Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players.
IMAGE: Harshal Patel has been a star bowler for the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: BCCI
Not surprisingly, at the end of the IPL 2021 league phase, the top two places were held by Harshal Patel, the bowler with the Purple Cup, and K L Rahul, the batter with the Orange Cap.
The table below lists players with the highest Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI).
MVPI collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a single 'run equivalent'.
The last column also lists the best (lowest) Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), which is obtained by dividing the player's auction price in US$ by the 'runs equivalent' that he has contributed.
IMAGE: Punjab Kings Captain K L Rahul celebrates a half-century. Photograph: BCCI
Best Performing Players after League Phase, Match 56
| Rank | Player | Team | From | Runs | Top Score | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Games | MVPI | PVI(US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harshal Patel | RCB | IND | 51 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 128 | 30 | 8.4 | 14 | 643 | 43 |
| 2 | K L Rahul | KXI | IND | 626 | 98 | 48 | 30 | 139 | 0 | 13 | 629 | 2429 | |
| 3 | Ravindra Jadeja | CSK | IND | 227 | 62 | 19 | 9 | 146 | 10 | 6.8 | 14 | 568 | 1712 |
| 4 | Glenn Maxwell | RCB | AUS | 498 | 78 | 47 | 21 | 147 | 3 | 8.5 | 14 | 566 | 2638 |
| 5 | Faf du Plessis | CSK | SA | 546 | 95 | 53 | 20 | 138 | 0 | 14 | 537 | 414 | |
| 6 | Rashid Khan | SRH | AFG | 83 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 120 | 18 | 6.7 | 14 | 524 | 2385 |
| 7 | Sanju Samson | RR | IND | 484 | 119 | 45 | 17 | 137 | 0 | 14 | 508 | 2187 | |
| 8 | Avesh Khan | DC | IND | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 22 | 7.2 | 14 | 506 | 192 |
| 9 | Jasprit Bumrah | MI | IND | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 94.1 | 21 | 7.5 | 14 | 504 | 1929 |
| 10 | Ruturaj Gaikwad | CSK | IND | 533 | 101 | 56 | 20 | 137 | 0 | 14 | 503 | 110 | |
| 11 | Shikhar Dhawan | DC | IND | 544 | 92 | 61 | 14 | 128 | 0 | 14 | 487 | 1483 | |
| 12 | VarunChakravarthy | KKR | IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 16 | 6.5 | 14 | 475 | 1170 |
| 13 | Mohammed Shami | KXI | IND | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 76.5 | 19 | 7.5 | 14 | 444 | 1502 |
| 14 | Moeen Ali | CSK | ENG | 304 | 58 | 27 | 16 | 133 | 5 | 6.3 | 13 | 438 | 2220 |
| 15 | Mayank Agarwal | KXI | IND | 441 | 99 | 42 | 18 | 140 | 0 | 12 | 431 | 322 | |
| 16 | Prithvi Shaw | DC | IND | 401 | 82 | 47 | 14 | 157 | 0 | 13 | 424 | 393 | |
| 17 | Jason Holder | SRH | WI | 85 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 16 | 7.8 | 8 | 398 | 262 |
| 18 | Kieron Pollard | MI | WI | 245 | 87 | 16 | 16 | 149 | 5 | 7.2 | 14 | 398 | 1884 |
| 19 | Rahul Tripathi | KKR | IND | 377 | 74 | 39 | 10 | 143 | 0 | 14 | 395 | 211 | |
| 20 | Axar Patel | DC | IND | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 83.9 | 15 | 6.4 | 10 | 393 | 1767 |
| 21 | Rishabh Pant | DC | IND | 362 | 58 | 38 | 8 | 127 | 0 | 14 | 390 | 5342 | |
| 22 | Arshdeep Singh | KXI | IND | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 18 | 8.3 | 12 | 388 | 72 |
| 23 | Yuzvendra Chahal | RCB | IND | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 7.3 | 14 | 380 | 2193 |
| 24 | Andre Russell | KKR | WI | 183 | 54 | 14 | 14 | 153 | 11 | 9.9 | 10 | 375 | 3148 |
| 25 | A B de Villiers | RCB | IND | 302 | 76 | 22 | 16 | 150 | 0 | 14 | 371 | 4118 | |
| 26 | Shardul Thakur | CSK | IND | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 18 | 8.6 | 14 | 368 | 981 |
| 27 | Chris Morris | RR | SA | 67 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 137 | 15 | 9.2 | 11 | 358 | 6304 |
| 28 | Devdutt Padikkal | RCB | IND | 390 | 101 | 42 | 14 | 126 | 0 | 13 | 343 | 81 | |
| 29 | Dwayne Bravo | CSK | WI | 47 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 261 | 12 | 7.6 | 9 | 337 | 2638 |
| 30 | Suryakumar Yadav | MI | IND | 317 | 82 | 40 | 10 | 143 | 0 | 14 | 323 | 1376 | |
| 31 | Ravi Bishnoi | KXI | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 6.4 | 9 | 323 | 860 |
| 32 | Virat Kohli | RCB | IND | 366 | 72 | 38 | 9 | 120 | 0 | 14 | 323 | 7310 | |
| 33 | Sunil Narine | KKR | WI | 34 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 117 | 10 | 6.5 | 11 | 322 | 5392 |
| 34 | Rahul Chahar | MI | IND | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 93.3 | 13 | 7.4 | 11 | 321 | 822 |
| 35 | Kagiso Rabada | DC | IND | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 13 | 8.4 | 13 | 319 | 1829 |
| 36 | Rohit Sharma | MI | IND | 381 | 63 | 33 | 14 | 127 | 0 | 11.1 | 13 | 315 | 6614 |
| 37 | Trent Boult | MI | NZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 7.9 | 14 | 306 | 1452 |
| 38 | Nitish Rana | KKR | IND | 347 | 80 | 33 | 15 | 126 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 302 | 1564 |
| 39 | Deepak Chahar | CSK | IND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 8.4 | 13 | 295 | 377 |
| 40 | Jos Buttler | RR | ENG | 254 | 124 | 27 | 13 | 153 | 0 | 7 | 289 | 2115 | |
| 41 | Shubman Gill | KKR | IND | 352 | 57 | 39 | 11 | 119 | 0 | 14 | 286 | 874 | |
| 42 | Mohammed Siraj | RCB | IND | 20 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 76.9 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 286 | 1263 |
| 43 | Ambati Rayudu | CSK | IND | 256 | 72 | 16 | 17 | 153 | 0 | 14 | 284 | 1076 | |
| 44 | Pat Cummins | KKR | AUS | 93 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 166 | 9 | 8.8 | 7 | 277 | 7772 |
| 45 | Krunal Pandya | MI | IND | 143 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 116 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 258 | 4737 |
| 46 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | RR | IND | 249 | 50 | 32 | 10 | 148 | 0 | 10 | 258 | 1292 | |
| 47 | Jonny Bairstow | SRH | ENG | 248 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 142 | 0 | 7 | 255 | 1198 | |
| 48 | Dinesh Karthik | KKR | IND | 204 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 14 | 250 | 4111 | |
| 49 | Manish Pandey | SRH | IND | 292 | 69 | 21 | 10 | 124 | 0 | 8 | 250 | 6111 | |
| 50 | Lockie Ferguson | KKR | NZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6.2 | 5 | 247 | 900 |
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