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Dhoni continues to be India's most valuable player
Srinivas Bhogle, K Anil Kumar
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni continues to be India's most valuable player in Bangladesh. Gautam Gambhir's century takes him to the second place and young Piyush Chawla too seems capable of providing real value.

It is notable that the "seniors" Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan are in the bottom half at this stage. But these are still early days. We cannot conclude too much on the basis of two matches.

Rediff's player performance tracker will look at every player's performance, and after every match.

The points scheme used expects players to score a lot of runs - and quickly; take a lot of wickets - and economically; and field well by taking catches and effecting run outs.

A batsman gets a point for every run scored - and bonus points if the runs are scored at a strike rate of over 80 runs in 100 balls. He however loses points if his strike rate is below 80.

As an example, consider Gambhir's knock of 101 in 113 balls. With a strike rate of 80, Gambhir would've scored only 90.4 runs in 113 balls. But he scored (101.0 - 90.4) = 10.6 runs more. These are his bonus points! Gambhir final batting point tally was therefore 101 + 10.6 = 111.60. On the other hand, Dhoni took 54 balls to score 36. In 54 balls he should have scored 43.2 runs with a strike rate of 80. But he scored (43.2 � 36.0) = 7.2 less. So his final batting points were (36.0 - 7.2) = 28.8.

A bowler gets 24 points for every wicket, and bonus or negative points if his economy rate is less than or greater than 4.8 runs per over. Consider Piyush Chawla's bowling figures of 10-0-37-3. He gets 24*3 = 72 points for his 3 wickets and a bonus of (48-37) = 11 points for his superior economy rate. This gives a total of 83 bowling points.

 A fielder gets 5 points for every catch or stumping, and the full (or shared) 24 points for a run out. For example, Chawla and Dhoni participated in Tamim Iqbal's run out. So they got 12 points each for that dismissal.

Chawla's total batting + bowling + fielding points are therefore [1 + (1.0 � 2*0.8)] + [ 72 + 11] + [12] = 95.4.

This method has a few weaknesses. It doesn't distinguish between a batsman being out or not out, or a bowler taking a top batsman's or tail ender's wicket. It also doesn't take into account the runs saved by a fielder. But it still provides a reasonable estimate of an ODI player's performance.

RankCountryPlayerRunsBallsCt | StRcBbWRun OutsMTotal
1IndMahendra Singh Dhoni1271601 | 20.52163.00
2IndGoutam Gambhir122130102145.00
3IndPiyush Chawla120376030.5195.40
4IndDinesh Karthik646430291.80
5IndVirender Sehwag 51472464810290.80
6IndDinesh Mongia3441010610830287.60
7IndRamesh Powar51108712030282.20
8IndZaheer Khan 940868421268.00
9IndYuvraj Singh 25310404220266.80
10IndRahul Dravid648600259.20
11IndSreesanth 000143000110.00
12IndMunaf Patel 00065840022.20

To offer a comparative perspective, here are the points of the opposing Bangladesh players.
RankCountryPlayerRunsBallsCt | StRcBbWRun OutsMTotal
1BanMohammad Rafique 2426210612030299.20
2BanSaqibul Hasan 55761839620296.00
3BanMashrafe Mortaza 42220576010181.40
4BanSyed Rasel 47011511440274.60
5BanJaved Omar 9115010267.00
6BanAftab Ahmed 56571252400265.60
7BanAbdur Razzak 91129411420264.40
8BanMohammad Ashraful 413500254.00
9BanTamim Iqbal 526500252.00
10BanMushfiqur Rahim 36441 | 10251.80
11BanShahadat Hossain 000434210114.60
12BanHabibul Bashar439000214.00

 

Srinivas Bhogle and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore

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