
25	Arshdeep Singh	IND	217	9	12	1	0	75	15	7.5	7
26	Naveen-ul-Haq	AFG	215	4	6	1	0	40	13	6	8
27	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	214	59	132	12	7	141.9	3	8.6	7
28	Kasigo Rabada	SA	213	5	5	1	0	125	12	5.9	8
29	Adam Zampa	AUS	211	9	9	1	0	128.6	13	6.7	7
30	Tanzim Hasan Sakib	BAN	200	4	12	0	0	52.2	11	6.2	7
31	Brandon Mcmullen	SCO	194	61	140	13	8	170.7	0	-	4
32	Trent Boult	NZ	193	7	10	0	1	90.9	9	3.7	4
33	Axar Patel	IND	190	20	45	4	2	128.6	8	6.9	7
34	Aiden Markram	SA	187	46	119	13	2	101.7	2	6.6	8
35	Aaron Jones	USA	184	94	162	8	14	135	0	-	6
36	Towhid Hridoy	BAN	177	40	153	9	8	128.6	0	-	7
37	Akeal Hosein	WI	176	15	21	1	1	75	9	5.6	7
38	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	170	0	0	0	0	-	10	5.9	4
39	Heinrich Klaasen	SA	167	46	138	7	8	112.2	0	-	8
40	Marco Jansen	SA	163	21	30	1	1	103.4	6	6	8
41	Johnson Charles	WI	162	44	140	18	3	113.8	0	-	6
42	Jofra Archer	ENG	159	21	22	1	2	129.4	10	7.2	8
43	Adil Rashid	ENG	157	2	2	0	0	100	10	6.6	8
44	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	157	3	3	0	0	60	8	5.5	7
45	Keshav Maharaj	SA	156	5	11	1	0	64.7	9	6.1	7
46	Sherfane Rutherford	WI	156	68	121	5	9	147.6	0	-	7
47	Lockie Ferguson	NZ	154	2	2	0	0	40	7	4	4
48	Gerhard Erasmus	NAM	153	52	102	10	3	109.7	4	7.4	4
49	Shai Hope	WI	153	82	107	4	10	187.7	0	-	3
50	Tabraiz Shamsi	SA	149	0	0	0	0	-	11	7.4	4