T20 WC MVP Crown Eludes Rohit

Rohit Sharma did practically everything right in the T20 World Cup: He batted brilliantly, he captained even more capably, but he failed to top the most valuable player table.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2024.

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma celebrates his half-century against Australia in the T20 World Cup Super 8 match. Photograph: KInd courtesy BCCI/X

Rohit Sharma did practically everything right in the T20 World Cup: He batted brilliantly, he captained even more capably, but he failed to top the most valuable player table.

We don't suppose he cares; we don't suppose anybody truly cares.

In fact, Rohit himself said that he didn't care all that much for records; all he cared for was to win matches for India.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (356) topping the MVPI table is a wonderful story; heart-warming evidence that Afghanistan is making rapid strides as a cricket-playing nation.

Gurbaz (281 runs) was also the top run-scorer; Fazalhaq Farooqui (274) was 13th and the top wicket-taker (17 wickets). Rashid Khan (321) was 8th.

IMAGE: Afghanistan opener Gurbaz Rahmanullah. Photograph: Kind courtesy Afghanistan Cricket Board/X

Recall that MVPI collapses a cricketer's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a 'runs equivalent'.

MVPI is the highest if you score a lot of runs at a high strike rate and take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate.

For India, Hardik Pandya (325) jumped from 10th to 5th, Jasprit Bumrah (303) jumped from 15th to 10th, Arshdeep Singh (25th to 18th; 253) and Axar Patel (33 to 22; 241) also moved up.

Virat Kohli entered the MVPI top 50 after his superlative knock in the final.

The table below shows the rankings after the final.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	MVPI	Top Score	Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games
1	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	AFG	356	80	281	18	16	124.3	0	-	8
2	Rohit Sharma	IND	348	92	257	24	15	156.7	0	-	8
3	Quinton de Kock	SA	338	74	243	21	13	140.5	0	-	9
4	Marcus Stoinis	AUS	331	67	169	14	10	164.1	10	8.9	7
5	Hardik Pandya	IND	325	50	144	11	9	151.6	11	7.6	8
6	Travis Head	AUS	322	76	255	26	15	158.4	0	-	7
7	Jos Buttler	ENG	322	83	214	22	10	158.5	0	-	8
8	Rashid Khan	AFG	321	19	57	5	4	123.9	14	6.2	8
9	Nicholas Pooran	WI	314	98	228	15	17	146.2	0	-	7
10	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	303	0	0	0	0	0	15	4.2	8
11	Anrich Nortje	SA	286	1	1	0	0	100	15	5.7	9
12	Andre Russell	WI	277	30	78	8	4	166	11	7	7
13	Fazalhaq Farooqi	AFG	274	4	6	1	0	120	17	6.3	8
14	Andries Gous	USA	274	80	219	20	11	151	0	-	6
15	Rishabh Pant	IND	270	42	171	19	6	127.6	0	-	8
16	Suryakumar Yadav	IND	266	53	199	15	10	135.4	0	-	8
17	Philip Salt	ENG	263	87	188	16	10	159.3	0	-	8
18	Arshdeep Singh	IND	253	9	12	1	0	75	17	7.2	8
19	Heinrich Klaasen	SA	249	52	190	9	13	126.7	0	-	9
20	Roston Chase	WI	247	52	94	7	4	130.6	7	5.3	6
21	Rishad Hossain	BAN	242	24	40	2	4	153.8	14	7.8	7
22	Axar Patel	IND	241	47	92	5	6	139.4	9	7.9	8
23	Kasigo Rabada	SA	229	5	9	2	0	128.6	13	6.3	9
24	David Warner	AUS	227	56	178	17	9	139.1	0	-	7
25	Alzari Joseph	WI	224	11	17	2	0	130.8	13	7.2	7
26	Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	221	70	231	25	4	107.4	0	-	8
27	Gulbadin Naib	AFG	219	49	90	9	3	104.7	7	5.2	8
28	Harry Brook	ENG	218	53	145	16	2	157.6	0	-	8
29	Naveen-ul-Haq	AFG	215	4	6	1	0	40	13	6	8
30	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	214	59	132	12	7	141.9	3	8.6	7
31	Adam Zampa	AUS	211	9	9	1	0	128.6	13	6.7	7
32	Tanzim Hasan Sakib	BAN	200	4	12	0	0	52.2	11	6.2	7
33	Brandon McMullen	SCO	194	61	140	13	8	170.7	0	-	4
34	Trent Boult	NZ	193	7	10	0	1	90.9	9	3.7	4
35	Aiden Markram	SA	187	46	123	14	2	100.8	2	6.9	9
36	Aaron Jones	USA	184	94	162	8	14	135	0	-	6
37	Keshav Maharaj	SA	183	5	13	1	0	54.2	11	6.3	8
38	Towhid Hridoy	BAN	177	40	153	9	8	128.6	0	-	7
39	Akeal Hosein	WI	176	15	21	1	1	75	9	5.6	7
40	Tristan Stubbs	SA	175	33	165	13	3	101.2	0	-	9
41	Johnson Charles	WI	162	44	140	18	3	113.8	0	-	6
42	David Miller	SA	161	59	169	10	8	102.4	0	-	9
43	Jofra Archer	ENG	159	21	22	1	2	129.4	10	7.2	8
44	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	158	0	0	0	0	-	10	7	5
45	Adil Rashid	ENG	157	2	2	0	0	100	10	6.6	8
46	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	157	3	3	0	0	60	8	5.5	7
47	Virat Kohli	IND	156	76	151	8	7	112.7	0	-	8
48	Marco Jansen	SA	156	21	32	1	1	97	7	6.8	9
49	Sherfane Rutherford	WI	156	68	121	5	9	147.6	0	-	7
50	Lockie Ferguson	NZ	154	2	2	0	0	40	7	4	4

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