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.
After his superlative batting performance at Bristol, Rahul Dravid joins Sachin Tendulkar 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).
Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup
| Player | Runs | Balls | Bat-pts | Rc | Bb | W | Bowl-pts | Ct|St | Run outs | Field-pts | M | Total |
| Rahul Dravid | 326 | 380 | 348 | 0 | 4 | 0.5 | 32 | 9 | 368 | |||
| Sachin Tendulkar | 320 | 405 | 316 | 73 | 60 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 368 | |
| Piyush Chawla | 6 | 15 | 0 | 326 | 408 | 14 | 336.4 | 6 | 0.5 | 42 | 8 | 366.4 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 233 | 273 | 247.6 | 157 | 177 | 5 | 104.6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 357.2 | |
| Goutam Gambhir | 295 | 384 | 282.8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 287.8 | ||||
| Dinesh Karthik | 174 | 184 | 200.8 | 0 | 8|1 | 50 | 9 | 250.8 | ||||
| R P Singh | 0 | 4 | -3.2 | 248 | 354 | 8 | 227.2 | 0.5 | 12 | 7 | 224 | |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni(wK) | 181 | 253 | 159.6 | 0 | 6|2 | 1 | 74 | 7 | 209.6 | |||
| Sourav Ganguly | 187 | 281 | 149.2 | 103 | 138 | 2 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 209.6 | |
| Zaheer Khan | 29 | 32 | 32.4 | 239 | 300 | 6 | 145 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 177.4 | |
| Ramesh Powar | 7 | 16 | 1.2 | 256 | 354 | 5 | 147.2 | 6 | 148.4 | |||
| Ajit Agarkar | 12 | 32 | -1.6 | 234 | 264 | 5 | 97.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 22 | 5 | 105.6 |
| Munaf Patel | 171 | 186 | 5 | 97.8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 102.8 | ||||
| Virender Sehwag | 51 | 47 | 64.4 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 16.4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 90.8 | |
| Dinesh Mongia | 34 | 41 | 35.2 | 106 | 108 | 3 | 52.4 | 2 | 87.6 | |||
| Sreesanth | 64 | 90 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 80 | ||||||
| Robin Uthappa | 55 | 62 | 60.4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 65.4 | ||||
| Rohit Sharma | 8 | 9 | 8.8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 20.6 | |
| Ishant Sharma | 38 | 42 | 0 | -4.4 | 1 | -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.
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 Limited, Bangalore
