4 Indian WC players not in IPL's top 50!

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the Most Valuable Players in the IPL so far.

IMAGE: KKR Captain Dinesh Karthik, one of this IPL season's disappointments. Photograph: BCCI

We've completed 40 out of the 60 (56+4) matches in IPL 12.

Andre Russell (KKR) continues to be the most valuable player of this year's IPL with a MVPI of 637.

The Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) tries to encapsulate the cricketers's performances in terms of a 'run equivalent'.

David Warner (574) and Jonny Bairstow (567) could have challenged Russell, but they are about to leave this year's IPL.

A possible dark horse could be Rishabh Pant with a soaring MVPI of 468.

But Pant has been there before; he was the most valuable player of last year's IPL.

The only place he hasn't been to is India's World Cup team.

At least in the IPL, Pant is well ahead of Dinesh Karthik; Karthik is #62 in the MVPI table with a MVPI of just 127.

IMAGE: David Warner of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Photograph: BCCI

There are others too who are having a rough IPL; these include the 2017 hero Ben Stokes (this year placed #56, with a MVPI of 139), and the century-maker in the 2018 final Shane Watson (#59, 135).

Four of the 15 Indian players selected for the World Cup aren't in the top 50.

Besides Dinesh Karthik, the others outside the top 50 are Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( #69, 115), Kedar Jadhav (#69, 110) and Kuldeep Yadav (#84, 67).

But arguably the biggest surprise is the shocking decline of New Zealand cricketers in this year's IPL.

There isn't a single NZ player in the top 50, even though at least 9 players are actively involved in this year's IPL!

Readers will notice an extra column this time: This is the paisa vasool index (PVI; or Player Value Index), which indicates how many US dollars a player is paid for every 'run equivalent' scored.

Image: Jonny Bairstow of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Photograph: Courtesy BCCI

At just $356 per 'run', Jonny Bairstow is a great buy. Bairstow has moderately out-performed Rishabh Pant; but Pant -- being a top Indian player and therefore in short supply -- gets paid about ten times more ($3,598) for the same 'run' scored.

Other players offering fabulous value are Kagiso Rabada ($122 per 'run'), Imran Tahir ($293) and Moeen Ali ($454).

We would like to state that these calculations are based on the player prices available in the public domain and could sometimes be wrong.

Best performing players so far at IPL 12 (after Match 40 ending April 22, 2019)

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Run	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Maidens	MVPI	PVI($)
1	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	392	65	23	41	217.8	7	9.3	10	637	1362
2	David Warner	SRH	AUS	517	100	47	17	148.6	0	-	9	574	2000
3	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	445	114	48	18	158.4	0	-	9	567	356
4	Chris Gayle	KXI	WI	421	99	36	31	159.5	0	-	9	490	417
5	Rishabh Pant	DC	IND	336	78	29	16	159.2	0	-	11	468	3598
6	Kagiso Rabada	DC	SA	14	9	0	1	93.3	23	7.8	11	460	122
7	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	401	97	50	8	137.3	0	-	11	441	1324
8	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	241	37	18	17	189.8	8	9.5	10	440	2551
9	Quinton de Kock	MI	SA	378	81	35	15	137.5	0	-	10	437	654
10	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	399	100	31	14	127.9	0	-	10	418	2685
11	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	387	100	39	8	133.9	0	-	10	405	4283
12	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	332	75	26	18	152.3	0	-	9	385	2915
13	Moeen Ali	RCB	ENG	216	66	15	17	168.8	5	6.7	10	382	454
14	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	311	89	38	14	151.7	0	-	8	381	1178
15	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	297	85	24	18	151.5	2	8.5	10	370	938
16	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	314	84	17	17	137.1	0	-	9	367	4171
17	Imran Tahir	CSK	SA	0	0	0	0	-	16	5.9	10	348	293
18	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	IND	318	105	36	7	140.7	0	-	10	343	1190
19	Shreyas Iyer	DC	IND	331	67	33	8	117.8	0	-	11	327	2403
20	Parthiv Patel	RCB	IND	283	67	33	7	131	0	-	10	326	532
21	R Ashwin	KXI	IND	36	17	3	2	163.6	11	7.5	10	297	2611
22	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	40	24	2	2	142.9	11	6.7	10	296	2482
23	Shreyas Gopal	RR	IND	33	19	4	1	173.7	12	7	10	284	72
24	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	76	31	5	2	104.1	9	6.4	10	283	2524
25	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	195	83	7	18	175.7	0	-	10	278	1982
26	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	239	102	22	7	147.5	0	-	8	270	3023
27	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	227	58	16	11	139.3	0	-	9	269	379
28	Prithvi Shaw	DC	IND	262	99	32	7	133	0	-	11	269	501
30	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	132	47	16	8	169.2	6	7.6	8	267	4777
29	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	15	15	1	1	150	9	5.6	9	267	3096
31	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	0	0	0	0	0	11	6.4	10	260	2747
32	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	7	7	1	0	100	13	6.9	10	259	315
33	Steven Smith	RR	AUS	295	73	27	4	116.6	0	-	9	257	4963
34	Chris Lynn	KKR	AUS	264	82	26	13	127.5	0	-	9	252	3887
35	SuryakumarYadav	MI	IND	243	59	24	5	124.6	0	-	10	250	1306
36	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	228	48	28	6	129.5	0	-	9	249	6147
37	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	6	4	0	0	37.5	14	7.5	10	241	2540
38	Axar Patel	DC	IND	81	26	6	3	135	7	7.2	9	238	2358
39	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	142	42	18	2	120.3	6	8.2	10	230	3904
40	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	220	67	25	6	119.6	0	-	9	215	3038
41	David Miller	KXI	SA	178	59	16	7	139.1	0	-	8	213	1437
42	Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	207	58	25	5	116.9	0	6	10	204	5502
43	Mohammad Nabi	SRH	AFG	40	17	2	2	133.3	7	5.5	4	200	459
44	Mohd Shami	KXI	IND	0	0	0	0	0	13	8.7	10	199	2461
45	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	11	10	2	0	137.5	9	6.6	7	195	994
46	Chris Morris	DC	SA	32	17	1	2	88.9	12	8.9	8	193	6397
47	Vijay Shankar	SRH	IND	139	40	7	6	123	1	7.7	9	189	1555
48	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	178	54	13	7	114.8	0	-	6	189	864
49	Harbhajan Singh	CSK	IND	0	0	0	0	-	7	5.1	4	182	1121
50	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	44	27	4	2	137.5	9	9.2	5	175	3732

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