Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed 13 wickets to emerge as the most valuable player (MVP) of the South Africa-India ODI series.
Morne Morkel, who was picked as the man of the series, is second on the list, and India's Munaf Patel is fourth in a series dominated by bowlers.
Our formula to compute MVP picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, and bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate.
India lost the series chiefly because they batted poorly. M S Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma failed to score. Even Sachin Tendulkar wasn't quite himself before he was obliged to leave with an injury scare.
Table 1: Most valuable players in the South Africa-India series (Jan 12-23, 2011)
|
|
Player Name |
Team |
Runs |
Six |
Four |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Lonwabo Tsotsobe |
SA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
40.0 |
13 |
4.2 |
5 |
364 |
|
2 |
Morne Morkel |
SA |
6 |
0 |
1 |
42.9 |
11 |
3.7 |
5 |
343 |
|
3 |
Yusuf Pathan |
IND |
166 |
11 |
14 |
135.0 |
1 |
4.6 |
3 |
307 |
|
4 |
Munaf Patel |
IND |
11 |
0 |
1 |
78.6 |
11 |
5.0 |
5 |
302 |
|
5 |
Jean-Paul Duminy |
SA |
244 |
2 |
7 |
86.2 |
1 |
5.5 |
5 |
293 |
|
6 |
Hashim Amla |
SA |
250 |
0 |
28 |
94.7 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
280 |
|
7 |
Dale Steyn |
SA |
22 |
0 |
0 |
57.9 |
8 |
3.7 |
5 |
277 |
|
8 |
Zaheer Khan |
IND |
44 |
0 |
5 |
43.1 |
9 |
4.9 |
5 |
239 |
|
9 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
193 |
3 |
15 |
79.4 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
229 |
|
10 |
Yuvraj Singh |
IND |
91 |
1 |
9 |
68.4 |
5 |
5.0 |
5 |
225 |
|
11 |
Harbhajan Singh |
IND |
42 |
3 |
0 |
70.0 |
4 |
4.4 |
5 |
192 |
|
12 |
Johan Botha |
SA |
82 |
0 |
4 |
75.2 |
4 |
4.8 |
5 |
190 |
|
13 |
AB de Villiers |
SA |
114 |
1 |
9 |
95.8 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
164 |
|
14 |
MS Dhoni |
IND |
75 |
0 |
4 |
59.5 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
163 |
|
15 |
Graeme Smith |
SA |
156 |
0 |
16 |
67.0 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
143 |
|
16 |
Suresh Raina |
IND |
111 |
1 |
9 |
78.7 |
1 |
5.1 |
5 |
133 |
|
17 |
Robin Peterson |
SA |
35 |
0 |
4 |
94.6 |
3 |
6.1 |
2 |
98 |
|
18 |
Rohit Sharma |
IND |
49 |
0 |
5 |
49.0 |
3 |
4.8 |
5 |
98 |
|
19 |
Wayne Parnell |
SA |
38 |
1 |
2 |
77.6 |
1 |
5.5 |
3 |
74 |
|
20 |
Morne van Wyk |
SA |
71 |
0 |
9 |
83.5 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
71 |
|
21 |
David Miller |
SA |
36 |
1 |
3 |
92.3 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
70 |
|
22 |
Faf du Plessis |
SA |
69 |
0 |
3 |
78.4 |
0 |
8.7 |
3 |
69 |
|
23 |
Parthiv Patel |
IND |
49 |
0 |
8 |
84.5 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
50 |
|
24 |
Ashish Nehra |
IND |
8 |
0 |
1 |
40.0 |
3 |
6.7 |
4 |
35 |
|
25 |
Colin Ingram |
SA |
40 |
1 |
2 |
58.0 |
0 |
-- |
3 |
28 |
|
26 |
Murali Vijay |
IND |
18 |
0 |
3 |
41.9 |
0 |
-- |
3 |
18 |
|
27 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
IND |
31 |
0 |
2 |
56.4 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
16 |
|
28 |
Piyush Chawla |
IND |
8 |
0 |
1 |
72.7 |
0 |
4.6 |
1 |
15 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | Top score | Strike rate | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | | M: Matches played | MVPI: 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.
As we head into the World Cup, India's three best performers this season have been Virat Kohli (825 runs at a strike rate of 82), Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan. Yuvraj hasn't batted with his customary authority (he has? a strike rate below 70); in fact, he has provided greater value as a bowler with ?his 12 wickets at an economy rate of just 4.9.
13 out of the top 15 have made it to India's World Cup squad. This constitutes a reasonably good correlation with India's current MVP list.
Table 2: India's most valuable players in the 2010-11 ODI season (24 matches so far)
|
|
Player Name |
Runs |
Six |
Four |
Strike Rate |
Bat Pts |
W |
Eco |
Bowl Pts |
Field Pts |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Virat Kohli |
825 |
6 |
72 |
81.7 |
808.3 |
0 |
5.3 |
-1.0 |
77.5 |
22 |
885 |
|
2 |
Yuvraj Singh |
344 |
6 |
40 |
67.7 |
264.7 |
12 |
4.9 |
306.0 |
170 |
15 |
741 |
|
3 |
Yusuf Pathan |
388 |
22 |
31 |
125.6 |
518.5 |
9 |
7.3 |
117.0 |
77.5 |
12 |
713 |
|
4 |
G Gambhir |
532 |
1 |
60 |
98.0 |
611.5 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
35 |
9 |
647 |
|
5 |
Rohit Sharma |
505 |
7 |
36 |
80.8 |
489.2 |
4 |
5.0 |
100.0 |
30 |
19 |
619 |
|
6 |
Munaf Patel |
19 |
0 |
2 |
73.1 |
16.3 |
18 |
4.4 |
500.0 |
52.5 |
11 |
569 |
|
7 |
Suresh Raina |
425 |
7 |
36 |
89.5 |
454.2 |
2 |
5.2 |
46.0 |
30 |
21 |
530 |
|
8 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
199 |
3 |
14 |
72.4 |
168.8 |
12 |
4.9 |
308.8 |
45 |
13 |
523 |
|
9 |
M S Dhoni |
388 |
4 |
29 |
66.4 |
289.3 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
225 |
15 |
514 |
|
10 |
Ashish Nehra |
16 |
0 |
2 |
26.7 |
-18.0 |
24 |
5.7 |
507.0 |
15 |
18 |
504 |
|
11 |
Praveen Kumar |
24 |
1 |
2 |
60.0 |
14.7 |
17 |
4.9 |
439.0 |
15 |
12 |
469 |
|
12 |
Zaheer Khan |
44 |
0 |
5 |
42.7 |
2.2 |
17 |
4.8 |
439.2 |
15 |
11 |
456 |
|
13 |
V Sehwag |
289 |
3 |
41 |
97.6 |
331.3 |
4 |
4.6 |
106.2 |
10 |
7 |
448 |
|
14 |
R Ashwin |
38 |
1 |
4 |
111.8 |
47.7 |
14 |
4.9 |
355.0 |
0 |
7 |
403 |
|
15 |
Harbhajan Singh |
64 |
5 |
0 |
82.1 |
63.0 |
7 |
4.4 |
216.0 |
32.5 |
8 |
312 |
|
16 |
Pragyan Ojha |
14 |
0 |
1 |
35.9 |
-4.5 |
8 |
4.5 |
230.8 |
10 |
7 |
236 |
|
17 |
Dinesh Karthik |
239 |
0 |
34 |
66.9 |
180.5 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
25 |
11 |
206 |
|
18 |
S Sreesanth |
4 |
0 |
1 |
66.7 |
3.0 |
7 |
5.4 |
169.7 |
0 |
2 |
173 |
|
19 |
Parthiv Patel |
158 |
1 |
22 |
85.4 |
161.8 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
10 |
4 |
172 |
|
20 |
Ishant Sharma |
11 |
0 |
1 |
22.9 |
-18.0 |
7 |
4.9 |
177.8 |
5 |
4 |
165 |
|
21 |
Murali Vijay |
171 |
1 |
18 |
56.8 |
91.2 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
37.5 |
10 |
129 |
|
22 |
W Saha |
4 |
0 |
0 |
80.0 |
3.8 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
67.5 |
3 |
71 |
|
23 |
Saurabh Tiwary |
49 |
1 |
5 |
87.5 |
51.3 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
10 |
3 |
61 |
|
24 |
Ashok Dinda |
18 |
0 |
1 |
60.0 |
11.0 |
3 |
6.0 |
36.2 |
0 |
5 |
47 |
|
25 |
Amit Mishra |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-2.5 |
1 |
4.9 |
27.0 |
0 |
3 |
25 |
|
26 |
Vinay Kumar |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
2 |
7.2 |
13.0 |
5 |
2 |
18 |
|
27 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
31 |
0 |
2 |
56.4 |
16.2 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
|
28 |
Piyush Chawla |
8 |
0 |
1 |
72.7 |
6.8 |
0 |
4.6 |
3.0 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
|
29 |
Umesh Yadav |
3 |
0 |
0 |
100.0 |
3.5 |
1 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
|
30 |
Naman Ojha |
1 |
0 |
0 |
14.3 |
-3.8 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
31 |
Pankaj Singh |
3 |
0 |
0 |
100.0 |
3.5 |
0 |
6.4 |
-10.0 |
5 |
1 |
-2 |
|
32 |
S Dhawan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-1.7 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
-2 |
|
33 |
A Mithun |
4 |
0 |
0 |
25.0 |
-5.3 |
0 |
6.0 |
-4.0 |
0 |
1 |
-9 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | Strike rate | Bat-pts: Batting points | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | MVPI: Most valuable player index = sum of batting, bowling and fielding points | AvMVPI = MVPI/M | *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.
