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India-Zimbabwe MVPI: Bumrah, Rahul reign in one-sided series

June 16, 2016 16:41 IST

It was India's players all the way, with Jasprit Bumrah emerging the most valuable, ahead of K L Rahul.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after the just-concluded ODI series between India and Zimbabwe. 

Jasprit Bumrah

IMAGE: With nine wickets from three matches, India pacer Jasprit Bumrah emerged on top of the Most Valuable Players Index for the just-concluded India-Zimbabwe ODI series. Photograph: BCCI

It would be hard to recall a more one-sided One-Day International series in recent times than the just-concluded one between Zimbabwe and India.

India's players grabbed all the top ranks in the MVPI table, with Jasprit Bumrah (MVPI 287) topping the table ahead of K L Rahul (224).

The MVPI formula picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take the most catches or participate in run outs. MVPI expresses a player’s overall batting + bowling + fielding performance in terms of a ‘run equivalent’.

Five of the top six places have been taken by Indian bowlers.

For Zimbabwe only Chamu Chibhabha (70) and Vusi Sibanda (58) offered a semblance of resistance.

Table 1: Most valuable players in the Zimbabwe - India series (Jun 11-15, 2016)

Rank Player Team Runs 4's 6's Str Rate W Eco M MVPI
1 Jasprit Bumrah IND 0 0 0 - 9 3 3 287
2 Lokesh Rahul IND 196 15 3 83.4 0 - 3 224
3 Yuzvendra Chahal IND 0 0 0 - 6 3.2 3 198
4 Dhawal Kulkarni IND 0 0 0 - 5 3.6 3 187
5 Axar Patel IND 0 0 0 - 3 2.3 3 149
6 Barinder Sran IND 0 0 0 - 4 4.1 3 121
7 Ambati Rayudu IND 103 12 0 62.8 0 - 3 74
8 Chamu Chibhabha ZIM 61 4 0 45.5 1 3.2 3 70
9 Faiz Fazal IND 55 7 1 90.2 0 - 1 64
10 Vusi Sibanda ZIM 96 8 2 59.6 0 - 3 58
11 Tendai Chatara ZIM 6 0 0 37.5 1 4 2 39
12 Sikandar Raza ZIM 39 3 0 41.1 1 4 2 36
13 MS Dhoni IND 0 0 0 - 0 - 3 33
14 Karun Nair IND 46 6 0 52.3 0 - 2 19
15 Taurai Muzarabani ZIM 6 1 0 54.5 0 3.4 2 17
16 Manish Pandey IND 4 1 0 400 0 - 3 12
17 Kedar Jadhav IND 0 0 0 - 0 - 3 10
18 Timycen Maruma ZIM 17 1 0 58.6 0 - 1 10
19 Hamilton Masakadza ZIM 31 4 0 55.4 0 7.6 3 9
20 Craig Ervine ZIM 21 1 0 46.7 0 - 1 5
21 Richmond Mutumbami ZIM 21 3 0 47.7 0 - 3 5
22 Malcolm Waller ZIM 8 0 0 53.3 0 - 1 4
23 Graeme Cremer ZIM 15 1 0 55.6 0 5.3 3 3
24 Elton Chigumbura ZIM 41 1 0 61.2 0 9 2 2
25 Donald Tiripano ZIM 2 0 0 12.5 0 3 1 1
26 Sean Williams ZIM 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 0
27 Neville Madziva ZIM 10 0 0 38.5 0 5 1 -2
28 Peter Moor ZIM 4 0 0 28.6 0 - 2 -4
29 Tawanda Mupariwa ZIM 1 0 0 11.1 0 8.6 1 -24

Runs (scored) ' No of 4s ' No of 6s ' Strike rate ' W: Wickets taken ' Eco: Economy rate '  M: Matches played ' MVPI: Most valuable player index = 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 Purnendu Maji