IPL 2021: Harshal Patel Wins MVP Race

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players.

IMAGE: Harshal Patel has been a star bowler for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: BCCI

Not surprisingly, at the end of the IPL 2021 league phase, the top two places were held by Harshal Patel, the bowler with the Purple Cup, and K L Rahul, the batter with the Orange Cap.

The table below lists players with the highest Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI).

MVPI collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a single 'run equivalent'.

The last column also lists the best (lowest) Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), which is obtained by dividing the player's auction price in US$ by the 'runs equivalent' that he has contributed.

IMAGE: Punjab Kings Captain K L Rahul celebrates a half-century. Photograph: BCCI

Best Performing Players after League Phase, Match 56

Rank	Player	Team	From	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Harshal Patel	RCB	IND	51	31	5	2	128	30	8.4	14	643	43
2	K L Rahul	KXI	IND	626	98	48	30	139	0		13	629	2429
3	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	227	62	19	9	146	10	6.8	14	568	1712
4	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	498	78	47	21	147	3	8.5	14	566	2638
5	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	546	95	53	20	138	0		14	537	414
6	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	83	22	9	2	120	18	6.7	14	524	2385
7	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	484	119	45	17	137	0		14	508	2187
8	Avesh Khan	DC	IND	5	5	1	0	167	22	7.2	14	506	192
9	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	16	5	1	0	94.1	21	7.5	14	504	1929
10	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	533	101	56	20	137	0		14	503	110
11	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	544	92	61	14	128	0		14	487	1483
12	VarunChakravarthy	KKR	IND	2	2	0	0	50	16	6.5	14	475	1170
13	Mohammed Shami	KXI	IND	13	9	0	0	76.5	19	7.5	14	444	1502
14	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	304	58	27	16	133	5	6.3	13	438	2220
15	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	441	99	42	18	140	0		12	431	322
16	Prithvi Shaw	DC	IND	401	82	47	14	157	0		13	424	393
17	Jason Holder	SRH	WI	85	47	2	6	118	16	7.8	8	398	262
18	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	245	87	16	16	149	5	7.2	14	398	1884
19	Rahul Tripathi	KKR	IND	377	74	39	10	143	0		14	395	211
20	Axar Patel	DC	IND	26	12	1	1	83.9	15	6.4	10	393	1767
21	Rishabh Pant	DC	IND	362	58	38	8	127	0		14	390	5342
22	Arshdeep Singh	KXI	IND	2	1	0	0	66.7	18	8.3	12	388	72
23	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	10	8	0	0	37	16	7.3	14	380	2193
24	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	183	54	14	14	153	11	9.9	10	375	3148
25	A B de Villiers	RCB	IND	302	76	22	16	150	0		14	371	4118
26	Shardul Thakur	CSK	IND	5	3	0	0	125	18	8.6	14	368	981
27	Chris Morris	RR	SA	67	36	2	5	137	15	9.2	11	358	6304
28	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	390	101	42	14	126	0		13	343	81
29	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	47	23	3	4	261	12	7.6	9	337	2638
30	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	317	82	40	10	143	0		14	323	1376
31	Ravi Bishnoi	KXI	IND	1	1	0	0	25	12	6.4	9	323	860
32	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	366	72	38	9	120	0		14	323	7310
33	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	34	21	3	2	117	10	6.5	11	322	5392
34	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	14	8	1	0	93.3	13	7.4	11	321	822
35	Kagiso Rabada	DC	IND	13	9	2	0	217	13	8.4	13	319	1829
36	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	381	63	33	14	127	0	11.1	13	315	6614
37	Trent Boult	MI	NZ	1	1	0	0	25	13	7.9	14	306	1452
38	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	347	80	33	15	126	0	6	14	302	1564
39	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	1	1	0	0	100	13	8.4	13	295	377
40	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	254	124	27	13	153	0		7	289	2115
41	Shubman Gill	KKR	IND	352	57	39	11	119	0		14	286	874
42	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	20	12	1	1	76.9	9	7	14	286	1263
43	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	256	72	16	17	153	0		14	284	1076
44	Pat Cummins	KKR	AUS	93	66	5	8	166	9	8.8	7	277	7772
45	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	143	39	10	6	116	5	8	13	258	4737
46	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	249	50	32	10	148	0		10	258	1292
47	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	248	63	20	15	142	0		7	255	1198
48	Dinesh Karthik	KKR	IND	204	40	21	6	138	0		14	250	4111
49	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	292	69	21	10	124	0		8	250	6111
50	Lockie Ferguson	KKR	NZ	0	0	0	0		10	6.2	5	247	900

Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com

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