Although India's Rohit Sharma was adjudged Man of the Series in the recently-concluded West Indies-India ODI series, our calculations, based on the most valuable player index (MVPI) indicate that West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell would have been a better choice.
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. Russell's all-round performance was equivalent to scoring about 100 more 'runs' than Rohit Sharma.
It was a relatively low-scoring series with none of the five ODI games producing a century; bowlers did better with Amit Mishra being the best bowler.
Table 1: Most valuable players in the West Indies-India series (Jun 6-16, 2011)
|
|
Player Name |
Team |
Runs |
Top score |
Strike Rate |
W |
Eco |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Andre Russell |
WI |
117 |
92 |
150.0 |
8 |
4.5 |
3 |
399 |
|
2 |
Amit Mishra |
IND |
5 |
5 |
33.3 |
11 |
4.0 |
5 |
329 |
|
3 |
Rohit Sharma |
IND |
257 |
86 |
86.0 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
270 |
|
4 |
Anthony Martin |
WI |
2 |
2 |
50.0 |
8 |
4.2 |
4 |
233 |
|
5 |
Parthiv Patel |
IND |
147 |
56 |
82.6 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
213 |
|
6 |
Virat Kohli |
IND |
199 |
94 |
79.9 |
0 |
5.1 |
5 |
210 |
|
7 |
Kieron Pollard |
WI |
100 |
70 |
96.2 |
3 |
4.9 |
4 |
205 |
|
8 |
Munaf Patel |
IND |
0 |
0 |
-- |
8 |
4.9 |
3 |
203 |
|
9 |
Harbhajan Singh |
IND |
47 |
41 |
69.1 |
4 |
3.6 |
3 |
190 |
|
10 |
Praveen Kumar |
IND |
31 |
25 |
110.7 |
5 |
4.4 |
4 |
190 |
|
11 |
Ramnaresh Sarwan |
WI |
216 |
75 |
65.9 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
176 |
|
12 |
Lendl Simmons |
WI |
177 |
67 |
65.8 |
1 |
5.7 |
5 |
169 |
|
13 |
Carlton Baugh |
WI |
93 |
39 |
59.6 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
149 |
|
14 |
Suresh Raina |
IND |
82 |
43 |
80.4 |
2 |
5.6 |
5 |
137 |
|
15 |
Marlon Samuels |
WI |
128 |
55 |
78.5 |
0 |
-- |
5 |
130 |
|
16 |
Darren Sammy |
WI |
30 |
22 |
73.2 |
4 |
5.1 |
5 |
130 |
|
17 |
Devendra Bishoo |
WI |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
4 |
4.3 |
3 |
115 |
|
18 |
Ravi Rampaul |
WI |
23 |
14 |
95.8 |
3 |
5.4 |
2 |
99 |
|
19 |
Darren Bravo |
WI |
105 |
86 |
73.4 |
0 |
-- |
3 |
96 |
|
20 |
Yusuf Pathan |
IND |
42 |
30 |
91.3 |
2 |
5.7 |
5 |
86 |
|
21 |
Kemar Roach |
WI |
11 |
7 |
68.8 |
2 |
4.6 |
3 |
75 |
|
22 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
IND |
23 |
15 |
67.6 |
1 |
4.5 |
2 |
54 |
|
23 |
Manoj Tiwary |
IND |
24 |
22 |
61.5 |
0 |
6.5 |
2 |
50 |
|
24 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
IND |
69 |
51 |
57.0 |
0 |
-- |
4 |
42 |
|
25 |
Dwayne Bravo |
WI |
30 |
22 |
81.1 |
0 |
7.4 |
2 |
30 |
|
26 |
Kirk Edwards |
WI |
46 |
25 |
61.3 |
0 |
-- |
3 |
30 |
|
27 |
Vinay Kumar |
IND |
2 |
2 |
25.0 |
1 |
5.1 |
1 |
21 |
|
28 |
Ishant Sharma |
IND |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
5.5 |
2 |
15 |
|
29 |
S Badrinath |
IND |
40 |
17 |
47.1 |
0 |
-- |
4 |
9 |
|
30 |
Danza Hyatt |
WI |
2 |
1 |
22.2 |
0 |
-- |
2 |
-4 |
Runs (scored) | 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.
This series also marks the beginning of a new ODI season for India. They enter the season as World champions.
As in the past, we will present a cumulative list of India's most valuable performers during the new season. India's two best performers last season were Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh.
Table 2: India's most valuable players in the 2011-12 ODI season (5 matches so far)
|
|
Player Name |
Runs |
Six |
Four |
Strike Rate |
Bat Pts |
W |
Eco |
Bowl Pts |
Field Pts |
M |
MVPI |
|
1 |
Amit Mishra |
5 |
0 |
0 |
33.3 |
-2.5 |
11 |
4.0 |
326.0 |
5 |
5 |
329 |
|
2 |
Rohit Sharma |
257 |
5 |
11 |
86.0 |
264.8 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
5 |
5 |
270 |
|
3 |
Parthiv Patel |
147 |
3 |
11 |
82.6 |
145.7 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
67.5 |
5 |
213 |
|
4 |
Virat Kohli |
199 |
1 |
17 |
79.9 |
190.5 |
0 |
5.1 |
-1.0 |
20 |
5 |
210 |
|
5 |
Munaf Patel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
8 |
4.9 |
203.0 |
0 |
3 |
203 |
|
6 |
Harbhajan Singh |
47 |
2 |
1 |
69.1 |
37.3 |
4 |
3.6 |
143.0 |
10 |
3 |
190 |
|
7 |
Praveen Kumar |
31 |
2 |
1 |
110.7 |
38.7 |
5 |
4.4 |
151.0 |
0 |
4 |
190 |
|
8 |
Suresh Raina |
82 |
1 |
5 |
80.4 |
79.0 |
2 |
5.6 |
40.0 |
17.5 |
5 |
137 |
|
9 |
Yusuf Pathan |
42 |
2 |
2 |
91.3 |
45.7 |
2 |
5.7 |
35.0 |
5 |
5 |
86 |
|
10 |
R Ashwin |
23 |
0 |
1 |
67.6 |
17.7 |
1 |
4.5 |
36.0 |
0 |
2 |
54 |
|
11 |
Manoj Tiwary |
24 |
1 |
1 |
61.5 |
15.5 |
0 |
6.5 |
-6.0 |
40 |
2 |
50 |
|
12 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
69 |
1 |
4 |
57.0 |
37.2 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
5 |
4 |
42 |
|
13 |
Vinay Kumar |
2 |
0 |
0 |
25.0 |
-2.7 |
1 |
5.1 |
24.0 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
|
14 |
Ishant Sharma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-4.2 |
1 |
5.5 |
14.3 |
5 |
2 |
15 |
|
15 |
S Badrinath |
40 |
0 |
3 |
47.1 |
9.2 |
0 |
-- |
0.0 |
0 |
4 |
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.
