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Tendulkar just ahead of Yuvraj Singh
November 19, 2007

Sachin Tendulkar [Images] is just a whisker ahead of Yuvraj Singh [Images] in the race to be India's most valuable player (MVP) of the 2007-08 ODI season. The battle between India's two best ODI players will resume when the India-Australia-Sri Lanka triangular series starts in February 2008.

Table 1: India's most valuable players of the 2007-08 season (26 matches so far)

PlayerRunsBallsBat-ptsRcBbWBowl-ptsCt|StRun outsField-ptsMTotal
Sachin Tendulkar111513521148247234560.250.537231245.6
Yuvraj Singh 9311114970.846547111175.872.595261241.6
Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images]677840682000019|114.531324995
Sourav Ganguly [Images] 611850542300348598.4112920669.4
Zaheer Khan [Images] 148208129.6100011602245622.57022655.6
R P Singh2655878888524496225818562
Rahul Dravid [Images]462554480.80000100.56220542.8
Goutam Gambhir563757520.40000201018530.4
Robin Uthappa 322309396.80000527314469.8
Piyush Chawla203412.853866617402.880.55213467.6
Irfan Pathan [Images] 131176121.255261112224.8301512361
Harbhajan Singh [Images] 101119106.84395647180.2502510312
Sreesanth [Images] 1853-6.436036615292.830157301.4
Ramesh Powar [Images]467829.652866810246.4201013286
Murali Kartik [Images]374835.630037710241.60007277.2
Dinesh Karthik180217186.40000120.58213268.4
Ajit Agarkar [Images] 19387.641541412204.220.5228233.8
Virender Sehwag [Images] 129140146838418.220105164.2
Munaf Patel [Images] 13-0.42082166108.81055113.4
Dinesh Mongia344135.2106108352.4000287.6
Rohit Sharma617462.83601.83015479.6
Praveen Kumar121313.650600-2000111.6
Ishant Sharma00038420-4.40001-4.4

Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = 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.

Some readers have asked if it isn't better to look at the average points per match, instead of the total points. The average points can sometimes give awkward results, especially if the players have played only a handful of matches. India's five most valuable players based on average points would be: Sachin Tendulkar (54.2) | Yuvraj Singh (47.8) | Dinesh Mongia (43.8) | S Sreesanth (43.1) | M S Dhoni (41.5).

The next table lists the most valuable players of the recently-concluded India-Pakistan ODI series.

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-Pakistan series (5 matches)

RankPlayerRunsBallsBat-ptsRcBbWBowl-ptsCt|StRun outsField-ptsMTotal
1Yuvraj Singh 2723452687796371.821.5465385.8
2Sachin Tendulkar259254314.85442227.60005342.4
3Mohammad Yousuf [Images]283323307.600001055312.6
4Mahendra Singh Dhoni185216197.200001|42935290.2
5Salman Butt [Images]2523002641690-8.800.5125267.2
6Younis Khan 231278239.600001054244.6
7Sohail Tanvir231732.41782218190.820104233.2
8Misbah-ul-Haq176173213.6000030155228.6
9Shoaib Malik [Images] 159205154141138341.401245219.4
10Harbhajan Singh 483072178240411020104192
11Irfan Pathan 726889.6270287579.620105179.2
12Shoaib Akhtar [Images]120.41832287167.40004167.8
13Goutam Gambhir141196125.200001055130.2
14R P Singh111.22162166100.800.5124114
15Shahid Afridi [Images]7357100.422322222.620104113
16Zaheer Khan 9183.61852185109.40004113
17Umar Gul222.42432705931055100.4
18Sourav Ganguly 8910990.8848417.2000498
19Sreesanth 10167.25260368105180.2
20Virender Sehwag 789381.637360-8.2000373.4
21Kamran Akmal295414.800004|01.556470.8
22Murali Kartik161024136156236.8000360.8
23Rohit Sharma526155.20000105160.2
24Abdur Rehman26-0.8112102341.6000240.8
25Iftikhar Anjum000201210339000439
26Fawad Alam322345.656600-8000137.6
27Robin Uthappa 3140300000000530
28Imran Nazir [Images]2040800002010118
29Praveen Kumar121313.650600-2000111.6
30Sarfraz Ahmed(WK)00000002|0010110
31Yasir Hameed [Images]15-2000010513

Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points) = 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.

Srinivas Bhogle, Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International [Get Quote] Limited, Bangalore.

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