IPL 2023: Could Rashid Khan Be The Next MVP?

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 61.

IMAGE: Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed the fastest half-century in IPL history -- from just 13 balls. Photograph: BCCI

Yashasvi Jaiswal is still the top player on the MVP table with an MVPI of 706. But for how long? With Rajasthan Royals almost out of this year's IPL, he might be left with just one last opportunity to increase his MVPI tally.

Given the way he's batting, Faf du Plessis (MVPI: 667) has a good chance of being the MVPI of IPL 2023 if RCB can qualify for the play-offs. But with RCB, who knows what happens next? Even RCB doesn't know.

IMAGE: Rashid Khan after slamming his maiden IPL half-century and his highest IPL score. Photograph: BCCI

That's why Rashid Khan (664) of GT might be a good bet, especially because GT is still the favourite to top the points table.

As someone guaranteed to bowl 4 overs and always likely to get a few wickets at a good economy rate, Rashid's bowling performance is surely to add many more points to his MVPI tally. But if he blazes away with the bat the way he did last week his tally could soar rapidly to the top.

Table 1 lists players with the highest MVPI, and also players that offer best value for money, via the Paisa Vasool Index. PVI tells you how many US dollars the franchise pays the player for every ‘run equivalent' that he contributes.

Table 2 contains more detailed data, and includes column that contribute to the MVPI calculation.

Table 1: Best Performing Players so far in IPL 2023 (after Match 61 ending 14.5.23)

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI($)
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	706	658
2	Faf du Plessis	RCB	SA	667	1124
3	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	664	2420
4	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	618	1387
5	Axar Patel	DC	IND	544	1773
6	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	AUS	532	3491
7	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	530	2224
8	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	487	1430
9	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	476	1801
10	Devon Conway	CSK	NZ	465	250
11	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	461	3525
12	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	456	2036
13	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	449	3579
14	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	439	2644
15	Piyush Chawla	MI	IND	434	123
16	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	IND	432	1746
17	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	430	148
18	Mohammed Shami	GT	IND	425	1576
19	Shivam Dube	CSK	IND	416	1116
20	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	416	3928
21	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	402	2310
22	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	390	1923
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	RR	IND	389	1492
24	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	WI	383	4476
25	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	AUS	376	2622
26	Ajinkya Rahane	CSK	IND	375	155
27	VenkateshIyer	KKR	IND	373	2489
28	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	370	1394
29	Kyle Mayers	LSG	WI	363	148
30	Cameron Green	MI	AUS	363	5165
31	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	361	3858
32	David Warner	DC	AUS	356	1881
33	Mitchell Marsh	DC	AUS	356	602
34	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	349	2661
35	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	IND	349	184
36	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	IND	346	2555
37	Hardik Pandya	GT	IND	332	4841
38	Wriddhiman Saha	GT	IND	331	615
39	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	WI	328	3008
40	Krunal Pandya	LSG	IND	326	2711
41	Mohit Sharma	GT	IND	325	165
42	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	IND	313	68
43	Tushar Deshpande	CSK	IND	311	75
44	Sam Curran	PBKS	ENG	298	6651
45	Matheesha Prathirana	CSK	SL	293	79
46	David Miller	GT	SA	289	1112
47	Ravi Bishnoi	LSG	IND	288	1488
48	Trent Boult	RR	NZ	281	3305
49	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	IND	276	1553
50	Vijay Shankar	GT	IND	269	558

IMAGE: A video grab of the SKY shot that had Sachin Tendulkar in awe.

Table 2: More data about the Best Performing Players so far in IPL 2023 (after Match 61 ending 14.5.23)

Rank	Player	Runs	Top Score	4's	6's	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Game	PVI (INR)
Rank	Player's Name	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games	PVI(INR)
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	575	124	75	26	166.2	0	-	13	52610
2	Faf du Plessis	631	84	48	34	154.3	0	-	12	89955
3	Rashid Khan	95	79	4	11	243.6	23	8	12	193632
4	Suryakumar Yadav	479	103	52	24	190.8	0	-	12	110957
5	Axar Patel	268	54	20	14	137.4	10	6.8	12	141807
6	Ravindra Jadeja	133	25	5	7	127.9	16	7.2	13	279270
7	Glenn Maxwell	384	77	27	30	182.9	3	9.1	12	177898
8	Ruturaj Gaikwad	425	92	33	21	146.6	0	-	13	114403
9	Shubman Gill	475	94	49	13	141.4	0	-	12	144058
10	Devon Conway	498	92	58	13	134.6	0	-	13	19969
11	Sanju Samson	360	66	25	18	154.5	0	-	13	281996
12	Nitish Rana	405	75	37	20	143.1	3	9.2	13	162907
13	Virat Kohli	438	82	40	11	131.5	0	-	12	286351
14	Jos Buttler	392	95	42	14	141.0	0	-	13	211520
15	Piyush Chawla	25	18	1	1	125.0	19	7.6	12	9875
16	Yuzvendra Chahal	0	0	0	0	-	21	8	13	139716
17	Rinku Singh	407	58	25	25	143.3	0	-	13	11877
18	Mohammed Shami	0	0	0	0	-	19	7.7	12	126050
19	Shivam Dube	363	52	12	30	157.1	0	-	13	89286
20	Ishan Kishan	366	75	42	16	143.5	0	-	12	314217
21	Varun Chakravarthy	1	1	0	0	11.1	19	8	13	184790
22	Mohammed Siraj	1	1	0	0	50.0	16	7.8	12	153846
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	67	30	5	3	131.4	14	7.5	13	119354
24	Nicholas Pooran	292	62	21	21	173.8	0	-	12	358075
25	Marcus Stoinis	279	72	19	18	142.3	5	9.2	12	209726
26	Ajinkya Rahane	282	71	22	13	169.9	0	-	11	12381
27	Venkatesh Iyer	380	104	29	20	145.0	0	-	13	199157
28	Heinrich Klaasen	262	53	18	16	180.7	0	-	9	111486
29	Kyle Mayers	361	73	35	22	144.4	0	8.4	12	11806
30	Cameron Green	277	67	24	11	149.7	5	10	12	413223
31	Andre Russell	220	42	13	17	149.7	7	11.3	13	308666
32	David Warner	384	65	57	3	126.7	0	-	12	150482
33	Mitchell Marsh	128	63	11	7	132.0	12	8.4	9	48154
34	Moeen Ali	115	23	12	5	132.2	9	7.5	12	212853
35	Prabhsimran Singh	334	103	34	19	153.9	0	-	12	14736
36	Shikhar Dhawan	356	99	47	11	143.5	0	-	9	204377
37	Hardik Pandya	281	66	22	11	130.7	3	8.6	11	387263
38	Wriddhiman Saha	275	81	35	7	134.8	0	-	12	49202
39	Shimron Hetmyer	253	56	8	20	149.7	0	-	13	240636
40	Krunal Pandya	122	34	13	4	117.3	8	7.3	12	216915
41	Mohit Sharma	0	0	0	0	-	13	7.5	9	13187
42	Jitesh Sharma	265	49	19	18	158.7	0	-	12	5477
43	Tushar Deshpande	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	9.8	13	5972
44	Sam Curran	216	55	15	10	129.3	7	10.2	12	532119
45	Matheesha Prathirana	0	0	0	0	-	13	7.8	9	6338
46	David Miller	242	46	16	13	151.3	0	-	11	88977
47	Ravi Bishnoi	15	5	1	0	78.9	12	8.1	12	119048
48	Trent Boult	15	15	1	1	125.0	12	8.1	9	264362
49	Arshdeep Singh	2	2	0	0	100.0	16	9.6	12	124224
50	Vijay Shankar	234	63	20	12	163.6	0	-	10	44610

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