IPL's Most Valuable Player musical chairs continues

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players in IPL 11, after Week 4.

Rishabh Pant

IMAGE: With 375 runs to his name, Rishabh Pant is the batting mainstay of the Delhi Daredevils this season, having scored three half-centuries and two near-fifty contributions. Photograph: BCCI

It was Andre Russell after Week 1, Shane Watson after Week 2, and A B de Villiers after Week 3.

Week 4, the MVP in IPL 11 is Rishabh Pant.

He's up there because he has scored 375 runs at a blazing strike rate of 180.

And being a wicket-keeper, he also earned more points for catches and stumpings.

The Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a single 'run equivalent'.

All the prolific batsmen are up there: Shane Watson (Rank 2, MVPI 460), Ambati Rayadu (4, 447), K L Rahul (6, 384) and Virat Kohli (8, 378).

It is a special joy to see the amazing warrior Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3, 451) up there after a few less productive IPL years.

And all-rounders -- with two avenues to contribute -- are often a fixture in the top 10.

There's Sunil Narine (5, 412) and there's Krunal Pandya (8, 375) after the amazing ease with which he took the Mumbai Indians to victory on Friday night.

Best performing players so far at IPL 11

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Run	Top Score	4's	6's	Str Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI
1	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	375	85	40	20	180.3	0	-	9	519
2	Shane Watson	CSK	AUS	317	106	24	21	163.4	6	9.1	9	460
3	MS Dhoni	CSK	IND	329	79	18	24	169.6	0	-	9	451
4	Ambati Rayudu	CSK	IND	391	82	36	20	153.9	0	-	9	447
5	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	193	50	18	14	169.3	10	7.5	9	412
6	KL Rahul	KXI	IND	292	60	35	14	165	0	-	8	384
7	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	349	92	31	12	138.5	0	-	8	378
8	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	167	41	19	6	150.5	8	7.2	9	375
9	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	280	90	16	23	184.2	0	-	6	373
10	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	307	93	20	19	154.3	0	-	9	373
11	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	340	72	38	10	129.3	0	-	9	365
12	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	322	84	28	11	133.1	0	-	8	364
13	Dinesh Karthik	KKR	IND	280	45	27	8	148.9	0	-	9	349
14	Chris Gayle	KXI	WI	302	104	20	25	154.1	0	-	5	343
15	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	207	88	8	23	202.9	5	11	9	326
16	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	134	50	11	5	119.6	12	9.1	8	317
17	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	282	92	17	13	145.4	0	-	8	309
18	Shakib Al Hasan	SRH	BAN	123	28	10	4	119.4	8	7.2	8	271
19	Suresh Raina	CSK	IND	236	75	26	7	135.6	0	-	8	268
20	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	220	94	21	11	145.7	0	-	9	267
21	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	188	59	16	8	135.3	4	6.9	8	266
22	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	187	67	11	11	154.5	0	-	8	261
23	Chris Lynn	KKR	AUS	260	74	30	9	134	0	-	9	261
24	Mandeep Singh	RCB	IND	204	47	15	10	161.9	0	-	8	248
25	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	IND	225	65	25	4	130.1	0	-	8	239
26	Karun Nair	KXI	IND	209	50	18	6	132.3	0	-	8	235
27	Quinton de Kock	RCB	SA	201	53	20	8	124.1	0	-	8	234
28	Glenn Maxwell	DD	AUS	131	47	9	9	156	5	8.6	8	232
29	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	176	58	15	9	138.6	0	-	9	229
30	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	205	48	19	13	141.4	0	-	9	225
31	Dwayne Bravo	CSK	WI	118	68	8	9	196.7	7	10	9	225
32	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	24	17	1	2	141.2	10	7.3	8	221
33	JaspritBumrah	MI	IND	10	6	1	0	100	10	6.8	9	220
34	Evin Lewis	MI	WI	204	65	17	13	131.6	0	-	8	217
35	Mayank Markande	MI	IND	11	6	1	0	122.2	12	7.9	9	212
36	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	KXI	AFG	10	10	2	0	142.9	9	6.9	8	210
37	Siddarth Kaul	SRH	IND	2	2	0	0	15.4	11	6.9	8	204
38	Trent Boult	DD	NZ	0	0	0	0	0	13	9.1	9	204
39	GowthamKrishnappa	RR	IND	74	33	7	4	217.6	5	8.1	8	201
40	Umesh Yadav	RCB	IND	2	1	0	0	40	11	8.3	8	191
41	Andrew Tye	KXI	AUS	17	7	1	0	77.3	10	7.9	8	184
42	Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	IND	152	78	26	1	136.9	0	-	7	180
43	R Ashwin	KXI	IND	57	33	3	2	126.7	5	7.7	8	175
44	Yusuf Pathan	SRH	IND	147	45	11	7	126.7	1	7	8	173
45	Prithvi Shaw	DD	IND	140	62	17	6	166.7	0	-	4	172
46	Manish Pandey	SRH	IND	158	57	11	2	112.9	0	-	8	158
47	Rahul Tewatia	DD	IND	50	24	5	1	116.3	6	7.9	8	155
48	Sandeep Sharma	SRH	IND	0	0	0	0	0	6	4.4	4	146
49	Kuldeep Yadav	KKR	IND	7	7	1	0	116.7	8	8	9	146
50	MitchellMcClenaghan	MI	NZ	0	0	0	0	0	10	8.5	7	143

The MVPI table contains an incredible amount of information, and offers a lot of insight if you have some curiosity and patience.

For instance, how are foreigners faring this year?

Australia in the top 50: Shane Watson ( Rank 3), Chris Lynn (23), Glen Maxwell (28 ). Andrew Tye (41). Remember: no Warner, no Smith.

England in the top 50: Jos Buttler (22). Ben Stokes with an MVPI of 139 is outside the top 50.

The West Indies in the top 50: Sunil Narine (5), Chris Gayle (14), Andre Russell (15)

South Africa in the top 50: A B de Villiers (9), Quinton de Kock (27)

New Zealand in the top 50: Kane Williamson (12), Tent Boult (38), Mitchell McClenaghan (50).

We mustn't forget Shakib Al Hasan (18) from Bangladesh and Arshad Khan (32) and Mujibur ur Rehman (36) from Afghanistan.

The IPL has learned to live without players from Pakistan, but where are the Sri Lankans?

All data in our analysis is updated after the 34th game on May 4, 2018.

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