Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji rate the players after the just-concluded ODI series.
Amit Mishra’s 18 wickets made him the most valuable player in the recently-concluded Zimbabwe-India series.
So overwhelming was India’s domination in the series, that Zimbabwe’s most valuable player, Elton Chigumbura, is only seventh in the combined list with a MVPI of just 175.
The MVPI formula 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, and expresses a player’s overall batting bowling fielding performance in terms of a ‘run equivalent’.
Table 1 lists the MVPI of all the players who played in the ODI series. It suggests that only Rohit Sharma performed below par, and Vinay Kumar didn’t really use his opportunity to make a possible comeback into India’s top playing eleven.
Table 1: Most valuable players in the Zimbabwe-India series (Jul 24 – Aug 3, 2013)
|
|
Player |
Team |
Runs |
Str Rate |
W |
Eco |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Amit Mishra |
IND |
9 |
128.6 |
18 |
4.4 |
5 |
496 |
|
2 |
Jaydev Unadkat |
IND |
0 |
-- |
8 |
3.5 |
5 |
286 |
|
3 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
IND |
63 |
63.6 |
5 |
3.5 |
5 |
284 |
|
4 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
209 |
95.9 |
0 |
- |
4 |
251 |
|
5 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
197 |
92.1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
229 |
|
6 |
Mohammed Shami |
IND |
6 |
600.0 |
6 |
4.2 |
5 |
208 |
|
7 |
Elton Chigumbura |
ZIM |
159 |
78.3 |
1 |
5.2 |
5 |
175 |
|
8 |
Suresh Raina |
IND |
97 |
95.1 |
1 |
3.3 |
5 |
159 |
|
9 |
Dinesh Karthik |
IND |
87 |
80.6 |
0 |
- |
5 |
142 |
|
10 |
Prosper Utseya |
ZIM |
71 |
57.3 |
3 |
4.7 |
4 |
130 |
|
11 |
Kyle Jarvis |
ZIM |
14 |
87.5 |
4 |
4.9 |
3 |
117 |
|
12 |
Mohit Sharma |
IND |
0 |
-- |
3 |
3.2 |
2 |
109 |
|
13 |
Hamilton Masakadza |
ZIM |
125 |
72.3 |
0 |
4.5 |
5 |
109 |
|
14 |
Tendai Chatara |
ZIM |
31 |
63.3 |
3 |
4.6 |
4 |
108 |
|
15 |
Sean Williams |
ZIM |
116 |
72.5 |
1 |
7.6 |
5 |
105 |
|
16 |
Vusi Sibanda |
ZIM |
118 |
59.3 |
0 |
- |
5 |
98 |
|
17 |
Brian Vitori |
ZIM |
29 |
70.7 |
3 |
5.3 |
4 |
96 |
|
18 |
Sikandar Raza |
ZIM |
110 |
65.9 |
0 |
- |
4 |
86 |
|
19 |
Vinay Kumar |
IND |
27 |
225.0 |
2 |
5.5 |
3 |
81 |
|
20 |
Rohit Sharma |
IND |
99 |
62.7 |
0 |
- |
4 |
71 |
|
21 |
Ambati Rayudu |
IND |
101 |
62.0 |
0 |
- |
4 |
66 |
|
22 |
Brendan Taylor |
ZIM |
35 |
42.2 |
0 |
- |
5 |
46 |
|
23 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
IND |
50 |
75.8 |
0 |
- |
1 |
45 |
|
24 |
Malcolm Waller |
ZIM |
47 |
40.5 |
1 |
4.2 |
5 |
36 |
|
25 |
Michael Chinouya |
ZIM |
6 |
75.0 |
1 |
4.5 |
2 |
35 |
|
26 |
Natsai M'shangwe |
ZIM |
16 |
114.3 |
0 |
4.3 |
1 |
24 |
|
27 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
IND |
13 |
46.4 |
0 |
- |
2 |
3 |
|
28 |
Timycen Maruma |
ZIM |
4 |
33.3 |
0 |
- |
1 |
-2 |
|
29 |
Tinotenda Mutombodzi |
ZIM |
12 |
100.0 |
0 |
7.3 |
2 |
-16 |
Runs (scored) ' 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.
But Table 2, which shows India’s most valuable players in the 15 matches played so far in India’s 2013-14 season, contains bigger pointers: e.g., that Ravindra Jadeja, with 25 wickets and a MVPI exceeding 1000, has scaled an incredible ODI peak (that’s why he is also No 1 in the official ICC ODI player rankings).
This list also highlights how much India’s ODI team has changed in just two years after winning the World Cup. Usually such dramatic changes happen only after a complete rout or debacle. We are seeing an unbelievably curious metamorphosis.
Table 2: India’s most valuable players in the 2013-14 ODI season (15 matches so far)
|
|
Player Name |
Runs |
6s |
4s |
Str Rate |
Bat Pts |
W |
Eco |
Bowl Pts |
Field Pts |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Ravindra Jadeja |
214 |
6 |
20 |
84.3 |
216.3 |
25 |
4 |
754.2 |
70 |
15 |
1041 |
|
2 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
707 |
9 |
77 |
93.5 |
784 |
0 |
- |
0 |
30 |
14 |
814 |
|
3 |
Virat Kohli |
521 |
7 |
54 |
92.4 |
572 |
0 |
5.8 |
-10 |
50 |
15 |
612 |
|
4 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
12 |
1 |
1 |
57.1 |
6.5 |
16 |
3.7 |
486 |
25 |
9 |
518 |
|
5 |
Amit Mishra |
9 |
0 |
1 |
128.6 |
12.2 |
18 |
4.4 |
478.5 |
5 |
5 |
496 |
|
6 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
45 |
0 |
4 |
83.3 |
45 |
14 |
4.7 |
371 |
45 |
10 |
461 |
|
7 |
Ishant Sharma |
4 |
0 |
0 |
28.6 |
-3.7 |
18 |
5.7 |
396 |
22.5 |
10 |
415 |
|
8 |
Suresh Raina |
237 |
3 |
19 |
93.3 |
262.3 |
2 |
4.6 |
61 |
67.5 |
15 |
391 |
|
9 |
Rohit Sharma |
493 |
5 |
47 |
66.4 |
366.8 |
0 |
- |
0 |
22.5 |
14 |
389 |
|
10 |
Dinesh Karthik |
255 |
2 |
27 |
70.4 |
208.3 |
0 |
- |
0 |
92.5 |
15 |
301 |
|
11 |
Jaydev Unadkat |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
8 |
3.5 |
261 |
25 |
5 |
286 |
|
12 |
Umesh Yadav |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-5 |
11 |
5.5 |
240 |
30 |
9 |
265 |
|
13 |
MS Dhoni |
99 |
2 |
9 |
84.6 |
100.5 |
0 |
4.3 |
3 |
100 |
7 |
204 |
|
14 |
Mohammed Shami |
6 |
1 |
0 |
300 |
10.3 |
6 |
4.6 |
169 |
10 |
6 |
189 |
|
15 |
Mohit Sharma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
3 |
3.2 |
104 |
5 |
2 |
109 |
|
16 |
Vinay Kumar |
32 |
2 |
2 |
114.3 |
40.7 |
2 |
4.9 |
52 |
10 |
4 |
103 |
|
17 |
Murali Vijay |
57 |
0 |
7 |
89.1 |
60.7 |
0 |
- |
0 |
10 |
3 |
71 |
|
18 |
Ambati Rayudu |
101 |
0 |
6 |
62 |
66.2 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
4 |
66 |
|
19 |
Ajinkya Rahane |
50 |
1 |
4 |
75.8 |
45 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
1 |
45 |
|
20 |
Cheteshwar Pujara |
13 |
0 |
2 |
46.4 |
2.7 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
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 ' ' *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.
Image: Amit Mishra
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