IPL 2020: Who will be MVP? Rabada or Bumrah?

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players before the IPL 2020 Final.

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah of the Mumbai Indians in action. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

There's only one match to go in IPL 2020: The Final between the Mumbai Indians and the Delhi Capitals.

While most of the interest will be on who lifts this year's IPL trophy, there are two mini races of interest: Kagiso Rabada (29 wickets so far) is in competition with Jasprit Bumrah (27 wickets so far) to see who leaves wearing the Purple Cap.

And if Shikhar Dhawan (603 runs so far) scores 68 more runs, he'll walk away with the Orange Cap.

Currently the two most valuable players are Jofra Archer (MVPI: 666) and Rashid Khan (652).

But either or both could be eclipsed by either Rabada (641) or Bumrah (638).

Indeed, there's also a reasonable chance that Shikhar Dhawan (605) might end up becoming this year's MVPI.

Recall that the Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) -- which collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a 'run equivalent' -- rewards wicket-taking bowlers, with good economy rates, and high-scoring batsmen with the best strike rates, obtain the best MVPI values.

IMAGE: Delhi Capitals pacer Kagiso Rabada is congratulated by DC Skipper Shreyas Iyer after taking the wicket of SunRisers Hyderabad's Rashid Khan during Qualifier 2 in Abu Dhabi, November 8, 2020. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

The table also lists the Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), which measures a player's value by the amount of US$ they pay the player for every MVPI point 'gained ('run equivalent' contributed), of the 50 best performing players.

The lower the PVI, the greater bang the player offers for the buck; so check out the PVI values, especially of players with PVI($) less than 1000.

This means that for every 'run equivalent' contributed by the player the franchise has to pay less than $1000.

Some of the best international buys have been: Kagiso Rabada (PVI: 936 and price of Rs 4.2 crore); Quinton de Kock (746: Rs 2.8 crore), Faf du Plessis (488; Rs 1.6 crore), Trent Boult (985; Rs 3.2 crore), Anrich Nortje (682; Rs 2 crore), Jonny Bairstow (898; Rs 2.2 crore) and Jason Holder (882; Rs 2 crore).

These players could have elevated prices when the next IPL auction takes place.

In our final round-up we will provide a list of Indian and international players who provided a mere whimper for the biggest bucks. We must stress that PVI is naive and doesn't account for injury, loss of playing time etc.

Best Performing Players so far at IPL 2020 before the IPL 2020 final on November 10, 2020

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Match
1	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	666	1544	113	27	5	10	179.4	20	6.6	14
2	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	652	1972	35	14	3	2	116.7	20	5.4	16
3	Kagiso Rabada	DC	SA	641	936	56	15	4	2	114.3	29	8.2	16
4	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	638	1567	5	5	0	0	166.7	27	6.7	14
5	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	621	2530	670	132	58	23	129.3	0	-	14
6	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	605	1228	603	106	64	12	145.7	0	-	16
7	Marcus Stoinis	DC	AUS	567	1209	352	65	31	16	149.2	12	9.4	16
8	Rahul Tewatia	RR	IND	549	781	255	53	13	17	139.3	10	7.1	14
9	David Warner	SRH	AUS	542	3295	548	85	52	14	134.6	0	12	16
10	AB de Villiers	RCB	IND	541	2905	454	73	33	23	158.7	0	-	15
11	Quinton de Kock	MI	SA	536	746	483	78	43	21	139.6	0	-	15
12	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	497	920	461	79	60	10	148.2	0	-	15
13	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	489	1753	1	1	0	0	33.3	21	7.1	15
14	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	468	1893	483	99	33	29	144.2	0	-	13
15	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	468	488	449	87	42	14	140.8	0	-	13
16	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	466	307	424	106	44	15	156.5	0	-	11
17	Trent Boult	MI	NZ	464	985	0	0	0	0	0	22	8	14
18	Nicholas Pooran	KXI	WI	458	1310	353	77	23	25	169.7	0	-	14
19	Sam Curran	CSK	ENG	457	1719	186	52	12	12	131.9	13	8.2	14
20	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	449	2545	375	85	21	26	158.9	0	-	14
21	Pat Cummins	KKR	AUS	435	5090	146	53	9	8	128.1	12	7.9	14
22	Axar Patel	DC	IND	431	1657	108	42	5	8	142.1	9	6.6	14
23	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	430	1794	259	60	13	22	190.4	4	8.9	15
24	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	428	1335	10	7	0	0	66.7	17	6.8	13
25	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	419	68	473	74	51	8	124.8	0	-	15
26	Anrich Nortje	DC	SA	419	682	7	3	0	0	116.7	20	8.3	15
27	Mohammed Shami	KXI	IND	409	1677	2	2	0	0	66.7	20	8.6	14
28	Eoin Morgan	KKR	ENG	404	1856	418	68	32	24	138.4	0	-	14
29	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	AUS	404	2475	232	50	22	11	171.9	6	8.8	14
30	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	383	4103	425	83	35	18	127.6	0	-	16
31	Washington Sundar	RCB	IND	376	1216	111	30	10	2	116.8	8	6	15
32	Shreyas Iyer	DC	IND	376	2660	454	88	34	14	122.4	0	-	16
33	T Natarajan	SRH	IND	369	155	3	3	0	0	60	16	8	16
34	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	368	6599	466	90	23	11	121.4	0	-	15
35	Chris Morris	RCB	SA	365	3914	34	25	2	3	161.9	11	6.6	9
36	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	350	898	345	97	31	13	126.8	0	-	11
37	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	349	1801	328	70	27	16	144.5	0	-	13
38	Shubman Gill	KKR	IND	349	737	440	70	44	9	118	0	-	14
39	Sandeep Sharma	SRH	IND	348	1232	12	9	1	0	80	14	7.2	13
40	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	348	4516	278	60	14	25	182.9	0	-	13
41	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	337	805	2	2	0	0	50	15	8.2	15
42	R Ashwin	DC	IND	334	3251	37	14	3	1	108.8	13	7.7	14
43	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	326	1490	352	87	43	12	138.6	0	11.5	14
44	Jason Holder	SRH	WI	324	882	66	26	5	3	124.5	14	8.3	7
45	Ravi Bishnoi	KXI	IND	321	890	7	6	1	0	58.3	12	7.4	14
46	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	316	995	359	71	30	12	127.3	0	-	12
47	Ben Stokes	RR	ENG	311	5742	285	107	36	7	142.5	2	10.3	8
48	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	297	1443	317	67	26	10	133.8	0	12	12
49	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	296	386	7	5	0	0	58.3	12	7.6	14
50	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	278	4522	108	34	9	5	118.7	6	7.4	15

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