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Tendulkar is still India's most valuable ODI player
Srinivas Bhogle and Debasish Ghosh
February 12, 2008

Sachin Tendulkar's [Images] wonderful run in the 2007-08 ODI season continues. As the Commonwealth Bank Series gets underway, he is comfortably ahead of Yuvraj Singh [Images]. In fact if Yuvraj's woeful form continues he will soon lose even his second place to Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images].

Recall that players get the most batting points if they score a lot of runs - and score them quickly; the most bowling points if they take a lot of wickets - and bowl economically; and the most fielding points if they take a lot of catches or participate in the largest number of run outs. The player with the largest total of batting, bowling and fielding points is called the "most valuable (ODI) player".

This scheme usually favours all-rounders; also the more matches you play, the more points you can amass. But our experience suggests that it spots the most valuable players rather well; players with the best ranks usually go on to win the most 'man of the match' or 'man of the series' awards.

Table 1: India's most valuable players of the 2007-08 season (30 matches so far)
RankPlayerRunsBallsBat-ptsRcBbWBowl-ptsCt|StRun outsField-ptsMTotal
1Sachin Tendulkar123615051268268258558.470.547271373
2Yuvraj Singh 9421142970.44764831117472.595291240
3Mahendra Singh Dhoni8501076839.2000025|124.5353281192
4Gautam Gambhir [Images]7609857320000201022742
5Sourav Ganguly [Images] 611850542300348598.4112920669
6Zaheer Khan [Images] 148208129.6100011602245622.57022656
7R P Singh2655878888524496225818562
8Rahul Dravid [Images]462554480.80000100.56220543
9Robin Uthappa 327322396.40000627818474
10Piyush Chawla203412.85386661740380.55213468
11Harbhajan Singh [Images] 128138145.64736369252502514422
12Irfan Pathan [Images] 170246143.263169514261301516419
13S Sreesanth [Images] 2256-0.845645820390301511405
14Ramesh Powar [Images]467829.652866810246201013286
15Murali Kartik [Images]374835.6300377102420007277
16Dinesh Karthik [Images]180217186.4000012|10.58213268
17Ajit Agarkar [Images] 19387.64154141220420.5228234
18Virender Sehwag [Images] 193224206.812112613.830159226
19Rohit Sharma199244202.83601.840208225
20Ishant Sharma111.210913361411055148
21Munaf Patel [Images] 13-0.420821661091055113
22Dinesh Mongia344135.2106108352.4000287.6
23Praveen Kumar121313.650600-2000111.6
24Manoj Tiwari016-12.800000001-12.8
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.

The next table lists the most valuable players so far in the ongoing Australia-India-Sri Lanka tri-series. Since India has featured in four of the five matches played so far, Indian players are currently more highly ranked. But things will even out as the series progresses.

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the Commonwealth Bank series (5 matches so far)
RankPlayerCountryRunsBallsBat-ptsRcBbWBowl-ptsCt|StRun outsField-ptsMTotal
1Gautam GambhirInd197228211.600000004211.6
2Brett Lee [Images]Aus1037-9.61031507185212223197.4
3Mahendra Singh DhoniInd173236157.200006|10404197.2
4Nathan Bracken [Images]Aus19-5.213716571630003157.8
5Ishant SharmaInd111.271916145.81054152
6Rohit SharmaInd13817014000001054145
7Mitchell JohnsonAus38-0.4661444145.20003144.8
8Sachin TendulkarInd121153119.621240-1.820104127.8
9TM Dilshan SL 766996.8860-3.2212223115.6
10Harbhajan Singh Ind271938.83472271.60004110.4
11Michael Clarke [Images]Aus9012183.21736011.830153110
12S Sreesanth Ind435.69692597.60004103.2
13James HopesAus514169.23266020.8000290
14Adam Gilchrist [Images]Aus7510169.200004|0020389.2
15Michael HusseyAus7510169.2000011217386.2
16KC Sangakkara SL 525163.200002|01222385.2
17Mathew HaydenAus677177.20000105282.2
18MKDI Amerasinghe SL 04-3.296120372000268.8
19Virender Sehwag Ind648460.838420-4.4105461.4
20M Muralitharan SL 111410.81291502392010359.8
21Irfan Pathan Ind3970227984236.2000458.2
22DPMD Jayawardene SL 425143.200003015358.2
23SL Malinga SL 210-4156162345.601212353.6
24Andrew Symonds [Images]Aus314724.423230-4.612429348.8
25Stuart ClarkAus01-0.82660146000145.2
26WPUJC VaasSL 183012145156227.8000339.8
27CK Kapugedera SL 02-1.67796123.811217339.2
28ST Jayasuriya SL 342647.224180-9.6000337.6
29Brad Hogg [Images]Aus0001736135.8000135.8
30Ricky Ponting [Images]Aus18394.8000012429333.8
31Ashley NoffkeAus0004654121.2000121.2
32KMDN KulasekaraSL 0004136111.8105116.8
33MF MaharoofSL 0003630112000112
34WU Tharanga SL 10185.6000000025.6
35Robin Uthappa Ind513-0.4000010544.6
36Yuvraj Singh Ind1128-0.411120-1.40003-1.8
37LPC Silva SL 732-11.600000003-11.6
38Manoj TiwariInd16-12.800000001-12.8
39Brad HaddinAus531-14.800000002-14.8
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 and Debasish Ghosh work for Cranes Software International [Get Quote] Limited, Bangalore.

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