India have so far played nine ODI matches after the disastrous 2007 World Cup: two completed games against Bangladesh, one against Ireland, three against South Africa, one against Scotland and two so far against England [Images].

After his superlative batting performance at Bristol, Rahul Dravid [Images] joins Sachin Tendulkar [Images] at the top of India's most valuable player (MVP) list after game 9.

The Rediff player performance tracker is published after every ODI match in the current cricket season (i.e. after World Cup 2007).

• Dhoni continues to be India's most valuable player

Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup

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.

If we only look at the most valuable players in the ongoing India-England 7-match ODI series, then the picture is as follows:

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-England series

Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Rc	Bb	W	Bowl-pts	Ct|St	Run outs	Field-pts	M	Total
1	IR Bell	190	214	208.8				0			0	2	208.8
2	Rahul Dravid	138	135	168				0		2	10	2	178
3	A Flintoff	9	7	12.4	68	102	6	157.6			0	2	170
4	AN Cook	138	167	142.4				0		1	5	2	147.4
5	JM Anderson			0	79	120	5	137			0	2	137
6	Sachin Tendulkar	116	145	116	29	24	0	-9.8			0	2	106.2
7	AD Mascarenhas	52	39	72.8	59	84	1	32.2	0.5		12	2	105
8	MJ Prior (Wk)	52	59	56.8				0	1	6	54	2	86.8
9	KP Pietersen	58	50	76				0			0	2	76
10	SCJ Broad	29	24	38.8	81	102	1	24.6			0	2	63.4
11	Piyush Chawla	3	11	-2.8	102	102	3	51.6		2	10	2	58.8
12	Dinesh Karthik	45	47	52.4				0			0	2	52.4
13	Yuvraj Singh	49	57	52.4	29	30	0	-5			0	2	47.4
14	Munaf Patel			0	70	48	3	40.4		1	5	1	45.4
15	Zaheer Khan	20	28	17.6	49	60	1	23			0	1	40.6
16	R P Singh	0	4	-3.2	105	120	2	39			0	2	35.8
17	Sourav Ganguly	41	60	34	38	42	0	-4.4			0	2	29.6
18	Ramesh Powar	1	2	0.4	43	60	1	29			0	1	29.4
19	Collingwood	27	25	34	61	54	0	-17.8	0.5	2	22	2	26.2
20	MS Panesar			0	47	60	1	25	1		24	1	25
21	Mahendra Singh Dhoni(wK)	40	78	17.6				0		1	5	2	22.6
22	RS Bopara	17	20	18	27	24	0	-7.8		1	5	2	15.2
23	Goutam Gambhir	3	14	-5.2				0			0	1	-5.2
24	Chris Tremlett	0	1	-0.8	73	54	0	-29.8		1	5	1	-25.6
25	Ajit Agarkar	12	32	-1.6	132	114	0	-40.8		2	10	2	-32.4

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.

These lists will be updated after every ODI game.

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