It will be AB de Villiers vs Dwayne Bravo for the Most Valuable

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player ratings for the ongoing IPL 8

AB de Villiers. Photograph: BCCI

With just one final match to go in IPL 8 the most valuable player currently is A B de Villiers with a MVPI of 691. But Dwayne Bravo (660) could overtake him if he scores 32 ‘runs’ -- a double digit score and a wicket should take him to the top.

The most valuable player index (MVPI) collapses a player’s batting, bowling and fielding performances into a one-dimensional ‘run equivalent’. We have assumed the par score to be 160 runs; so a wicket is assumed to equal 16 ‘runs’, the par strike rate is assumed to be 133, and a par economy rate is assumed to be 8 runs per over. Batsmen scoring faster/slower than 133, and bowlers conceding less/more than 8 per over, will have bonus ‘runs’ added/subtracted from their actual ‘runs’.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	TopScore	6s	Str. Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money Offered (US $)	PVI(US$)
1	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	513	133	22	175.1	0	-	16	691	1250000	1809
2	David Warner	SH	AUS	562	91	21	156.5	0	-	14	685	916667	1338
3	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	326	66	19	192.9	14	8	13	682	100000	147
4	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	186	62	4	131.0	24	8.1	16	660	666667	1010
5	Jean-Paul Duminy	DD	SA	414	78	20	131.4	8	7.4	14	594	366667	617
6	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	IND	540	91	13	130.8	0	-	14	568	1250000	2201
7	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	505	82	23	130.8	0	5.5	16	567	2083333	3674
8	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	383	70	25	160.9	3	9.5	15	547	1250000	2285
9	Chris Gayle	RCB	WI	491	117	38	147.4	0	7.5	14	544	1583333	2911
10	Moises Henriques	SH	AUS	287	74	13	136.0	11	6.3	9	516	166667	323
11	Brendon McCullum	CSK	NZ	436	100	23	155.7	0	-	14	509	541667	1064
12	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	432	98	19	140.7	0	-	15	483	2083333	4313
13	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	364	80	7	131.4	0	-	13	459	833333	1816
14	Lendl Simmons	MI	WI	472	71	18	119.2	0	-	12	457	50000	109
15	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	339	59	5	139.5	0	-	13	439	233333	532
16	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	206	40	8	118.4	13	8.4	14	436	125000	287
17	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	439	83	21	128.4	0	-	14	432	433333	1003
18	Shane Watson	RR	AUS	347	104	14	135.0	6	9.3	10	431	2083333	4834
19	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	354	53	16	121.2	0	-	16	430	2083333	4845
20	Ashish Nehra	CSK	IND	1	1	0	14.3	22	7	15	424	333333	786
21	Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	111	64	8	158.6	16	7.8	14	412	916667	2225
22	Mitchell Starc	RCB	AUS	11	9	0	78.6	20	6.8	13	411	833333	2028
23	Lasith Malinga	MI	SL	6	6	0	60.0	22	7.5	14	406	1583333	3900
24	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	379	55	5	125.9	0	-	16	397	750000	1889
25	David Wiese	RCB	SA	122	47	4	141.9	16	8.3	14	396	466667	1178
26	David Miller	KXI	SA	357	89	21	134.2	0	-	13	394	2083333	5288
27	Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	346	62	15	121.0	2	7.8	16	391	1583333	4049
28	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	1	1	0	100.0	23	8.9	15	372	16667	45
29	Yusuf Pathan	KKR	IND	312	52	12	135.1	2	9.7	13	362	541667	1496
30	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	121	24	3	102.5	11	7.5	16	358	1250000	3492
31	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SH	IND	17	11	1	170.0	18	7.9	14	356	708333	1990
32	Shikhar Dhawan	SH	IND	353	54	6	123.4	0	-	14	355	2083333	5869
33	Dwayne Smith	CSK	WI	342	62	15	119.2	0	-	15	354	750000	2119
34	Steven Smith	RR	Aus	293	79	3	132.6	0	-	14	342	666667	1949
35	Chris Morris	RR	SA	76	34	5	165.2	13	7.4	11	339	233333	688
36	Harshal Patel	RCB	IND	19	9	2	158.3	17	7.5	15	330	66667	202
37	Ravichandran Ashwin	CSK	IND	50	23	1	178.6	10	5.6	13	327	916667	2803
38	Nathan Coulter-Nile	DD	AUS	20	6	1	111.1	15	7.6	11	316	708333	2242
39	Ambati Rayudu	MI	IND	245	53	13	145.0	0	-	14	310	666667	2151
40	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	327	60	4	117.6	0	-	13	306	2083333	6808
41	Wriddhiman Saha	KXI	IND	249	42	10	126.4	0	-	14	305	366667	1202
42	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	204	76	8	125.2	0	-	14	292	666667	2283
43	George Bailey	KXI	AUS	259	61	7	136.3	0	-	13	286	541667	1894
44	Angelo Mathews	DD	SL	144	28	6	138.5	7	8.2	11	275	1250000	4545
45	Dinesh Karthik	RCB	IND	141	28	4	120.5	0	-	16	272	1750000	6434
46	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	9	7	0	64.3	13	7	14	267	141667	531
47	Karn Sharma	SH	IND	104	32	6	122.4	10	8.3	14	261	625000	2395
48	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	225	40	7	122.3	0	-	13	254	283333	1115
49	Mitchell McClenaghan	MI	NZ	13	12	2	216.7	15	8.4	11	249	50000	201
50	Pawan Negi	CSK	IND	113	36	5	166.2	6	8.4	9	249	16667	67
51	Kedar Jadhav	DD	IND	189	63	7	135.0	0	-	14	244	333333	1366
52	Piyush Chawla	KKR	IND	54	22	2	114.9	11	7.7	13	242	708333	2927
53	Yuvraj Singh	DD	IND	248	57	10	118.1	1	8	14	242	2666667	11019
54	Ravi Bopara	SH	ENG	145	41	6	120.8	6	8	9	236	166667	706
55	James Faulkner	RR	AUS	144	46	5	132.1	8	9.5	13	233	1583333	6795
56	Dhawal Kulkarni	RR	IND	4	3	0	36.4	13	7.9	11	229	183333	801
57	Imran Tahir	DD	SA	5	3	0	83.3	15	8.8	10	227	33333	147
58	Jagadeesha Suchith	MI	IND	48	34	2	150.0	10	8.6	12	226	16667	74
59	Murali Vijay	KXI	IND	251	39	8	110.1	0	7	11	222	500000	2252
60	Anureet Singh	KXI	IND	18	10	1	58.1	15	9	14	219	33333	152
61	Mandeep Singh	RCB	IND	157	54	7	160.2	0	-	14	218	133333	612
62	Mohit Sharma	CSK	IND	7	3	0	63.6	13	8.4	15	213	333333	1565
63	Ishwar Pandey	CSK	IND	0	0	0	-	11	7.2	10	211	250000	1185
64	Mayank Agarwal	DD	IND	213	68	7	120.3	0	-	10	205	266667	1301
65	Suryakumar Yadav	KKR	IND	157	46	8	138.9	0	-	13	198	116667	589
66	Eoin Morgan	SH	ENG	187	63	11	123.8	0	-	9	198	250000	1263
67	Deepak Hooda	RR	IND	151	54	11	158.9	1	8.5	14	197	66667	338
68	Morne Morkel	KKR	SA	4	4	0	133.3	10	7.4	7	195	466667	2393
69	Karun Nair	RR	IND	181	61	5	124.8	0	-	14	184	125000	679
70	Umesh Yadav	KKR	IND	29	24	1	207.1	10	9.1	12	178	433333	2434
71	Trent Boult	SH	NZ	0	0	0	-	9	8.4	7	174	633333	3640
72	Brad Hogg	KKR	AUS	7	5	0	116.7	9	6.9	6	174	83333	479
73	Stuart Binny	RR	IND	74	20	1	112.1	4	7.4	13	169	916667	5424
74	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	145	43	8	129.5	2	9.7	11	166	1000000	6024
75	Amit Mishra	DD	IND	8	4	0	66.7	9	7.7	12	165	583333	3535
76	Naman Ojha	SH	IND	137	28	4	113.2	0	-	14	164	83333	508
77	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	112	61	8	186.7	1	10.8	8	162	16667	103
78	Ashish Reddy	SH	IND	73	22	5	158.7	3	8.3	6	152	33333	219
79	Zaheer Khan	DD	IND	0	0	0	-	7	6.5	7	149	666667	4474
80	Sreenath Aravind	RCB	IND	0	0	0	0.0	8	7.3	5	144	50000	347
81	Sarfaraz Khan	RCB	IND	111	45	2	156.3	0	-	13	143	83333	583
82	Quinton de Kock	DD	SA	122	69	4	158.4	0	-	3	141	583333	4137
83	Saurabh Tiwary	DD	IND	109	28	5	139.7	0	-	7	139	116667	839
84	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	0	0	0	0.0	7	7.3	8	138	1583333	11473
85	Lokesh Rahul	SH	IND	142	44	5	112.7	0	-	9	137	166667	1217
86	Vinay Kumar	MI	IND	0	0	0	0.0	6	8.3	12	126	466667	3704
87	Albie Morkel	DD	SA	86	73	2	132.3	3	9.1	4	125	50000	400
88	Pravin Tambe	RR	IND	3	2	0	60.0	7	7.8	10	122	16667	137
89	Corey Anderson	MI	NZ	114	55	6	117.5	1	8.3	4	119	750000	6303
90	Tim Southee	RR	NZ	13	7	0	144.4	6	8.8	7	115	200000	1739
91	Unmukt Chand	MI	IND	102	58	2	122.9	0	-	6	113	108333	959
92	Mitchell Johnson	KXI	AUS	31	13	1	86.1	9	9.4	9	109	1083333	9939
93	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR	BAN	36	23	0	133.3	4	8.8	4	105	466667	4444
94	Ryan ten Doeschate	KKR	NETH	61	38	3	135.6	0	4	6	95	166667	1754
95	Praveen Kumar	SH	IND	17	12	0	68.0	7	9.1	12	87	366667	4215
96	Iqbal Abdulla	RCB	IND	20	20	0	111.1	4	7.9	5	87	108333	1245
97	Virender Sehwag	KXI	IND	99	47	3	117.9	0	-	8	86	533333	6202
98	Shaun Marsh	KXI	AUS	81	65	3	139.7	0	-	4	85	366667	4314
99	Beuran Hendricks	KXI	AUS	1	1	0	50.0	5	8.4	4	84	300000	3571
100	Gurkeerat Singh Mann	KXI	IND	35	15	1	89.7	3	7.3	5	77	216667	2814