Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify India's Most Valuable ODI Players during the 2018-2019 season that has so far featured 22 games.
Rohit Sharma (MVPI: 1459) tops the list, but Virat Kohli (MVPI: 1161) would very likely have been ahead if he had played as many matches as Rohit.
Both the wrist spinners figure in the top 5. Kuldeep Yadav enjoys a marginal edge (more wickets, lower economy rate) over Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rohit hit as many as 46 sixes. The next best isn't Virat or Shikhar Dhawan -- it is Ambati Rayadu (17 sixes)!
Most Valuable Indian ODI Players in the 2018-2019 season (22 matches so far)
| Rank | Player Name | Runs | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Games | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | 1,214 | 111 | 46 | 95.4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1459 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 945 | 91 | 10 | 97.3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1161 |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | 55 | 2 | 0 | 53.9 | 38 | 4.7 | 19 | 1150 |
| 4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 817 | 108 | 10 | 89.7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 946 |
| 5 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 33 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 28 | 4.9 | 17 | 886 |
| 6 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 97 | 7 | 1 | 67.4 | 24 | 5 | 17 | 756 |
| 7 | Ambati Rayudu | 606 | 51 | 17 | 86.4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 688 |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | 76 | 3 | 0 | 77.6 | 16 | 4.8 | 11 | 616 |
| 9 | M S Dhoni | 448 | 28 | 5 | 74.3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 600 |
| 10 | Kedar Jadhav | 204 | 19 | 3 | 99 | 9 | 4.6 | 14 | 578 |
| 11 | Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.4 | 7 | 514 |
| 12 | Mohammed Shami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 17 | 5.5 | 9 | 415 |
| 13 | Khaleel Ahmed | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52.9 | 11 | 5.4 | 8 | 297 |
| 14 | Dinesh Karthik | 242 | 20 | 3 | 79.9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 272 |
| 15 | Hardik Pandya | 103 | 9 | 5 | 121.2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 248 |
| 16 | Lokesh Rahul | 69 | 5 | 1 | 80.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
| 17 | Rishabh Pant | 41 | 5 | 1 | 132.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
| 18 | Suresh Raina | 47 | 1 | 0 | 70.1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 54 |
| 19 | Vijay Shankar | 45 | 4 | 0 | 70.3 | 0 | 4.9 | 4 | 49 |
| 20 | Shardul Thakur | 22 | 0 | 2 | 137.5 | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 44 |
| 21 | Umesh Yadav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 33 |
| 22 | Deepak Chahar | 12 | 1 | 0 | 85.7 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 | 31 |
| 23 | Manish Pandey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Shubman Gill | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | Siddarth Kaul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 6.6 | 3 | -21 |
| 26 | Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 1 | -26 |
MVPI picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take the most catches or participate in run outs.
Run outs are counted as 1 (wicket) for a direct hit, and 0.5 (wicket) if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.
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