After his 121 in 115 balls, Yuvraj Singh [Images] has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar [Images] in the race to be India's most valuable ODI player (MVP) of the current season.

Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images], Rahul Dravid [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images] occupy positions 2-5; it is therefore rather surprising to hear that Ganguly was "dropped" for the third game.

We have considered the performances of Indian players in all the 17 ODI matches after the World Cup (one match each against Ireland and Scotland, 2 against Bangladesh, 3 against South Africa, 7 against England [Images] and 3 so far against Australia).

Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup (17 matches):

Rank	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Bb	Rc	W	Bowl-pts	Ct | St	Run Outs	Field-pts	M	Total
Yuvraj Singh	598	670	660.00	373	369	8	114.20	5	1	49	17	823.20
S Tendulkar	637	798	635.60	162	150	3	30.00	3	0.5	27	14	692.60
MS Dhoni	407	542	380.40	0	0	0	0.00	16|5	2	178	15	558.40
Rahul Dravid	442	526	463.20	0	0	0	0.00	7	0.5	47	17	510.20
S Ganguly	395	560	342.00	185	246	4	107.80	1	1	29	12	478.80
Piyush Chawla	20	34	12.80	538	666	17	402.80	8	0.5	52	13	467.60
Zaheer Khan [Images]	77	100	74.00	640	756	14	300.80	0	2	48	14	422.80
G Gambhir	422	561	395.20	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	13	400.20
RP Singh	13	27	4.40	432	546	13	316.80	1	0.5	17	11	338.20
Ramesh Powar	46	78	29.60	528	668	10	246.40	2	0	10	13	286.00
Dinesh Karthik	180	211	191.20	0	0	0	0.00	11	0.5	77	12	268.20
Robin Uthappa	165	158	203.60	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	39	5	242.60
Ajit Agarkar [Images]	19	38	7.60	415	414	12	204.20	2	0.5	22	8	233.80
Sreesanth [Images]	8	37	-13.60	244	258	11	226.40	2	0	10	5	222.80
Munaf Patel [Images]	1	3	-0.40	208	216	6	108.80	1	0	5	5	113.40
Irfan Pathan [Images]	4	11	-0.80	142	168	4	88.40	1	0	5	3	92.60
Virender Sehwag [Images]	51	47	64.40	46	48	1	16.40	2	0	10	2	90.80
Dinesh Mongia	34	41	35.20	106	108	3	52.40	0	0	0	2	87.60
Harbhajan Singh [Images]	23	32	20.40	95	120	0	1.00	0	0	0	2	21.40
Rohit Sharma	9	13	7.60	3	6	0	1.80	2	0	10	3	19.40
Ishant Sharma	0	0	0.00	38	42	0	-4.40	0	0	0	1	-4.40

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.

Table 2 lists the most valuable players so far in the India-Australia list. Michael Clarke [Images] heads the combined list, followed by Andrew Symonds [Images] and Yuvraj Singh.

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-Australia series (3 matches):

Rank	Player	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Rc	Bb	W	Bowl-pts	Ct|St	Run outs	Field-pts	M	Total
1	Michael Clarke	216	241	239.20	35	54	2	56.20	0	0.5	12	3	307.40
2	Andrew Symonds	183	157	240.40	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	3	245.40
3	Yuvraj Singh	131	125	162.00	99	96	2	25.80	1	0	5	3	192.80
4	Brad Haddin	156	152	190.40	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2	190.40
5	Mathew Hayden	169	198	179.60	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	10	3	189.60
6	Brad Hogg [Images]	0	0	0.00	86	111	6	146.80	1	0.5	17	3	163.80
7	S Sreesanth	8	37	-13.60	180	168	8	146.40	2	0	10	3	142.80
8	James Hopes	52	40	72.00	76	102	2	53.60	0	0	0	3	125.60
9	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	91	125	82.00	0	0	0	0.00	3 | 1	0	25	3	107.00
10	Zaheer Khan	6	18	-2.40	180	180	5	84.00	0	1	24	3	105.60
11	Mitchell Johnson	0	0	0.00	98	120	4	94.00	1	0	5	3	99.00
12	Irfan Pathan	4	11	-0.80	142	168	4	88.40	1	0	5	3	92.60
13	Stuart Clark	0	0	0.00	58	88	3	84.40	0	0	0	3	84.40
14	Brett Lee [Images]	2	2	2.40	85	100	3	67.00	1	0	5	3	74.40
15	Robin Uthappa	41	33	55.60	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	2	60.60
16	Adam Gilchrist [Images]	41	47	44.40	0	0	0	0.00	1 | 1	0	15	3	59.40
17	Sachin Tendulkar	59	102	36.40	44	42	0	-10.40	2	0	10	3	36.00
18	Rahul Dravid	31	52	20.40	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	10	3	30.40
19	Harbhajan Singh	23	32	20.40	95	120	0	1.00	0	0	0	2	21.40
20	Ricky Ponting [Images]	25	43	15.60	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	15.60
21	Gautam Gambhir [Images]	17	34	6.80	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3	6.80
22	Sourav Ganguly	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	0.00
23	Rohit Sharma	1	4	-1.20	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1	-1.20
24	Brad Hodge	6	22	-5.60	18	12	0	-8.40	2	0	10	3	-4.00
25	Ramesh Powar	17	18	19.60	80	66	0	-27.20	0	0	0	2	-7.60
26	R P Singh	0	0	0.00	67	60	0	-19.00	0	0	0	1	-19.00

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.

We will update this list after the India-Australia series ends.

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