Yuvraj moves up 31 places in MVP list

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi continues to lead the table of the most valuable players (MVP) in the ongoing Twenty20 World Championship; in fact he has established such a big lead that it is hard to see anyone else overtaking him even if he has a poor final against India.

Afridi is up there because he had bagged the most wickets (12; jointly with Stuart Clark) with a decent economy rate and scored his 91 runs at a scorching rate of two runs per ball. He has also participated in two run out dismissals.

Yuvraj Singh's phenomenal 70 against Australia has taken him from the 40th to the 9th place. He should have been in the top three; but he's missing out because he didn't play against South Africa and because India's match against Scotland was washed out.

The 20-20 MVP list after the semi-finals is as follows:

Rank	Player	Country	Runs	Balls	Bat-pts	Bb	Rc	W	Bowl-pts	Ct | St	Run Outs	Field-pts	M	Total
1	Shahid Afridi	Pak	91	45	122.15	144	158	12	225.95	1	1.5	28	6	376.10
2	DL Vettori	NZ	36	20	45.40	144	128	11	239.95	2	1.5	32	6	317.35
3	ML Hayden	Aus	265	183	286.61				0.00	0		0	6	286.61
4	SR Clark	Aus			0.00	144	144	12	239.95	2	1	24	6	263.95
5	ST Jayasuriya	SL	154	96	180.32	77	102	4	64.64	0	0.5	8	5	252.96
6	Umar Gul	Pak			0.00	142	127	10	222.29	2	1	24	6	246.29
7	AC Gilchrist	Aus	169	112	189.04				0.00	9	1	52	6	241.04
8	Shoaib Malik	Pak	187	137	191.79	18	18	2	37.99	2		8	6	237.78
9	Yuvraj Singh	India	134	57	192.19	18	38	1	1.99	1	2	36	5	230.18
10	CD McMillan	NZ	163	90	206.30				0.00	1	0.5	12	6	218.30
11	KP Pietersen	Eng	178	110	209.70				0.00	1		4	5	213.70
12	Mohammad Hafeez	Pak	98	75	96.25	96	138	5	69.97	5	1.5	44	5	210.22
13	A Flintoff	Eng	70	53	69.51	108	110	5	113.96	4		16	5	199.47
14	RP Singh	India	1	1	0.67	120	126	9	177.96	1	1	20	6	198.63
15	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pak	175	118	193.06				0.00	1		4	6	197.06
16	MG Johnson	Aus	14	7	18.69	144	153	8	166.95	1		4	6	189.64
17	JM Kemp	SA	173	124	181.08				0.00	2		8	5	189.08
18	DPMD Jayawardene	SL	159	104	179.68				0.00	2		8	5	187.68
19	Shakib Al Hasan	Ban	67	56	59.52	102	116	6	115.97	1	0.5	12	5	187.49
20	MS Dhoni	India	148	110	149.70				0.00	1	2	36	6	185.70
21	DL Maddy	Eng	113	80	119.60	18	26	3	45.99	1	1	20	4	185.59
22	JA Morkel	SA	120	86	125.62	60	77	3	50.98	2		8	5	184.60
23	M Morkel	SA	1	3	-1.99	120	120	9	183.96	0		0	5	181.97
24	NW Bracken	Aus	4	3	4.01	134	142	8	164.62	2		8	6	176.63
25	CH Gayle	WI	117	60	154.20	24	22	0	9.99	2		8	2	172.19
26	Mohammad Asif	Pak			0.00	143	187	9	147.62	2	1	24	6	171.62
27	B Lee	Aus	17	12	18.04	144	171	7	132.95	4		16	6	166.99
28	SL Malinga	SL	13	12	10.04	84	100	7	123.97	4	1	32	5	166.01
29	BB McCullum	NZ	139	114	126.38				0.00	5 | 1	0.5	36	6	162.38
30	Aftab Ahmed	Ban	162	125	157.75				0.00	1		4	5	161.75
31	G Gambhir	India	152	121	143.07				0.00	2		8	6	151.07
32	IK Pathan	India	31	27	26.09	108	133	7	122.96	0		0	6	149.05
33	Harbhajan Singh	India	8	10	2.70	120	146	7	125.96	3		12	6	140.66
34	A Symonds	Aus	107	71	119.57	71	115	1	-4.36	2	1	24	6	139.21
35	RL Taylor	NZ	118	85	122.95				0.00	4		16	6	138.95
36	E Chigumbura	Zim	12	8	13.36	42	51	7	116.99	2		8	2	138.35
37	SM Pollock	SA	16	13	14.71	117	167	8	116.96	1		4	5	135.67
38	WPUJC Vaas	SL	33	41	11.47	108	100	5	123.96	0		0	5	135.43
39	BRM Taylor	Zim	107	84	102.28				0.00	2 | 1	1	32	2	134.28
40	CRD Fernando	SL	0	2	-2.66	102	104	6	127.97	0	0.5	8	5	133.31
41	SE Bond	NZ	11	13	4.71	144	180	7	123.95	1		4	6	132.66
42	Abdur Razzak	Ban	7	19	-11.27	114	121	7	142.96	0		0	5	131.69
43	J Mubarak	SL	105	62	127.54	2	8	0	-5.33	2		8	5	130.21
44	Imran Nazir	Pak	114	84	116.28				0.00	3		12	6	128.28
45	V Sehwag	India	133	96	138.32	6	20	0	-12.00	0		0	6	126.32
46	S Sreesanth	India	20	13	22.71	114	139	5	92.96	0	0.5	8	6	123.67
47	HH Gibbs	SA	110	77	117.59				0.00	1		4	3	121.59
48	JJ van der Wath	SA	11	11	7.37	120	150	6	105.96	0	0.5	8	5	121.33
49	SB Styris	NZ	70	59	61.53	66	74	2	45.98	1	0.5	12	6	119.51
50	TM Dilshan	SL	65	53	59.51	33	36	2	39.99	3	0.5	20	5	119.50
51	KC Sangakkara	SL	104	99	76.33				0.00	2 | 2	0.5	32	5	108.33
52	L Vincent	NZ	117	116	79.72				0.00	1	1.5	28	6	107.72
53	Younis Khan	Pak	103	94	80.98				0.00	6		24	6	104.98
54	Mohammad Ashraful	Ban	87	48	110.16	48	86	1	-6.02	0		0	5	104.14
55	Sohail Tanvir	Pak			0.00	114	132	5	99.96	1		4	5	103.96
56	CP Schofield	Eng	24	20	21.40	77	92	4	74.64	1		4	4	100.04
57	RV Uthappa	India	105	89	91.63				0.00	0	0.5	8	6	99.63
58	OA Shah	Eng	103	81	98.27				0.00	0		0	5	98.27
59	MR Gillespie	NZ	10	16	-1.28	119	156	6	98.63	0		0	6	97.35
60	PD Collingwood	Eng	86	65	85.55	42	82	2	5.99	1		4	5	95.54
61	GC Smith	SA	94	78	84.26	6	16	0	-8.00	4		16	5	92.26
62	MV Boucher	SA	88	93	52.31				0.00	7	0.5	36	5	88.31
63	BJ Hodge	Aus	82	61	82.87	12	20	0	-4.00	2		8	6	86.87
64	Kamran Akmal	Pak	44	36	40.12				0.00	3 | 1	1.5	44	6	84.12
65	VD Philander	SA	8	12	0.04	78	104	4	63.97	1	1	20	5	84.01
66	JDP Oram	NZ	92	60	104.20	78	146	1	-26.03	1		4	6	82.17
67	CS Martin	NZ			0.00	90	114	4	69.97	1	0.5	12	4	81.97
68	V Sibanda	Zim	52	40	50.80				0.00	1	1.5	28	2	78.80
69	AD Mascarenhas	Eng	19	17	15.39	84	122	4	53.97	2		8	5	77.36
70	Junaid Siddique	Ban	71	49	76.83				0.00	0		0	1	76.83
71	RP Sharma	India	58	45	56.15				0.00	1	1	20	3	76.15
72	LPC Silva	SL	70	61	58.87	12	11	0	5.00	1	0.5	12	5	75.87
73	VS Solanki	Eng	67	56	59.52				0.00	2	0.5	16	2	75.52
74	JM Anderson	Eng			0.00	90	102	3	65.97	0	0.5	8	4	73.97
75	Mahmudullah	Ban	17	17	11.39	48	47	2	48.98	1	0.5	12	2	72.37
76	MJ Prior	Eng	69	62	55.54				0.00	4		16	3	71.54
77	WU Tharanga	SL	74	60	68.20				0.00	0		0	5	68.20
78	PG Fulton	NZ	77	73	56.91				0.00	2		8	5	64.91
79	Yasir Arafat	Pak	29	13	40.71	42	53	1	18.99	1		4	2	63.70
80	H Masakadza	Zim	54	51	40.17	6	9	1	15.00	2		8	2	63.17
81	Syed Rasel	Ban	7	9	2.03	102	123	3	60.97	0		0	5	63.00
82	MEK Hussey	Aus	65	60	50.20				0.00	3		12	6	62.20
83	AB de Villiers	SA	50	47	37.49				0.00	6		24	5	61.49
84	Mushfiqur Rahim	Ban	14	18	4.06				0.00	4 | 3	1	56	5	60.06
85	CM Wright	Scot	14	18	4.06	24	29	3	50.99	1		4	2	59.05
86	DS Smith	WI	86	86	57.62				0.00	0		0	2	57.62
87	RR Sarwan	WI	17	15	14.05	12	10	2	38.00	1		4	2	56.05
88	JD Nel	Scot	13	7	16.69	24	25	2	38.99	0		0	2	55.68
89	KD Karthik	India	28	22	26.74				0.00	3 | 2		28	4	54.74
90	P Utseya	Zim	13	10	12.70	48	55	2	40.98	0		0	2	53.68
91	DF Watts	Scot	46	35	45.45				0.00	2		8	2	53.45
92	SCJ Broad	Eng	5	7	0.69	114	184	5	47.96	1		4	5	52.65
93	GB Brent	Zim			0.00	42	53	2	34.99	0	1	16	2	50.99
94	JP Duminy	SA	36	32	29.44				0.00	1	1	20	2	49.44
95	S Chanderpaul	WI	48	41	41.47				0.00	1		4	2	45.47
96	TM Odoyo	Kenya	18	26	1.42	36	36	2	43.99	0		0	2	45.41
97	LJ Wright	Eng	43	37	36.79				0.00	2		8	5	44.79
98	RT Ponting	Aus	61	65	35.55				0.00	2		8	4	43.55
99	CJ Chibhabha	Zim	20	22	10.74	36	41	1	22.99	2		8	2	41.73
100	Mashrafe Mortaza	Ban	35	35	23.45	106	160	2	13.30	1		4	5	40.75
101	M Ntini	SA	4	2	5.34	72	109	2	18.98	0	1	16	4	40.32
102	JAR Blain	Scot	0	1	-1.33	24	23	2	40.99	0		0	2	39.66
103	Fawad Alam	Pak			0.00	18	29	2	26.99	1	0.5	12	1	38.99
104	JK Kamande	Kenya	18	23	5.41	24	48	3	31.99	0		0	2	37.40
105	MN Samuels	WI	33	18	42.06	12	21	0	-5.00	0		0	2	37.06
106	MJ Clarke	Aus	3	4	0.68	42	72	2	15.99	4		16	5	32.67
107	G Wijekoon	SL	1	5	-4.65	66	101	2	18.98	0	1	16	3	30.33
108	R Rampaul	WI			0.00	48	87	3	24.98	0		0	2	24.98
109	DR Smith	WI	30	11	45.37	12	37	0	-21.00	0		0	2	24.37
110	SR Watson	Aus			0.00	20	19	1	23.66	0		0	1	23.66
111	CJO Smith	Scot	11	7	12.69				0.00	0 | 1		8	2	20.69
112	AB Agarkar	India	15	11	15.37	48	75	1	4.98	0		0	3	20.35
113	Tamim Iqbal	Ban	56	78	8.26				0.00	1	0.5	12	5	20.26
114	CT Tremlett	Eng			0.00	24	45	2	18.99	0		0	1	18.99
115	T Mupariwa	Zim			0.00	30	45	1	10.99	0	0.5	8	2	18.99
116	JS Patel	NZ	0	1	-1.33	41	69	2	17.65	0		0	2	16.32
117	Nadif Chowdhury	Ban	17	16	12.72				0.00	0		0	2	12.72
118	MF Maharoof	SL	0	2	-2.66	30	50	1	5.99	0	0.5	8	2	11.33
119	CO Obuya	Kenya	20	28	2.76				0.00	0	0.5	8	2	10.76
120	D Ramdin	WI	8	7	6.69				0.00	1		4	2	10.69
121	FH Edwards	WI			0.00	36	54	1	9.99	0		0	2	9.99
122	Joginder Sharma	India			0.00	66	118	2	1.98	2		8	3	9.98
123	RM Haq	Scot	14	31	-13.23	24	49	2	14.99	2		8	2	9.76
124	A Nel	SA			0.00	24	23	0	8.99	0		0	1	8.99
125	Salman Butt	Pak	74	105	8.35				0.00	0		0	5	8.35
126	GM Hamilton	Scot	2	4	-1.32				0.00	1		4	2	2.68
127	MA Ouma	Kenya	0	5	-6.65				0.00	0	0.5	8	2	1.35
128	A Obanda	Kenya	25	37	0.79				0.00	0		0	2	0.79
129	NS Poonia	Scot	4	6	0.02				0.00	0		0	2	0.02
130	S Matsikenyeri	Zim	5	14	-8.62				0.00	2		8	2	-0.62
131	JN Snape	Eng	7	11	-0.63	6	12	0	-4.00	1		4	1	-0.63
132	T Mishra	Kenya	16	25	-1.25				0.00	0		0	2	-1.25
133	RR Watson	Scot	2	4	-1.32				0.00	0		0	2	-1.32
134	DBL Powell	WI	1	1	0.67	42	62	0	-6.01	1		4	2	-1.34
135	RL Bhudia	Kenya	11	9	10.03	4	17	0	-11.67	0		0	1	-1.64
136	NFI McCallum	Scot	0	2	-2.66				0.00	0		0	2	-2.66
137	NL McCullum	NZ	1	4	-3.32				0.00	0		0	1	-3.32
138	BJ Haddin	Aus	11	20	-4.60				0.00	0		0	2	-4.60
139	DO Obuya	Kenya	18	34	-9.22				0.00	1		4	2	-5.22
140	Farhad Reza	Ban	23	34	0.78	18	35	0	-11.01	1		4	3	-6.23
141	Nazimuddin	Ban	12	23	-6.59				0.00	0		0	4	-6.59
142	RJ Kirtley	Eng	2	4	-1.32	6	17	0	-9.00	0		0	1	-10.32
143	KM Dabengwa	Zim			0.00	12	29	0	-13.00	0		0	2	-13.00
144	DR Brown	Scot	1	5	-4.65	24	44	0	-12.01	0		0	2	-16.66
145	SO Tikolo	Kenya	4	6	0.02	6	25	0	-17.00	0		0	2	-16.98
146	N Odhiambo	Kenya	5	14	-8.62	30	65	1	-9.01	0		0	2	-17.63
147	T Taibu	Zim	2	10	-9.30	24	41	0	-9.01	0		0	2	-18.31
148	Alok Kapali	Ban	19	43	-19.19	12	23	0	-7.00	1		4	3	-22.19
149	PJ Ongondo	Kenya	3	7	-3.31	42	75	0	-19.01	0		0	2	-22.32
150	LN Onyango	Kenya	4	4	2.68	24	61	0	-29.01	0		0	1	-26.33
151	DJ Bravo	WI	2	2	1.34	28	73	0	-35.68	0		0	2	-34.34

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.

Before Yuvraj Singh played those two stunning knocks there wasn't a single Indian player who really stood out. Even now, R P Singh and M S Dhoni are the only two other Indian players in the top twenty.  This has therefore been a truly remarkable team effort by Dhoni and his boys.

Srinivas Bhogle, Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore