IPL 2023: Shubman Gill Is Most Valuable Player

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

IMAGE: Gujarat Titans' Shubman Gill acknowledges the applause after scoring a century during the Qualifier game against the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, May 26, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo

Today when we think of Shubman Gill we wonder if that Cameron Green catch in the lost Test final was clean.

We've almost forgotten that Gill was the most valuable player of IPL 2023 with an MVPI of 970; way ahead of his Gujarat Titans team-mate Rashid Khan (MVPI: 803), and the third-placed Faf du Plessis (766) of the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The MVPI table is actually a capable predictor and story-teller.

If, after the disappointment at The Oval, we want to spot possible future Test prospects, just look down the table: Gill is already on top, then there's Yashasvi Jaiswal (665), Ruturaj Gaikwad (683), Ishan Kishan (536), who could at least have briefly blazed in the Test, Rinku Singh (521), Shivam Dube (476) and perhaps even Varun Chakravarthy (418).

Table 1 lists the top 50 players with the highest MVPI, and their corresponding PVI.

The Paisa Vasool Index tells you how many US dollars the franchise pays the player for every 'run equivalent' that he contributes. The lower a player's PVI, the greater the value that he offers.

Table 2 contains more detailed data, and includes columns used in the MVPI calculation.

Best Performing Players In IPL 2023

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)
1	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	970	1252
2	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	803	2835
3	Faf du Plessis	RCB	SA	766	1142
4	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	752	665
5	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	745	1534
6	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	683	3347
7	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	676	1268
8	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	671	2794
9	Devon Conway	CSK	NZ	659	217
10	Mohammed Shami	GT	IND	599	1584
11	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	595	1103
12	Cameron Green	MI	AUS	593	4216
13	Axar Patel	DC	IND	587	1917
14	Mohit Sharma	GT	IND	584	130
15	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	550	2500
16	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	536	4064
17	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	521	132
18	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	AUS	520	2370
19	David Warner	DC	AUS	486	1608
20	Shivam Dube	CSK	IND	476	1200
21	Piyush Chawla	MI	IND	473	151
22	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	WI	469	4569
23	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	467	1874
24	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	463	2160
25	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	460	3804
26	Ajinkya Rahane	CSK	IND	435	164
27	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	433	2887
28	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	IND	428	1898
29	Wriddhiman Saha	GT	IND	423	682
30	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	418	2392
31	Hardik Pandya	GT	IND	412	5526
32	Matheesha Prathirana	CSK	SL	412	69
33	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	IND	411	2433
34	Sam Curran	PBKS	ENG	408	5668
35	Ravi Bishnoi	LSG	IND	405	1323
36	Krunal Pandya	LSG	IND	404	2735
37	R Ashwin	RR	IND	389	1607
38	Kyle Mayers	LSG	WI	380	176
39	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	WI	378	2811
40	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	IND	373	2765
41	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	373	3064
42	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	IND	365	205
43	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	365	4110
44	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	IND	363	1446
45	Noor Ahmad	GT	AFG	358	127
46	Mitchell Marsh	DC	AUS	356	702
47	Vijay Shankar	GT	IND	355	599
48	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	IND	354	71
49	B Sai Sudarshan	GT	IND	352	86
50	Tushar Deshpande	CSK	IND	336	85

MVPI: Most Valuable Player Index = Runs equivalent based on batting, bowling and fielding performance.

PVI (US$): US$ paid by franchise to player for every 'run equivalent' contributed.

Best Performing Players In IPL 2023

IMAGE: Rashid Khan played a crucial role for the Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo

Rank	Player's Name	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games	PVI(INR)
1	Shubman Gill	890	129	85	33	157.8	0	-	17	100147
2	Rashid Khan	130	79	8	13	216.7	27	8.2	17	226828
3	Faf du Plessis	730	84	60	36	153.7	0	-	14	91384
4	Yashasvi Jaiswal	625	124	83	26	163.6	0	-	14	53191
5	Suryakumar Yadav	605	103	65	28	181.1	0	-	16	122723
6	Ravindra Jadeja	190	25	11	9	142.9	20	7.6	16	267726
7	Ruturaj Gaikwad	590	92	46	30	147.5	0	-	16	101437
8	Virat Kohli	639	101	65	16	139.8	0	-	14	223547
9	Devon Conway	672	92	77	18	139.7	0	-	16	17342
10	Mohammed Shami	5	5	1	0	83.3	28	8	17	126699
11	Heinrich Klaasen	448	104	32	25	177.1	0	-	12	88235
12	Cameron Green	452	100	40	22	160.9	5	9.4	16	337268
13	Axar Patel	283	54	21	15	139.4	11	7.2	14	153322
14	Mohit Sharma	0	0	0	0	0	27	8.2	14	10396
15	Glenn Maxwell	400	77	29	31	183.5	3	9.1	14	200000
16	Ishan Kishan	454	75	54	18	142.8	0	-	16	325160
17	Rinku Singh	474	67	31	29	149.5	0	-	14	10557
18	Marcus Stoinis	408	89	28	27	150	5	9.2	15	189560
19	David Warner	516	86	69	10	131.6	0	-	14	128601
20	Shivam Dube	418	52	12	35	158.3	0	-	16	96038
21	Piyush Chawla	25	18	1	1	113.6	22	8.1	16	12081
22	Nicholas Pooran	358	62	26	26	172.9	0	-	15	365519
23	Mohammed Siraj	1	1	0	0	50	19	7.5	14	149893
24	Nitish Rana	413	75	38	20	141	3	8.5	14	172786
25	Sanju Samson	362	66	25	18	153.4	0	-	14	304348
26	Ajinkya Rahane	326	71	24	16	172.5	0	-	14	13136
27	Jos Buttler	392	95	42	14	139	0	-	14	230947
28	Yuzvendra Chahal	0	0	0	0	-	21	8.2	14	151869
29	Wriddhiman Saha	371	81	47	8	129.3	0	-	17	54542
30	Varun Chakravarthy	1	1	0	0	11.1	20	8.1	14	191388
31	Hardik Pandya	346	66	26	15	136.8	3	9.1	16	442094
32	Matheesha Prathirana	0	0	0	0	-	19	8	12	5548
33	Venkatesh Iyer	404	104	32	21	145.8	0	-	14	194647
34	Sam Curran	276	55	20	13	136	10	10	14	453431
35	Ravi Bishnoi	20	5	1	0	74.1	16	7.7	15	105820
36	Krunal Pandya	188	49	15	6	113.9	9	7.5	15	218794
37	R Ashwin	67	30	5	3	131.4	14	7.5	13	128535
38	Kyle Mayers	379	73	38	22	144.1	0	8.4	13	14098
39	Shimron Hetmyer	299	56	12	23	151.8	0	-	14	224868
40	Shikhar Dhawan	373	99	49	12	142.9	0	-	11	221180
41	Moeen Ali	124	23	12	6	136.3	9	7.5	15	245117
42	Prabhsimran Singh	358	103	38	19	150.4	0	-	14	16438
43	Andre Russell	227	42	13	18	145.5	7	11	14	328767
44	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	42	27	4	0	89.4	16	8.3	14	115702
45	Noor Ahmad	8	7	1	0	88.9	16	7.8	13	10176
46	Mitchell Marsh	128	63	11	7	132	12	8.4	9	56180
47	Vijay Shankar	310	63	28	15	159	0	-	15	47887
48	Jitesh Sharma	309	49	22	21	156.1	0	-	14	5650
49	B Sai Sudarshan	362	96	33	12	141.4	0	-	8	6899
50	Tushar Deshpande	0	0	0	0	0	21	9.9	16	6803

IPL 2023

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