IPL 2023: Jaiswal Tops MVP; Faf Closing In!

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after Game 52.

IMAGE: Rajasthan Royals Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in action during his knock of 124 against the Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede stadium, April 30, 2023. Photograph: BCCI

Yashasvi Jaiswal's success streak continues as he tops the most valuable player list with a MVPI of 572.

Shubman Gill (MVPI: 478) has jumped to third place, and Ruturaj Gaikwad (452) is hovering in the same neighbourhood. India's future T20 openers are glaringly on view.

This year we are seeing many more bowlers in the top ten. Run-making has been easier this year, and the MVPI formula is therefore rightly rewarding bowlers more.

We note too that 'bits-and-pieces' all-rounders are dropping lower down the list; which was to be expected after the impact player construct kicked in.

Top all-rounders, who are up on the list, are in largely because of one skill: Jadeja (469) is up there because he has taken 15 wickets at an economy rate of 7.4, and not for his 92 runs as a batter.

Ashwin (376) too is chiefly adding value as a wicket-taking bowler.

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

To have the best MVPI value, batters must score a lot of runs with a high strike rate and bowlers must take a lot of wickets with a low economy rate.

IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore Skipper Faf du Plessis takes the catch to dismiss Delhi Capitals Captain David Warner during the IPL 2023 game, May 6, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo

Table 1 (we've now broken up our data into two tables) also identifies players that offer best value for money, via the Paisa Vasool Index (PVI).

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 A column that contribute to the MVPI calculation.

There are also stories that our tables fail to tell.

For various reasons (form, fitness, role, availability) many established IPL stars are so far not in this year's top 50.

Here's how their numbers (Rank, MVPI, PVI in US$, matches played) are looking right now.

K L Rahul (61, 209, 7989, 9), M S Dhoni (71, 188, 6269, 11), Dinesh Karthik (76, 174, 2822, 10), Mayank Agarwal (80, 164, 4492, 9), Rohit Sharma (84, 157, 9099, 10), Sunil Narine (92, 141, 3799, 10), Quinton de Kock (126, 79, 8392, 1), Kagiso Rabada (127, 75, 11012, 4), Prithvi Shaw (146, 40, 16741, 6)...

Best Performing Players In IPL 2023 (after Match 52 ending 7.5.23)

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI($)
Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	572	687
2	Faf du Plessis	RCB	SA	554	1128
3	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	478	1644
4	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	470	3134
5	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	AUS	469	3351
6	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	452	1304
7	Devon Conway	CSK	NZ	447	220
8	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	447	2197
9	Axar Patel	DC	IND	443	1814
10	Mohammed Shami	GT	IND	442	1389
11	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	433	3093
12	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	408	3370
13	Piyush Chawla	MI	IND	403	111
14	Kyle Mayers	LSG	WI	382	129
15	R Ashwin	RR	IND	376	1306
16	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	372	1920
17	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	355	2767
18	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	IND	350	1824
19	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	349	141
20	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	347	1801
21	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	342	2089
22	Shivam Dube	CSK	IND	339	1159
23	Wriddhiman Saha	GT	IND	335	557
24	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	AUS	333	2713
25	Cameron Green	MI	AUS	331	4721
26	Hardik Pandya	GT	IND	328	4492
27	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	319	4268
28	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	319	1469
29	Ajinkya Rahane	CSK	IND	318	154
30	Sam Curran	PBKS	ENG	317	5211
31	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	WI	315	4989
32	Mohit Sharma	GT	IND	314	156
33	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	IND	308	2319
34	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	298	3595
35	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	297	2405
36	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	IND	296	2489
37	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	293	2682
38	Ravi Bishnoi	LSG	IND	293	1341
39	Tushar Deshpande	CSK	IND	291	68
40	Mitchell Marsh	DC	AUS	289	618
41	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	IND	286	62
42	David Warner	DC	AUS	279	2000
43	Krunal Pandya	LSG	IND	278	2915
44	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	WI	274	3047
45	Arshdeep Singh	PBKS	IND	266	1343
46	Noor Ahmad	GT	AFG	262	112
47	Mayank Markande	SRH	IND	258	225
48	Tim David	MI	AUS	254	2900
49	Abhishek Sharma	SRH	ND	250	2321
50	David Miller	GT	SA	246	1198

IMAGE: Gujarat Titans opener Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 94 in the IPL 2023 game against Lucknow Super Giants in Ahmedabad, May 7, 2023. Photograph: BCCI

More data about the best performing players in IPL 2023 (after Match 52 ending 7.5.23)

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	477	124	62	21	160.6	0	-	11	54945
2	Faf du Plessis	511	84	40	29	157.7	0	-	10	90253
3	Shubman Gill	469	94	49	13	143.4	0	-	11	131500
4	Rashid Khan	16	10	1	1	228.6	19	8.1	11	250760
5	Ravindra Jadeja	92	25	4	5	143.8	15	7.4	11	268048
6	Ruturaj Gaikwad	384	92	27	21	148.3	0	-	11	104298
7	Devon Conway	458	92	54	13	139.2	0	-	11	17578
8	Jos Buttler	392	95	42	14	143.6	0	-	11	175775
9	Axar Patel	246	54	18	13	135.9	7	6.8	10	145114
10	Mohammed Shami	0	0	0	0	-	19	7.2	11	111102
11	Virat Kohli	419	82	39	11	135.2	0	-	10	247443
12	Sanju Samson	308	66	22	13	154.8	0	-	11	269608
13	Piyush Chawla	25	18	1	1	125	17	7.2	10	8862
14	Kyle Mayers	359	73	35	22	152.1	0	8	11	10284
15	R Ashwin	67	30	5	3	131.4	14	7.4	11	104483
16	Suryakumar Yadav	293	66	34	12	175.4	0	-	10	153610
17	Glenn Maxwell	262	77	14	23	181.9	2	9.8	10	221328
18	Yuzvendra Chahal	0	0	0	0	-	17	8.1	11	145918
19	Rinku Singh	316	58	19	20	148.4	0	-	10	11257
20	Mohammed Siraj	1	1	0	0	50	15	7.7	10	144092
21	Nitish Rana	275	75	23	18	149.5	2	6.7	10	167084
22	Shivam Dube	290	52	11	24	156.8	0	-	11	92710
23	Wriddhiman Saha	273	81	35	7	137.2	0	-	11	44563
24	Marcus Stoinis	239	72	17	15	139.8	5	9.2	11	217074
25	Cameron Green	272	67	24	11	151.1	4	10.1	10	377644
26	Hardik Pandya	277	66	21	11	130.7	3	8.6	10	359321
27	Ishan Kishan	293	75	34	11	136.9	0	-	10	341469
28	Heinrich Klaasen	215	53	15	13	185.3	0	-	8	117555
29	Ajinkya Rahane	245	71	19	12	181.5	0	-	9	12354
30	Sam Curran	192	55	14	10	143.3	7	9.9	10	416854
31	Nicholas Pooran	248	62	18	17	160	0	-	11	399093
32	Mohit Sharma	0	0	0	0	-	12	7	8	12511
33	Venkatesh Iyer	303	104	25	16	149.3	0	-	10	185529
34	Andre Russell	166	38	10	13	148.2	7	10.7	10	287632
35	Varun Chakravarthy	1	1	0	0	11.1	14	8	10	192400
36	Shikhar Dhawan	292	99	38	9	149	0	-	7	199083
37	Moeen Ali	107	23	12	5	146.6	9	8.2	10	214529
38	Ravi Bishnoi	15	5	1	0	78.9	12	7.9	11	107265
39	Tushar Deshpande	0	0	0	0	-	19	10.3	11	5400
40	Mitchell Marsh	120	63	10	7	134.8	9	8.1	7	49432
41	Jitesh Sharma	239	49	18	16	166	0	-	10	4995
42	David Warner	330	65	47	2	120.4	0	-	10	160010
43	Krunal Pandya	122	34	13	4	117.3	6	7.5	11	233171
44	Shimron Hetmyer	218	56	7	16	145.3	0	-	11	243743
45	Arshdeep Singh	2	2	0	0	100	16	9.8	10	107411
46	Noor Ahmad	0	0	0	0	-	11	6.9	7	8997
47	Mayank Markande	3	2	0	0	75	11	7.3	8	17996
48	Tim David	175	45	9	12	175	0	-	9	232002
49	Abhishek Sharma	203	67	24	6	152.6	1	8.2	8	185714
50	David Miller	201	46	12	11	150	0	-	10	95819

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