IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players Index

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players after the league phase.

IMAGE: Jofra Archer of the Rajasthan Royals is the Most Valuable Player of IPL 2020 after the league phase. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rajasthan Royals/Twitter

IPL 2020's league phase is over.

About half the players have already left including the two most valuable players so far: Jofra Archer (MVPI: 666) and K L Rahul (621).

Who could possibly end up ahead of these two? Rashid Khan (581), Kagiso Rabada (552) and David Warner (530) appear to have the best chances, especially if they end up playing three out of the four remaining matches.

Looking down the MVPI table, we see some new or unexpected names: Rahul Tewatia (549), Sam Curran (457), Varun Chakravarthy (428), Devdutt Padikkal (426), Anrich Nortje (411), Ishan Kishan (403), T Natarajan (326) and Ravi Bishnoi (321).

On the other hand, we also see big names far lower down the table than expected: Virat Kohli (currently ranked 37, with MVPI of 367), Jonny Bairstow (34, 350), Jos Buttler (36, 349), Hardik Pandya (46, 295), Steve Smith (48, 275) and Rishabh Pant (50, 263).

Even more surprisingly, we don't see names of acknowledged IPL greats in the top 50: Sunil Narine (ranked 51, MVPI: 262), Rohit Sharma (54, 236), Shane Watson (55, 236), M S Dhoni (59, 224), Andre Russell (61, 216), Kane Williamson (65, 196), Dinesh Karthik (70, 182), Aaron Finch (75, 164), Glen Maxwell (80, 151) and Dwayne Bravo (83, 144).

While injury and fewer selection opportunities could be sometimes the reason, it is more often a manifestation of the Old-Order-Changeth syndrome.

Recall that the Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) - which collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a 'run equivalent' - rewards wicket-taking bowlers, with good economy rates, and high-scoring batsmen with the best strike rates, obtain the best MVPI values.

The table also lists the Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), which measures a player's value by the amount of US$ they pay the player for every MVPI point 'gained ('run equivalent' contributed), of the 50 best performing players.

The lower the PVI, the greater bang the player offers for the buck.

Best Performing Players so far at IPL 2020 after league stage ending November 3, 2020.

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI(US$)	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Match
1	Jofra Archer	RR	ENG	666	1544	113	27	5	10	179.4	20	6.6	14
2	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	621	2530	670	132	58	23	129.3	0	-	14
3	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	581	2213	24	14	2	1	104.3	19	5.3	14
4	Kagiso Rabada	DC	SA	552	1087	41	15	2	2	120.6	25	8.1	14
5	Rahul Tewatia	RR	IND	549	781	255	53	13	17	139.3	10	7.1	14
6	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	544	1838	5	5	0	0	166.7	23	7	13
7	David Warner	SRH	AUS	530	3369	529	85	49	14	136.7	0	12	14
8	Shikhar Dhawan	DC	IND	523	1420	525	106	58	10	145	0	-	14
9	Quinton de Kock	MI	SA	486	823	443	78	38	20	138	0	-	14
10	AB de Villiers	RCB	IND	482	3260	398	73	28	23	163.8	0	-	14
11	Faf du Plessis	CSK	SA	468	488	449	87	42	14	140.8	0	-	13
12	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	466	307	424	106	44	15	156.5	0	-	11
13	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	459	1867	1	1	0	0	33.3	20	7.2	14
14	Nicholas Pooran	KXI	WI	458	1310	353	77	23	25	169.7	0	-	14
15	Sam Curran	CSK	ENG	457	1719	186	52	12	12	131.9	13	8.2	14
16	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	449	2545	375	85	21	26	158.9	0	-	14
17	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	448	1020	410	79	54	8	150.2	0	-	14
18	Pat Cummins	KKR	AUS	435	5090	146	53	9	8	128.1	12	7.9	14
19	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	428	1335	10	7	0	0	66.7	17	6.8	13
20	Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	IND	426	67	472	74	51	8	126.5	0	-	14
21	Trent Boult	MI	NZ	419	1091	0	0	0	0	0	20	8.1	13
22	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	415	1859	259	60	13	22	193.3	3	8.8	14
23	Anrich Nortje	DC	SA	411	695	7	3	0	0	116.7	19	8	13
24	Mohammed Shami	KXI	IND	409	1677	2	2	0	0	66.7	20	8.6	14
25	Eoin Morgan	KKR	ENG	404	1856	418	68	32	24	138.4	0	-	14
26	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	AUS	404	2475	232	50	22	11	171.9	6	8.8	14
27	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	403	2198	428	99	29	26	140.3	0	-	12
28	Marcus Stoinis	DC	AUS	390	1758	249	53	20	12	152.8	8	9.7	14
29	Washington Sundar	RCB	IND	378	1209	106	30	10	2	119.1	8	5.8	14
30	Axar Patel	DC	IND	372	1920	66	21	3	5	153.5	8	6.3	12
31	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	367	6617	460	90	23	11	122	0	-	14
32	Chris Morris	RCB	SA	365	3914	34	25	2	3	161.9	11	6.6	9
33	Shreyas Iyer	DC	IND	352	2841	421	88	30	14	122.7	0	-	14
34	Jonny Bairstow	SRH	ENG	350	898	345	97	31	13	126.8	0	-	11
35	Rahul Chahar	MI	IND	350	776	2	2	0	0	50	15	7.8	14
36	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	349	1801	328	70	27	16	144.5	0	-	13
37	Shubman Gill	KKR	IND	349	737	440	70	44	9	118	0	-	14
38	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	341	4608	380	83	29	17	127.5	0	-	14
39	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	326	1490	352	87	43	12	138.6	0	11.5	14
40	T Natarajan	SRH	IND	326	175	3	3	0	0	60	14	8	14
41	Ravi Bishnoi	KXI	IND	321	890	7	6	1	0	58.3	12	7.4	14
42	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	316	995	359	71	30	12	127.3	0	-	12
44	Ben Stokes	RR	ENG	311	5742	285	107	36	7	142.5	2	10.3	8
43	Sandeep Sharma	SRH	IND	311	1378	10	9	1	0	90.9	13	7.3	11
45	Deepak Chahar	CSK	IND	296	386	7	5	0	0	58.3	12	7.6	14
46	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	295	5327	241	60	14	20	174.6	0	-	12
47	R Ashwin	DC	IND	279	3891	37	14	3	1	108.8	10	7.5	12
48	Steven Smith	RR	AUS	275	6494	311	69	32	9	131.2	0	-	14
49	Chris Gayle	KXI	WI	268	1066	288	99	15	23	137.1	0	6	7
50	Rishabh Pant	DC	IND	263	4345	282	38	27	7	112.4	0	-	11

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