IPL 2023: Yashasvi Jaiswal Zooms To Top In MVP

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 42.

IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal of Rajasthan Royals. Photograph: BCCI

Yashasvi Jaiswal's 124 in just 62 balls has made him this IPL's most valuable player with a MVPI of 511.

Devon Conway (422) has jumped to third place, and Marcus Stoinis (348) is now at # 9; he could stay up there if his finger allows him.

Seven of the top 10 performers are currently from India; it is especially gratifying to see Virat Kohli (7, 363) up there after last year's horrors.

India's three top test all-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja (406), Axar Patel (394) and R Ashwin (361) are also in the top ten.

It makes you wonder if there's a real test vs T20 divide, or it's really only about good form.

Look at how Ajinkya Rahane (25, 289) is playing! And wouldn't it be wonderful if England's best test batsman, Joe Root, also joins the party from RR?

Recall that MVPI collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a single 'run equivalent'.

To have the best MVPI value, batters must score a lot of runs with a high strike rate and bowlers must take a lot of wickets with a low economy rate.

Table 1 (we've now broken up our data into two tables) also identifies players that offer best value for money, via the paisa vasool index (PVI).

PVI tells you how many US dollars the franchise pays the player for every 'run equivalent' that he contributes.

Look down Table 1 to spot players with a PVI of less than $500. They are the real 'steals' of every franchise!

Best Performing Players In IPL 2023 (after Match 42 ending 30.4.23)

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI($)
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	511	614
2	Faf du Plessis	RCB	SA	478	1021
3	Devon Conway	CSK	NZ	422	186
4	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	406	3090
5	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	398	1182
6	Axar Patel	DC	IND	394	1592
7	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	363	2880
8	R Ashwin	RR	IND	361	1086
9	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	AUS	348	1842
10	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	345	1616
11	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	338	1443
12	Kyle Mayers	LSG	WI	336	104
13	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	332	2361
14	Sam Curran	PBKS	ENG	331	4382
15	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	331	2316
16	Shivam Dube	CSK	IND	314	999
17	Piyush Chawla	MI	IND	312	112
18	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	306	3416
19	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	WI	305	3656
20	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	304	2063
21	Cameron Green	MI	AUS	304	4012
22	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	303	142
23	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	IND	300	2091
24	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	297	3695
25	Ajinkya Rahane	CSK	IND	289	136
26	Mohammed Shami	GT	IND	289	1507
27	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	IND	273	1149
28	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	267	2088
29	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	IND	266	2431
30	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	263	2385
31	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	WI	261	2553
32	Ravi Bishnoi	LSG	IND	250	1115
33	David Warner	DC	AUS	249	1749
34	Mayank Markande	SRH	IND	249	186
35	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	248	3793
36	Krunal Pandya	LSG	IND	245	2347
37	Mark Wood	LSG	ENG	239	2187
38	Tushar Deshpande	CSK	IND	237	66
39	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	IND	234	2178
40	Vijay Shankar	GT	IND	233	419
41	Tim David	MI	AUS	233	2467
42	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	IND	229	68
43	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	228	1645
44	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	223	2812
45	Mitchell Marsh	DC	AUS	221	631
46	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	IND	221	213
47	David Miller	GT	SA	215	972
48	Trent Boult	RR	NZ	215	2917
49	KL Rahul	LSG	IND	214	5536
50	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	212	5013

More data about the best performing players in IPL 2023 (after Match 42 ending 30.4.23)

IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates scoring a ton against Mumbai Indians. Photograph: BCCI

Rank	Player	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Game	PVI (INR)
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	428	124	56	18	159.7	0	-	9	50321
2	Faf du Plessis	422	84	34	27	167.5	0	-	8	83682
3	Devon Conway	414	92	50	13	144.3	0	-	9	15234
4	Ravindra Jadeja	92	25	4	5	143.8	13	7.5	9	253343
5	Ruturaj Gaikwad	354	92	23	19	145.7	0	-	9	96913
6	Axar Patel	211	54	16	11	142.6	7	7.1	8	130529
7	Virat Kohli	333	82	31	11	142.3	0	-	8	236128
8	R Ashwin	65	30	5	3	144.4	13	7.2	9	89038
9	Marcus Stoinis	216	72	16	14	155.4	5	7.8	8	151067
10	Shubman Gill	333	67	40	6	142.3	0	-	8	132505
11	Mohammed Siraj	1	1	0	0	100	14	7.3	8	118343
12	Kyle Mayers	297	73	26	20	160.5	0	6.4	8	8503
13	Jos Buttler	289	79	30	10	138.9	0	-	9	193632
14	Sam Curran	192	55	14	10	143.3	7	9.5	9	359301
15	Glenn Maxwell	258	77	14	23	187	1	11.1	8	189901
16	Shivam Dube	264	52	11	21	158.1	0	-	9	81893
17	Piyush Chawla	23	18	1	1	127.8	13	7.3	8	9158
18	Rashid Khan	13	10	1	1	260	14	8.8	8	280112
19	Nicholas Pooran	216	62	18	16	194.6	0	-	8	299766
20	Nitish Rana	233	75	20	15	152.3	2	6.7	9	169173
21	Cameron Green	243	67	19	11	153.8	4	10.3	8	328947
22	Rinku Singh	270	58	15	19	151.7	0	-	9	11669
23	Venkatesh Iyer	296	104	24	16	148.7	0	-	9	171429
24	Sanju Samson	212	60	15	7	150.4	0	-	9	303030
25	Ajinkya Rahane	224	71	18	11	189.8	0	-	7	11122
26	Mohammed Shami	0	0	0	0	-	13	7.6	8	123579
27	Arshdeep Singh	2	2	0	0	100	15	8.9	9	94192
28	Suryakumar Yadav	201	57	23	10	176.3	0	-	8	171215
29	Shikhar Dhawan	262	99	33	9	148.9	0	-	6	199382
30	Varun Chakravarthy	1	1	0	0	11.1	13	8.3	9	195546
31	Shimron Hetmyer	204	56	7	16	154.5	0	-	9	209360
32	Ravi Bishnoi	6	3	0	0	150	10	8.1	8	91429
33	David Warner	306	65	44	1	118.6	0	-	8	143431
34	Mayank Markande	2	2	0	0	100	10	6.4	6	14917
35	Andre Russell	142	38	9	11	146.4	6	10.4	9	311060
36	Krunal Pandya	108	34	10	4	118.7	6	7.5	8	192420
37	Mark Wood	11	10	1	1	220	11	8.1	4	179319
38	Tushar Deshpande	0	0	0	0	-	17	11.1	9	5425
39	Yuzvendra Chahal	0	0	0	0	-	12	8.5	9	178571
40	Vijay Shankar	199	63	13	12	165.8	0	-	6	34335
41	Tim David	154	45	6	12	179.1	0	-	7	202330
42	Jitesh Sharma	190	41	13	14	162.4	0	-	9	5614
43	Heinrich Klaasen	153	53	12	8	182.1	0	-	6	131579
44	Moeen Ali	107	23	12	5	146.6	7	9.6	8	230621
45	Mitchell Marsh	94	63	7	6	130.6	7	8.4	6	51713
46	Prabhsimran Singh	210	60	20	13	153.3	0	-	9	17453
47	David Miller	180	46	10	10	151.3	0	-	7	79734
48	Trent Boult	0	0	0	0	0	10	8.4	7	239203
49	KL Rahul	274	74	28	4	114.6	0	-	8	453939
50	Ishan Kishan	211	58	26	7	128.7	0	-	8	411051

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