IPL 10: Inspirational Warner leads MVP rankings

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings after the league phase in IPL 10.

David Warner

IMAGE: David Warner has been at his attacking best. Photograph: BCCI

David Warner's leadership qualities and his golden run with the bat sees him lead the MVP rankings in the Indian Premier League.

Warner, who captains the Sun Risers Hyderabad, is going to be the most valuable player of IPL 10 with a MVPI of 700 so far.

He has scored 604 runs at a strike rate of 145 (no one else has even reached 500), he has hit more 4s (61 of them) than anyone else, and only Glenn Maxwell has hit more 6s than Warner and Rishabh Pant's 24.

Most of all, Warner has been this IPL's best captain.

Ben Stokes of the Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS), with his MVPI of 609, was the only potential challenger, and could even have surpassed Warner, especially if RPS had reached the final by the harder route.

It's a pity he left for some English team bonding exercise in Spain when he was bonding so brilliantly with the cricket bat and ball, with and without pads.

The MVPI table also allows us to identify the top three performers so far from every team.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (704), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (479), Shikhar Dhawan (476)

Rising Pune Supergiant: Ben Stokes (609), Rahul Tripathi (449), Steve Smith (421)

Kings XI Punjab: Glenn Maxwell (548), Axar Patel (536), Hashim Amla (456)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Robin Uthappa (525), Sunil Narine (481), Gautam Gambhir (467)

Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (517), Dinesh Karthik (425), Brendon McCullum (397)

Delhi Daredevils: Rishabh Pant (489), Sanju Samson (440), Chris Morris (403)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Pawan Negi (476), Kedar Jadhav (342), Virat Kohli (308)

Mumbai Indians: Kieron Pollard (415), Hardik Pandya (410), Parthiv Patel (373)

The table below, updated after the IPL 10 league phase, tells the full story.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	Top score	4s	6s	Str Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money Offered (US $)	PVI(US$)	PVI(INR)	Age
1	David Warner	SRH	AUS	604	126	61	24	144.8	0	-	13	700	820000	1171	78571	30
2	Ben Stokes	RPS	ENG	316	103	22	15	143	12	7.2	12	609	2164000	3553	238095	26
3	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	310	47	19	26	173.2	7	6.6	14	548	895000	1633	109489	29
4	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	227	44	11	11	140.1	15	7.5	14	536	111000	207	13993	23
5	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	386	87	36	21	167.8	0	-	12	525	746000	1421	95238	31
6	Suresh Raina	GL	IND	442	84	42	13	144	1	8.5	14	517	1865000	3607	241779	30
7	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	366	97	28	24	165.6	0	-	14	489	283000	579	38855	20
8	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	214	54	34	9	178.3	10	7.3	14	481	1417000	2946	197505	29
9	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	IND	4	4	0	0	100	25	7	13	479	634000	1324	88727	27
10	Pawan Negi	RCB	IND	144	35	10	7	129.7	16	6.1	12	476	149000	313	21008	24
11	Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	IND	468	77	52	9	128.9	0	-	13	476	1865000	3918	262605	31
12	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	454	76	58	5	127.9	0	-	14	467	1865000	3994	267666	36
13	Hashim Amla	KXI	SA	420	104	40	17	145.8	0	-	10	456	149000	327	21930	34
14	Rahul Tripathi	RPS	IND	388	93	43	17	151	0	12	12	449	14000	31	2227	26
15	Sanju Samson	DD	IND	386	102	32	19	141.4	0	-	14	440	626000	1423	95455	22
16	Dinesh Karthik	GL	IND	361	65	30	11	139.4	0	-	14	425	343000	807	54118	32
17	Steven Smith	RPS	WI	420	84	36	10	125.4	0	-	13	421	820000	1948	130641	28
18	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	362	70	24	21	141.4	0	16.4	14	415	1417000	3414	228916	30
19	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	396	81	28	12	128.6	0	-	14	413	253000	613	41162	28
20	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	226	35	10	18	160.3	6	8.1	14	410	14000	34	2439	24
21	Jaydev Unadkat	RPS	IND	2	2	0	0	40	21	7.4	10	409	44000	108	7335	26
22	Chris Morris	DD	SA	154	52	15	6	163.8	12	7.7	9	403	1044000	2591	173697	30
23	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	11	6	0	1	122.2	17	6.7	13	403	597000	1481	99256	19
24	Brendon McCullum	GL	NZ	319	72	29	18	147	0	-	11	397	820000	2065	138539	36
25	Aaron Finch	GL	AUS	299	72	25	19	166.1	0	-	13	394	149000	378	25381	30
26	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	325	70	43	5	136.6	0	-	13	373	208000	558	37534	32
27	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	338	96	36	10	139.1	0	-	12	372	388000	1043	69892	22
28	Chris Lynn	KKR	AUS	285	93	25	18	186.3	0	-	5	370	194000	524	35135	27
29	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	136	37	11	5	136	10	6.7	10	344	298000	866	58140	26
30	Kedar Jadhav	RCB	IND	267	69	25	10	143.5	0	-	13	342	324000	947	63450	32
31	Pat Cummins	DD	AUS	77	24	5	4	145.3	15	8.1	12	340	671000	1974	132353	24
32	Nitish Rana	MI	IND	333	62	24	17	126.1	0	-	13	330	14000	15	1082	23
33	Jos Buttler	MI	ENG	272	77	27	16	153.7	0	-	10	312	567000	1817	121795	27
34	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	308	64	23	11	122.2	0	-	10	308	1865000	6055	405844	28
35	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	282	67	26	8	125.3	0	-	14	304	1865000	6135	411184	30
36	Imran Tahir	RPS	SA	0	0	0	0	0	18	7.9	12	300	716000	2387	160000	38
37	Manoj Tiwary	RPS	IND	259	60	26	9	143.9	0	-	13	298	74000	248	16779	31
38	MS Dhoni	RPS	IND	240	61	14	11	113.7	0	-	14	295	1865000	6322	423729	36
39	Karun Nair	DD	IND	281	64	39	6	124.3	0	-	14	293	597000	2038	136519	25
40	Yuvraj Singh	SRH	IND	243	70	28	8	144.6	1	11	11	292	1044000	3575	239726	35
41	Ishan Kishan	GL	IND	277	61	29	13	134.5	0	-	11	291	52000	179	12027	19
42	Chris Woakes	KKR	ENG	46	18	4	1	97.9	17	8.8	13	291	626000	2151	144330	28
43	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	0	0	0	0	0	15	7.7	13	291	179000	615	41237	23
44	Ravindra Jadeja	GL	IND	158	28	13	4	139.8	5	9.2	12	288	1417000	4920	329861	28
45	Andrew Tye	GL	AUS	53	25	4	3	176.7	12	6.7	6	285	74000	260	17544	30
46	Shaun Marsh	KXI	AUS	264	84	36	5	136.1	0	-	9	277	328000	1184	79422	34
47	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	232	89	18	9	162.2	0	-	6	277	89000	321	21661	27
48	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	7	5	0	0	116.7	17	8.3	13	276	126000	457	30797	24
49	Daniel Christian	RPS	AUS	75	17	5	5	159.6	9	7.2	11	276	149000	540	36232	34
50	Wriddhiman Saha	KXI	IND	234	93	20	8	125.1	0	-	14	275	328000	1193	80000	32