Sachin Tendulkar is again India's most valuable ODI player (MVP) after his blazing 94 in 81 balls at the Oval.
Tendulkar goes past Yuvraj Singh, who could score only 18 in 24 balls, and returned with figures of 5-0-59-0 after Dimitri Mascarenhas hit him for five consecutive sixes.
Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup (13 matches)
| Player | Runs | Balls | Bat-pts | Rc | Bb | W | Bowl-pts | Ct|St | Run outs | Field-pts | M | Total |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 548 | 650 | 576 | 118 | 108 | 3 | 40.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 621 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 439 | 497 | 480.4 | 263 | 261 | 6 | 89.8 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 614 |
| Rahul Dravid | 411 | 471 | 445.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.5 | 37 | 13 | 482 |
| Piyush Chawla | 20 | 28 | 17.6 | 494 | 612 | 17 | 403.6 | 8 | 0.5 | 52 | 12 | 473 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 380 | 538 | 329.6 | 172 | 222 | 4 | 101.6 | 1 | 0.5 | 17 | 10 | 448 |
| M S Dhoni (wk) | 266 | 345 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12|4 | 2 | 148 | 11 | 404 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 393 | 507 | 380.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 385 |
| R P Singh | 12 | 21 | 7.2 | 325 | 444 | 11 | 294.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 12 | 9 | 313 |
| Zaheer Khan | 64 | 66 | 75.2 | 420 | 522 | 9 | 213.6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 313 |
| Ramesh Powar | 19 | 40 | 6 | 416 | 570 | 10 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 296 |
| Dinesh Karthik | 180 | 211 | 191.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11|1 | 0.5 | 77 | 12 | 268 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 19 | 38 | 7.6 | 415 | 414 | 12 | 204.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 22 | 8 | 234 |
| Robin Uthappa | 102 | 95 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 162 |
| Munaf Patel | 1 | 3 | -0.4 | 208 | 216 | 6 | 108.8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 113 |
| Virender Sehwag | 51 | 47 | 64.4 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 16.4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 90.8 |
| Dinesh Mongia | 34 | 41 | 35.2 | 106 | 108 | 3 | 52.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.6 |
| S Sreesanth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 90 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80 |
| Rohit Sharma | 8 | 9 | 8.8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20.6 |
| Ishant Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 42 | 0 | -4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4.4 |
Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = 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.
Table 2 lists the most valuable players in the ongoing NatWest series.
Ian Bell still tops this combined list, and must be one of the favourites for the man of the series award at this stage unless Sachin Tendulkar waves his magic wand again at Lords.
Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-England series
| Rank | Player | Runs | Balls | Bat-pts | Rc | Bb | W | Bowl-pts | Ct|St | Run outs | Field-pts | M | Total |
| 1 | IR Bell | 386 | 420 | 436 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 480 | ||||
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | 344 | 390 | 376 | 74 | 72 | 0 | -16.4 | 6 | 359.6 | |||
| 3 | P Collingwood | 210 | 207 | 254.4 | 251 | 276 | 3 | 41.8 | 7 | 0.5 | 47 | 6 | 343.2 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | 255 | 281 | 285.2 | 135 | 114 | 1 | -19.8 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 6 | 304.4 |
| 5 | JM Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 288 | 341 | 12 | 272.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 17 | 6 | 291 |
| 6 | SCJ Broad | 85 | 111 | 81.2 | 296 | 332 | 9 | 185.6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 290.8 |
| 7 | Rahul Dravid | 223 | 226 | 265.2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 280.2 | ||||
| 8 | MJ Prior (wk) | 142 | 154 | 160.8 | 12 | 2 | 108 | 6 | 268.8 | ||||
| 9 | Sourav Ganguly | 234 | 317 | 214.4 | 107 | 126 | 2 | 41.8 | 0 | 0.5 | 12 | 6 | 268.2 |
| 10 | AD Mascarenhas | 88 | 54 | 132.8 | 114 | 144 | 3 | 73.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 17 | 3 | 223 |
| 11 | A Flintoff | 14 | 15 | 16 | 99 | 162 | 7 | 198.6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 219.6 |
| 12 | M S Dhoni (wk) | 125 | 170 | 114 | 7|2 | 1 | 79 | 6 | 193 | ||||
| 13 | Owais Shah | 149 | 166 | 165.2 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 24.2 | 4 | 189.4 | |||
| 14 | AN Cook | 182 | 241 | 171.2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 186.2 | ||||
| 15 | Ramesh Powar | 13 | 26 | 5.2 | 203 | 276 | 6 | 161.8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 177 |
| 16 | Piyush Chawla | 17 | 24 | 14.8 | 270 | 306 | 6 | 118.8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 153.6 |
| 17 | Zaheer Khan | 55 | 62 | 60.4 | 230 | 282 | 4 | 91.6 | 5 | 152 | |||
| 18 | MS Panesar | 240 | 288 | 5 | 110.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 41 | 5 | 151.4 | |||
| 19 | KP Pietersen | 138 | 178 | 133.6 | 13 | 11 | 0 | -4.2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 134.4 |
| 20 | R P Singh | 12 | 21 | 7.2 | 182 | 210 | 5 | 106 | 4 | 113.2 | |||
| 21 | Robin Uthappa | 47 | 33 | 67.6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 96.6 | ||||
| 22 | Gautam Gambhir | 101 | 137 | 92.4 | 3 | 92.4 | |||||||
| 23 | Ajit Agarkar | 19 | 38 | 7.6 | 313 | 264 | 7 | 66.2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 83.8 |
| 24 | Dinesh Karthik | 51 | 74 | 42.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 27 | 5 | 69.8 | ||||
| 25 | LJ Wright | 50 | 39 | 68.8 | 1 | 68.8 | |||||||
| 26 | RS Bopara | 81 | 127 | 60.4 | 46 | 43 | 0 | -11.6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 58.8 |
| 27 | Munaf Patel | 1 | 3 | -0.4 | 107 | 78 | 4 | 51.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 56 |
| 28 | Chris Tremlett | 19 | 10 | 30 | 130 | 102 | 2 | -0.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34.6 |
| 29 | J Lewis | 17 | 15 | 22 | 63 | 60 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = 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.
This list will be updated after every ODI game featuring India.
Srinivas Bhogle, Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
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