Shakib is MVP of rain-hit India-Bangladesh ODIs

The recently-concluded Bangladesh - India One-Day International series proved a dampener, with all the three games impacted by rain in Dhaka.

India won the series 2-0 after the third match was washed out, but no Indian player performed consistently enough, except, perhaps, captain Suresh Raina.

In fact, India could even have lost the series had Bangladesh not collapsed ridiculously in the second match, when they were bowled out for 58 after the visitors were shot out for 105.

The Indian batsmen struggled on the slow and uneven pitches, and except for the 99-run opening stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Robin Uthappa in the first match there was nothing to write about.

All-rounder Stuart Binny also proved his potential, claiming six wickets for four runs in the second match, the best figures by an Indian bowler in ODIs.

As far as Bangladesh were concerned, there was nothing worth mentioning, except a fifty each from captain Mushfiqur Rahim (59) and Shakib Al Hasan (52), the latter emerging as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) on account of his all-round showing in the series, as he also claimed six wickets with his left-arm spin.

The table below presents the most valuable player index (MVPI).

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: Most valuable players in the Bangladesh-India series (Jun 15-19, 2014)

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.