Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji reveals the Most Valuable Players in the New Zealand-India series.
Bowlers easily out performed batsmen in the recent India-New Zealand ODI series.
Trent Boult, who ejected India out of Hamilton's Seddon Park in the 4th ODI, was the Most Valuable Player of the series with a Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) of 400.
The next best was India's Mohammed Shami with a MVPI of 253.
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.
MVPI expresses a player's overall batting + bowling + fielding performance in terms of a 'run equivalent'.
Ambati Rayadu (MVPI: 198), who aggregated 190, was India's best batsman, with Ross Taylor (MVPI: 197) just a 'run' behind.
Rather curiously, the two captains weren't the two best batsmen. Virat Kohli (MVPI: 178) could have been if he had played all 5 games, but Kane Williamson (MVPI: 127) was hardly himself.
Most Valuable Players in the India-New Zealand series (January 23 to February 3, 2019)
| Rank | Player | Runs | Top Score | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Games | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Boult | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 | 12 | 3.9 | 5 | 400 |
| 2 | Mohammed Shami | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | 4.8 | 4 | 253 |
| 3 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 47.4 | 9 | 5.3 | 5 | 230 |
| 4 | Kuldeep Yadav | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 45.5 | 8 | 4.3 | 4 | 228 |
| 5 | Ambati Rayudu | 190 | 90 | 18 | 6 | 82.3 | 0 | - | 5 | 198 |
| 6 | Ross Taylor | 177 | 93 | 16 | 3 | 88.1 | 0 | - | 5 | 197 |
| 7 | Hardik Pandya | 61 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 145.2 | 4 | 5.2 | 3 | 192 |
| 8 | Virat Kohli | 148 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 83.1 | 0 | - | 3 | 178 |
| 9 | B Kumar | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 172 |
| 10 | Rohit Sharma | 169 | 87 | 13 | 5 | 67.6 | 1 | - | 5 | 165 |
| 11 | Shikhar Dhawan | 188 | 75 | 23 | 1 | 69.9 | 0 | - | 5 | 162 |
| 12 | Tom Latham | 133 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 85.8 | 0 | - | 5 | 162 |
| 13 | Matt Henry | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 188.9 | 4 | 3.6 | 2 | 157 |
| 14 | Kedar Jadhav | 57 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 91.9 | 3 | 5.4 | 5 | 134 |
| 15 | Kane Williamson | 162 | 64 | 17 | 2 | 68.6 | 0 | - | 5 | 127 |
| 16 | James Neesham | 44 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 137.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 115 |
| 17 | Colin de Grandhomme | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 87.5 | 3 | 4.8 | 3 | 104 |
| 18 | M S Dhoni | 49 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 125.6 | 0 | - | 3 | 101 |
| 19 | Doug Bracewell | 79 | 57 | 7 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 5.7 | 3 | 101 |
| 20 | Colin Munro | 70 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 89.7 | 0 | 5.3 | 4 | 89 |
| 21 | Henry Nicholls | 84 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 68.9 | 0 | - | 5 | 71 |
| 22 | Martin Guptill | 47 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 111.9 | 0 | - | 4 | 69 |
| 23 | Dinesh Karthik | 38 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 92.7 | 0 | - | 2 | 67 |
| 24 | Mitchell Santner | 39 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 58.2 | 1 | 4.8 | 4 | 57 |
| 25 | Lockie Ferguson | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 6.4 | 3 | 48 |
| 26 | Vijay Shankar | 45 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 70.3 | 0 | 5.5 | 3 | 37 |
| 27 | Todd Astle | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 23 |
| 28 | Ish Sodhi | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 92.3 | 0 | 5.6 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 | Tim Southee | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 0 | 5.3 | 1 | 6 |
| 30 | Shubman Gill | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | - | 2 | 5 |
| 31 | Khaleel Ahmed | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 |
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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