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IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore's A B de Villiers celebrates a half-century. Photograph: BCCI

A B de Villiers is unstoppable at the moment.

Not only is he scoring runs in plenty, but he is also getting them at a good rate which has seen him zoom to the top of the IPL Paisa Vasool Index (PVI).

The MVPI table lists the top 50 performing players, and shows how some big names are still under-performing: Rohit Sharma (36th, 164), Hardik Pandya (37th, 164), Suresh Raina (43rd, 154), Jos Buttler (44th, 148), Manish Pandey (46th, 146) and Ben Stokes (47th, 135).

Just out of curiosity, we looked at the big names not in the top 50 list. And there were some surprises: Ravindra Jadeja(66th, 86), Kieron Pollard (78th, 58), Gautam Gambhir (79th, 57), Aaron Finch (88th, 39), Harbhajan Singh (90th, 39) and Yuvraj Singh (103rd, 18).

However, you can always hope and expect these big names to make a good comeback because they have the pedigree.

The Paisa Vasool Index (PVI) measures how much bang each player gives for the bucks he receives.

PVI measures how much money (in $ or Rs) the franchise owner pays for every 'run equivalent' scored by the player.

The lower the player's PVI, the better the value he is providing.

The PVI is also headed for interesting times.

With Gautam Gambhir indicating that he might not accept any money for playing, his PVI will always be 0.

We have also heard the view that it may not be correct to publicly list the money paid to each player.

In most situations that may be a valid argument, but surely not in the IPL where the player auction is telecast live with all the accompanying drama and hullabaloo.

Players offering the best value for money so far at IPL-11

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Matches	MVPI	Money Offered (INR)	Money Offered (US $)	$ paid per run	Rs paid per run	Age	Type
1	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	6	373	110000000	1718000	1974	126388	34	BAT
2	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	7	355	110000000	1718000	2420	154930	26	BAT
3	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	6	333	22000000	343000	441	28314	33	BAT
4	Shane Watson	CSK	AUS	6	321	40000000	625000	834	53405	37	AR
5	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	7	312	70000000	1093000	1752	112179	23	BAT
6	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	7	308	125000000	1953000	3170	202922	30	Bowl
7	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	7	302	150000000	2343000	3879	248344	21	WK
8	Chris Gayle	KXI	WI	4	296	20000000	312000	527	33784	39	BAT
9	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	7	295	30000000	468000	793	50847	28	BAT
10	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	6	294	150000000	2343000	3415	218659	37	WK
11	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	7	290	85000000	1328000	2290	146552	30	AR
12	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	6	266	80000000	1250000	2014	128894	23	WK
13	Shakib Al Hasan	SRH	BAN	7	265	20000000	312000	589	37736	31	AR
14	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	6	263	170000000	2656000	4328	277023	29	BAT
15	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	6	251	32000000	500000	854	54639	28	BAT
16	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	6	250	88000000	1375000	2357	150857	27	AR
17	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	7	249	34000000	531000	1066	68273	24	BAT
18	Dinesh Karthik	KKR	IND	7	243	74000000	1156000	2379	152263	33	WK
19	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	6	227	64000000	1000000	1888	120831	35	AR
20	Mandeep Singh	RCB	IND	6	210	14000000	218000	445	28571	26	BAT
21	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	7	206	90000000	1406000	3413	218447	20	Bowl
22	Karun Nair	KXI	IND	7	205	56000000	875000	2134	136585	26	BAT
23	Glenn Maxwell	DD	AUS	6	201	90000000	1406000	3498	223881	29	AR
24	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	6	198	62000000	968000	2095	134199	20	WK
25	Quinton de Kock	RCB	SA	6	195	28000000	437000	960	61538	25	WK
26	Chris Lynn	KKR	AUS	7	191	96000000	1500000	3927	251309	28	BAT
27	Mayank Markande	MI	IND	6	187	2000000	31000	71	4584	20	Bowl
28	Mujeeb UrRahman	KXI	AFG	7	183	40000000	625000	1708	109290	17	Bowl
29	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	7	179	64000000	1000000	2793	178771	32	WK
30	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	IND	6	176	40000000	625000	1522	97403	30	BAT
31	Andrew Tye	KXI	AUS	7	171	72000000	1125000	3289	210526	31	Bowl
32	Trent Boult	DD	NZ	7	170	22000000	343000	1009	64706	29	Bowl
33	Evin Lewis	MI	WI	6	166	38000000	593000	1531	98107	26	BAT
34	R Ashwin	KXI	IND	7	166	76000000	1187000	3575	228916	32	AR
35	Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	IND	6	165	52000000	812000	2461	157576	32	BAT
36	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	6	164	150000000	2343000	6123	391986	31	BAT
37	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	5	164	110000000	1718000	4490	287456	25	AR
38	Siddarth Kaul	SRH	IND	7	163	38000000	593000	1819	116564	28	Bowl
39	Rahul Tewatia	DD	IND	7	161	30000000	468000	1453	93168	25	AR
40	Umesh Yadav	RCB	IND	6	159	42000000	656000	1768	113208	30	Bowl
41	JaspritBumrah	MI	IND	6	158	70000000	1093000	2965	189873	24	Bowl
42	Yusuf Pathan	SRH	IND	7	155	19000000	296000	955	61290	35	BAT
43	Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	5	154	110000000	1718000	4781	306122	31	BAT
44	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	6	148	44000000	687000	1989	127413	28	WK
45	Ankit Rajpoot	KXI	IND	3	147	30000000	468000	1592	102041	24	Bowl
46	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	7	146	110000000	1718000	5884	376712	29	BAT
47	Ben Stokes	RR	ENG	6	135	125000000	1953000	6200	396825	27	AR
48	Gowtham Krishnappa	RR	IND	6	128	62000000	968000	3241	207589	19	Bowl
49	Mayank Agarwal	KXI	IND	7	123	10000000	156000	634	40650	27	BAT
50	WashingtonSundar	RCB	IND	6	120	32000000	500000	1786	114286	19	AR

A quick glance suggests the best Indian buys so far have been Mayank Markande ($71 per 'run'), Ambati Rayadu ($441 per 'run'), Mandeep Singh ($445 per 'run'), Suryakumar Yadav ($854 per 'run') and Yusuf Pathan ($955 per 'run').

The best foreign buys so far have been Chris Gayle ($527 per 'run'), Shakib Al Hasan ($589 per 'run'), Kane Williamson ($793 per 'run'), Shane Watson ($834 per 'run'), Quinton de Kock ($960 per 'run') and Trent Boult ($1009 per 'run').

All data in our analysis is updated after the 26th match on April 27, 2018.

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