Who are the successes of IPL 2009?

IPL's second season will end soon. We still have 6 matches to go, and we'll surely see a few more outstanding individual performances. But the 'top 10' or 'top 20' list of this IPL's top performers is now unlikely to change.

Matthew Hayden settled down at the top of the list after about the 20th match, and he looks likely to stay there. He has scored 546 runs with remarkable consistency. His strike rate of 145 is equally remarkable in a tournament where average strike rates have dropped by more than 20 runs.

Player	Team	From	Runs	Strike Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money ($)	PVI	Age
M Hayden	CSK	AUS	546	145.2	0	--	11	650	375000	520	37
Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	394	147.0	5	6.0	12	591	650000	1006	22
Adam Gilchrist	DC	AUS	395	146.8	0	--	13	581	700000	1119	37
AB de Villiers	DD	SA	452	134.5	0	--	12	555	300000	464	25
Rohit Sharma	DC	IND	285	120.3	11	6.6	13	490	750000	1421	22
Brad Hodge	KKR	AUS	359	118.9	7	7.3	11	480	100000	188	34
Jean-Paul Duminy	MI	SA	363	113.8	4	5.4	12	442	950000	1966	25
Yuvraj Singh	KXI	IND	334	121.0	6	7.1	13	441	1063750	2240	27
Yusuf Pathan	RR	IND	234	139.3	7	6.9	12	406	475000	1071	26
Irfan Pathan	KXI	IND	182	124.7	15	7.7	13	404	925000	2126	24
Dwayne Bravo	MI	WI	218	107.4	11	7.8	10	395	150000	336	25
Ravindra Jadeja	RR	IND	281	113.8	6	6.5	12	385	30000	71	20
Dinesh Karthik	DD	IND	248	138.5	0	--	12	384	525000	1171	23
MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	302	131.9	0	--	12	380	1500000	3611	27
RP Singh	DC	IND	8	47.1	19	6.7	13	340	875000	2391	23
Lasith Malinga	MI	SL	0	0.0	17	6.0	12	337	350000	951	25
Sachin Tendulkar	MI	IND	318	121.4	0	9.7	12	335	1121250	3065	36
Ashish Nehra	DD	IND	1	100.0	17	6.7	11	318	400000	1059	30
Shane Warne	RR	AUS	90	103.4	14	7.4	12	317	450000	1299	39
Sanath Jayasuriya	MI	SL	221	115.7	7	8.1	11	313	975000	2801	39
K Sangakkara	KXI	SL	325	103.2	0	--	13	311	700000	2092	31
T Suman	DC	IND	191	134.5	5	6.4	9	306	30000	85	25
B McCullum	KKR	NZ	276	117.4	0	--	11	305	700000	2067	27
Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	72	156.5	8	6.0	12	295	850000	2639	28
Tillakaratne Dilshan	DD	SL	282	118.0	0	6.5	12	294	250000	729	32
Anil Kumble	BRC	IND	15	83.3	13	5.9	12	288	500000	1487	38
Jacques Kallis	BRC	SA	274	111.8	4	8.4	11	287	900000	2641	33
Dwayne Smith	DC	WI	215	162.9	1	8.9	6	285	100000	291	26
Abhishek Nayar	MI	IND	189	127.7	4	5.9	12	281	100000	325	25
M Muralitharan	CSK	SL	7	100.0	11	5.7	11	278	600000	1941	37
Munaf Patel	RR	IND	28	140.0	14	7.4	10	269	275000	906	25
M Jayawardene	KXI	SL	219	132.7	0	--	10	264	475000	1595	31
Albie Morkel	CSK	SA	77	145.3	12	8.2	11	262	650000	2231	27
Pragyan Ojha	DC	IND	1	14.3	13	6.1	12	254	30000	108	22
A Symonds	DC	AUS	174	151.3	3	7.6	5	251	1350000	1612	34
Praveen Kumar	BRC	IND	63	146.5	9	7.4	9	236	300000	1034	22
Piyush Chawla	KXI	IND	27	84.4	11	6.9	13	229	400000	1620	20
Herschelle Gibbs	DC	SA	215	101.4	0	--	11	220	575000	2358	35
Amit Mishra	DD	IND	13	86.7	11	6.9	9	217	30000	112	26
Ross Taylor	BRC	NZ	210	131.3	0	13.0	7	215	100000	366	25

If we look at the Indian players, we find Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma in the top five. Both are up there because they have worked a wee bit harder and because their involvement has been deeper. Ravindra Jadeja too displayed similar qualities, but he's a notch or two below because he's a little less talented - and because he's also lately trying to be a bit of a showman like his brilliant captain.

The Pathan brothers are always great value for money, and you wonder where Yuvraj might have been if he had batted the way he really can.

The next table shows how IPL's most expensive players are faring. Note that for the $1million plus players, even a PVI of 2500 is very hard to sustain.

Player	Team	From	Runs	Strike Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money ($)	PVI	Age
K Pietersen	BRC	ENG	93	109.4	4	6.5	6	160	1550000	4145	28
A Flintoff	CSK	ENG	62	117.0	2	9.5	3	81	1550000	4088	31
MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	302	131.9	0	--	12	380	1500000	3611	27
A Symonds	DC	AUS	174	151.3	3	7.6	5	251	1350000	1612	34
Sachin Tendulkar	MI	IND	318	121.4	0	9.7	12	335	1121250	3065	36
Sourav Ganguly	KKR	IND	189	92.6	2	8.1	12	154	1092500	6486	36
Yuvraj Singh	KXI	IND	334	121.0	6	7.1	13	441	1063750	2240	27
Rahul Dravid	BRC	IND	174	125.2	0	--	9	197	1035000	4273	36
Sanath Jayasuriya	MI	SL	221	115.7	7	8.1	11	313	975000	2801	39
Jean-Paul Duminy	MI	SA	363	113.8	4	5.4	12	442	950000	1966	25
Ishant Sharma	KKR	IND	16	123.1	11	6.9	11	210	950000	4067	20
Irfan Pathan	KXI	IND	182	124.7	15	7.7	13	404	925000	2126	24
Jacques Kallis	BRC	SA	274	111.8	4	8.4	11	287	900000	2641	33
Brett Lee	KXI	AUS	22	81.5	5	5.9	4	118	900000	2621	32
RP Singh	DC	IND	8	47.1	19	6.7	13	340	875000	2391	23
Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	72	156.5	8	6.0	12	295	850000	2639	28
Virender Sehwag	DD	IND	109	139.7	0	--	8	140	833750	4764	30
Chris Gayle	KKR	WI	171	119.6	1	7.6	7	196	800000	2280	29
Robin Uthappa	BRC	IND	157	104.7	0	--	11	169	800000	3990	23
Rohit Sharma	DC	IND	285	120.3	11	6.6	13	490	750000	1421	22
Gautam Gambhir	DD	IND	212	98.1	0	--	12	162	725000	3836	27
Adam Gilchrist	DC	AUS	395	146.8	0	--	13	581	700000	1119	37
K Sangakkara	KXI	SL	325	103.2	0	--	13	311	700000	2092	31
B McCullum	KKR	NZ	276	117.4	0	--	11	305	700000	2067	27
Jacob Oram	CSK	NZ	62	95.4	5	8.1	9	132	675000	4465	30
David Hussey	KKR	AUS	89	193.5	0	8.5	3	121	675000	1841	31
Manoj Tiwary	DD	IND	9	69.2	0	11.0	2	13	675000	>5000	23
Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	394	147.0	5	6.0	12	591	650000	1006	22
Albie Morkel	CSK	SA	77	145.3	12	8.2	11	262	650000	2231	27
Tyron Henderson	RR	SA	11	73.3	1	7.5	1	18	650000	>5000	34
Daniel Vettori	DD	NZ	30	100.0	7	7.8	6	153	625000	3156	30
S Sreesanth	KXI	IND	5	27.8	4	8.9	6	21	625000	>5000	26
M Muralitharan	CSK	SL	7	100.0	11	5.7	11	278	600000	1941	37
Mashrafe Mortaza	KKR	BAN	2	100.0	0	14.5	1	-12	600000	>5000	25
Herschelle Gibbs	DC	SA	215	101.4	0	--	11	220	575000	2358	35
Dinesh Karthik	DD	IND	248	138.5	0	--	12	384	525000	1171	23
Anil Kumble	BRC	IND	15	83.3	13	5.9	12	288	500000	1487	38
Yusuf Pathan	RR	IND	234	139.3	7	6.9	12	406	475000	1071	26
M Jayawardene	KXI	SL	219	132.7	0	--	10	264	475000	1595	31
Graeme Smith	RR	SA	212	98.1	0	--	12	162	475000	2681	28
Shane Warne	RR	AUS	90	103.4	14	7.4	12	317	450000	1299	39
Mark Boucher	BRC	SA	135	133.7	0	--	8	183	450000	1970	32
Ravi Bopara	KXI	ENG	138	116.0	0	3.8	5	136	450000	1368	24
Zaheer Khan	MI	IND	8	72.7	6	6.8	6	123	450000	3025	30
Murali Kartik	KKR	IND	21	105.0	4	5.9	10	135	425000	2788	32

Andrew Symonds, J P Duminy, Rohit Sharma, Adam Gilchrist, Dinesh Karthik, Anil Kumble and Yousuf Pathan are currently proving to be highly paisa vasool.

Srinivas Bhogle now works for TEOCO Software Pvt Ltd. This note is based on the detailed IPL1 analysis carried out by Purnendu Maji in 2008. The paisa vasool index uses a model developed by M J Manohar Rao and Rajeeva L Karandikar