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Sachin Tendulkar still MVP

By Srinivas Bhogle, Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar
November 16, 2007 18:00 IST
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After his 97 at almost run-a-ball, Sachin Tendulkar continues to be India's most valuable player (MVP). Yuvraj Singh is only a few points behind him. These two, together with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have been India's three best players so far in the 2007-08 season.

Table 1: India's most valuable players after the 2007 World Cup (25 matches)

Player Runs Balls Bat-pts Rc Bb W Bowl-pts Ct|St Run outs Field-pts M Total
Sachin Tendulkar 1085 1325 1110 247 234 5 60.2 5 0.5 37 22 1207.2
Yuvraj Singh 881 1052 920.4 418 423 10 160.4 7 2.5 95 25 1175.8
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 653 808 659.6 0 0 0 0 18|9 4.5 288 23 947.6
Sourav Ganguly 611 850 542 300 348 5 98.4 1 1 29 20 669.4
Zaheer Khan 148 208 129.6 1000 1160 22 456 2 2.5 70 22 655.6
R P Singh 26 55 8 788 885 24 496 2 2 58 18 562
Rahul Dravid 462 554 480.8 0 0 0 0 10 0.5 62 20 542.8
Gautam Gambhir 551 742 508.4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 17 518.4
Robin Uthappa 321 299 402.8 0 0 0 0 5 2 73 13 475.8
Piyush Chawla 20 34 12.8 538 666 17 402.8 8 0.5 52 13 467.6
Harbhajan Singh 101 119 106.8 439 564 7 180.2 5 0 25 10 312
Irfan Pathan 88 137 66.4 493 551 11 211.8 2 0 10 11 288.2
Ramesh Powar 46 78 29.6 528 668 10 246.4 2 0 10 13 286
Dinesh Karthik 180 217 186.4 0 0 0 0 12 0.5 82 13 268.4
Murali Kartik 21 38 11.6 238 317 9 231.6 0 0 0 6 243.2
Ajit Agarkar 19 38 7.6 415 414 12 204.2 2 0.5 22 8 233.8
S Sreesanth 8 37 -13.6 308 306 12 224.8 2 0 10 6 221.2
Virender Sehwag 119 127 136.4 57 60 1 15.0 2 0 10 4 161.4
Munaf Patel 1 3 -0.4 208 216 6 108.8 1 0 5 5 113.4
Dinesh Mongia 34 41 35.2 106 108 3 52.4 0 0 0 2 87.6
Rohit Sharma 9 13 7.6 3 6 0 1.8 2 0 10 3 19.4
Ishant Sharma 0 0 0 38 42 0 -4.4 0 0 0 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.

Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh are, in fact, the two most valuable players from either side in the current India-Pakistan series - ahead of third-placed Younis Khan - and therefore the two most likely candidates for the man of the series award.

Table 2: The most valuable players so far in the India-Pakistan series (4 matches)

Rank Player Runs Balls Bat-pts Rc Bb W Bowl-pts Ct|St Run outs Field-pts M Total
1 Yuvraj Singh 222 283 217.6 2 30 48 2 56.4 1.5 46 4 320
2 Sachin Tendulkar 229 227 276.4 0 54 42 2 27.6 0 0 4 304
3 Younis Khan 231 278 239.6 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 244.6
4 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 161 184 174.8 0|2 0 0 0 0 2 68 4 242.8
5 Salman Butt 216 251 231.2 0 16 9 0 -8.8 0.5 12 4 234.4
6 Mohammad Yousuf 209 241 225.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 230.2
7 Harbhajan Singh 48 30 72 2 178 240 4 110 0 10 4 192
8 Misbah-ul-Haq 154 156 183.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 188.2
9 Shoaib Akhtar 1 2 0.4 0 183 228 7 167.4 0 0 4 167.8
10 Sohail Tanvir 20 14 28.8 1 125 162 4 100.6 0 5 3 134.4
11 Goutam Gambhir 129 181 113.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 118.2
12 R P Singh 1 1 1.2 0 216 216 6 100.8 0.5 12 4 114
13 Shahid Afridi 73 57 100.4 2 223 222 2 2.6 0 10 4 113
14 Zaheer Khan 9 18 3.6 0 185 218 5 109.4 0 0 4 113
15 Irfan Pathan 29 29 34.8 1 211 227 4 66.6 0 5 4 106.4
16 Sourav Ganguly 89 109 90.8 0 84 84 1 7.2 0 0 4 98
17 Umar Gul 2 2 2.4 1 194 210 4 70 0 5 4 77.4
18 Kamran Akmal 29 54 14.8 4|0 0 0 0 0 1.5 56 4 70.8
19 V Sehwag 68 80 72 0 11 12 0 -1.4 0 0 2 70.6
20 Shoaib Malik 70 123 41.6 0 80 78 0 -17.6 1 24 4 48
21 Abdur Rehman 2 6 -0.8 0 112 102 3 41.6 0 0 2 40.8
22 Robin Uthappa 30 30 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 36
23 Murali Kartik 0 0 0 0 74 96 1 26.8 0 0 2 26.8
24 Iftikhar Anjum 0 0 0 0 149 150 1 -5 0 0 3 -5

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.

 

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

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