Many rediff readers who followed the 2007 World Cup's Most Valuable Player (MVP) list suggested that the MVP formula could be used to track the form and performance of India's ODI players right through the year.
So here we go! Starting with the India-Bangladesh away series in May 2007, we will track the ODI performance of every player, and after every match.
| Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | Run Outs | M | Total Points |
| 1 | Ind | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 91 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 107.20 | |||
| 2 | Ind | Dinesh Mongia | 17 | 25 | 0 | 49 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 85.00 |
| 3 | Ind | Dinesh Karthik | 58 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73.00 | |||
| 4 | Ind | Virender Sehwag | 30 | 21 | 1 | 46 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64.60 |
| 5 | Ind | Ramesh Powar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41.00 |
| 6 | Ind | Goutam Gambhir | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.40 | |||
| 7 | Ind | Rahul Dravid | 22 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.80 | |||
| 8 | Ind | Sreesanth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.00 |
| 9 | Ind | Zaheer Khan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.60 |
| 10 | Ind | Munaf Patel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.60 |
| 11 | Ind | Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5.20 |
To offer a comparative perspective, we will also list the corresponding scores for the opposing team.
| Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | Run Outs | M | Total Points |
| 1 | Ban | Saqibul Hasan | 50 | 68 | 1 | 43 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98.80 |
| 2 | Ban | Javed Omar | 80 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.40 | |||
| 3 | Ban | Tamim Iqbal | 45 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.60 | |||
| 4 | Ban | Mohammad Ashraful | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.40 | |||
| 5 | Ban | Syed Rasel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25.20 |
| 6 | Ban | Aftab Ahmed | 16 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.80 |
| 7 | Ban | Abdur Razzak | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.20 |
| 8 | Ban | Mohammad Rafique | 11 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.40 |
| 9 | Ban | Shahadat Hossain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.60 |
| 10 | Ban | Mushfiqur Rahim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.20 | |||
| 11 | Ban | Habibul Bashar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.60 |
Srinivas Bhogle and K Anil Kumar work for Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
