Indeed, this may be the easiest way to select India's World Cup team of 15, by picking the top 15, with only No 16 Vijay Shankar perhaps replacing No 13 Khaleel Ahmed to bolster the batting!
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji say it all with numbers.
India will play no more ODI matches before the World Cup starts.
So, this is a good time to check how India's 2018-2019 ODI season has panned out.
Indeed, the table below might be the easiest way to select India's World Cup team of 15.
Just pick the top 15, with only No 16 Vijay Shankar perhaps replacing No 13 Khaleel Ahmed to bolster the batting!
Most Valuable Player Index: Sum of batting, bowling and fielding points. Run outs are counted as 1 (wicket) for a direct hit, and 0.5 (wicket) if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal.
Most Valuable Indian ODI players in the 2018-2019 season (27 matches so far)
| Rank | Player | Runs | 4s | 6s | Strike_Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Games | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | 1,416 | 129 | 49 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1641 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 1,255 | 126 | 12 | 99.7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1579 |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | 77 | 4 | 0 | 57.5 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 1370 |
| 4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 994 | 132 | 13 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1163 |
| 5 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 144 | 10 | 3 | 72 | 28 | 5.1 | 19 | 888 |
| 6 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 33 | 5 | 0 | 58.9 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 880 |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | 121 | 3 | 1 | 70.3 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 772 |
| 8 | Kedar Jadhav | 376 | 36 | 5 | 91 | 11 | 5.1 | 19 | 767 |
| 9 | M S Dhoni | 533 | 36 | 7 | 74.2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 707 |
| 10 | Ambati Rayudu | 639 | 55 | 17 | 84.1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 705 |
| 11 | Jasprit Bumrah | 7 | 0 | 1 | 63.6 | 21 | 4.1 | 12 | 702 |
| 12 | Mohammed Shami | 15 | 2 | 0 | 78.9 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 536 |
| 13 | Khaleel Ahmed | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52.9 | 11 | 5.4 | 8 | 297 |
| 14 | Dinesh Karthik | 242 | 20 | 3 | 79.9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 272 |
| 15 | Hardik Pandya | 103 | 9 | 5 | 121.2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 248 |
| 16 | Vijay Shankar | 165 | 14 | 5 | 96.5 | 2 | 5.6 | 9 | 237 |
| 17 | Rishabh Pant | 93 | 10 | 3 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 164 |
| 18 | K L Rahul | 95 | 6 | 1 | 81.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 102 |
| 19 | Suresh Raina | 47 | 1 | 0 | 70.1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 54 |
| 20 | Shardul Thakur | 22 | 0 | 2 | 137.5 | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 44 |
| 21 | Umesh Yadav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 33 |
| 22 | Deepak Chahar | 12 | 1 | 0 | 85.7 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 | 31 |
| 23 | Manish Pandey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 24 | Shubman Gill | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | Axar Patel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Siddarth Kaul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 6.6 | 3 | -21 |
| 27 | Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 1 | -26 |
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