World Cup 2023: Bumrah, Rohit In MVP Top Five

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of World Cup after the twelve games.

Jasprit Bumrah

IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah outsmarted the Pakistanis in the World Cup game at Ahmedabad, October 14, 2023. Photograph: BCCI/X

It's early days; there's still a lot of cricket to be played in the 2023 ODI World Cup.

Before we share the numbers, we'll share our assumptions. We're assuming that the average team score will be 300 (it is currently 284), and we're considering a wicket to be worth 30 runs.

Our Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) collapses a player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a metric that could be described as a 'run equivalent'.

Mitchell Santner

IMAGE: Mitchell Santner pocketed a five-wicket haul against The Netherlands in the game at Hyderabad, October 9, 2023. Photograph: ICC/X

Jasprit Bumrah, currently placed second, still hasn't actually scored a run. But his number of wickets, economy rate and fielding performance would be equivalent to having scored 314 runs.

Mitchell Santner (MVPI: 358) tops the list while Matt Henry (306) is third. Rohit Sharma (281) is currently fourth.

If this reminds you of the formula in the many fantasy leagues, all we'll say is that Rediff's MVPI data has been going up now for 20 years.

Already there are some pointers: While there are 4 NZ players in the top ten, there's no Australian player so far in the top 25.

Most Valuable Players In World Cup 2023 (after first 12 games)

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games	MVPI
1	Mitchell Santner	NZ	36	36	3	2	211.8	8	4.2	3	358
2	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	0	0	0	0	-	8	3.4	3	314
3	Matt Henry	NZ	10	10	0	1	250	8	5.1	3	306
4	Rohit Sharma	IND	217	131	22	11	141.8	0	-	3	281
5	Kushal Mendis	SL	198	122	18	14	166.4	0	-	2	277
6	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	183	123	16	6	114.4	2	5.9	3	269
7	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	248	131	23	3	93.6	0	-	3	261
8	Devon Conway	NZ	229	152	27	4	104.1	0	-	3	258
9	Quinton de Kock	SA	209	109	20	8	110	0	-	2	238
10	Aiden Markram	SA	162	106	21	4	165.3	0	-	2	231
11	Bas de Leede	NET	85	67	9	2	91.4	5	6.6	2	225
12	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	0	0	0	0	-	5	3.9	3	223
13	Hasan Ali	PAK	12	12	2	0	60	7	6	3	214
14	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	55	40	5	2	69.6	5	4.9	3	213
15	Ravindra Jadeja	IND	0	0	0	0	-	5	3.7	3	213
16	Dawid Malan	ENG	154	140	18	5	117.6	0	-	2	177
17	Kasigo Rabada	SA	0	0	0	0	0	5	5.2	2	166
18	Haris Rauf	PAK	18	16	2	1	90	5	6	3	166
19	Daryl Mtchell	NZ	137	89	11	6	120.2	0	11	3	165
20	Joe Root	ENG	159	82	12	2	103.2	0	-	2	164
21	Sadeera Samarawickrama	SL	131	108	14	3	121.3	0	-	2	164
22	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN	95	57	10	0	75.4	3	5.8	3	160
23	Hardik Pandya	IND	11	11	0	1	137.5	5	6.6	3	160
24	Colin Ackermann	NET	86	69	8	0	91.5	2	5.6	2	158
25	Shoriful Islam	BAN	14	12	2	0	82.4	5	6.3	3	154
26	Keshav Maharaj	SA	0	0	0	0	0	4	4.6	2	151
27	Abdullah Shafique	PAK	133	113	13	3	104.7	0	-	2	149
28	Josh Hazlewood	AUS	3	2	0	0	100	4	5.4	2	138
29	Reece Topley	ENG	1	1	0	0	50	4	4.3	1	137
30	Virat Kohli	IND	156	85	15	0	82.1	0	-	3	137
31	Trent Boult	NZ	0	0	0	0	-	3	4.5	3	136
32	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	134	108	15	2	95.7	0	-	2	133
33	Mitchell Starc	AUS	55	28	5	1	64	3	4.9	2	132
34	Lockie Ferguson	NZ	0	0	0	0	-	3	4.5	2	132
35	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	15	13	2	0	68.2	4	6.3	3	131
36	Marco Jansen	SA	38	26	3	2	131	4	8.6	2	128
37	Saud Shakeel	PAK	105	68	11	1	114.1	0	-	3	118
38	Glenn Phillips	NZ	20	16	2	1	133.3	3	5.9	3	116
39	Aryan Dutt	NET	12	11	0	1	54.5	3	5.5	2	107
40	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	119	66	10	2	83.8	0	-	3	106
41	Litton Das	BAN	89	76	9	2	104.7	0	-	3	103
42	Paul van Meekeren	NET	11	7	2	0	73.3	3	6.6	2	103
43	KL Rahul	IND	116	97	10	2	80.6	0	-	3	103
44	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	84	62	6	4	94.4	1	7.2	2	102
45	Mohammad Nawaz	PAK	43	39	4	0	75.4	2	5.7	3	101
46	Tom Latham	NZ	53	53	6	1	115.2	0	-	3	100
47	Mahedi Hasan	BAN	14	14	1	0	43.8	4	8.9	1	98
48	Dilshan Madushanka	SL	4	4	1	0	200	4	7.6	2	96
49	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	18	15	1	0	42.9	2	3.7	2	95
50	Jos Buttler	ENG	63	43	3	3	121.2	0	-	2	94