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Will Warner overtake Kohli in final to finish as IPL MVP?

May 29, 2016 15:46 IST

In-form Virat Kohli leads the MVP rankings in the IPL with a MVPI of 1062 but David Warner, enjoying a sensational run with the bat and currently at third with a MVPI of 878, has the RCB captain in his sights. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the latest edition of Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings ahead of Sunday's IPL final.

David Warner

IMAGE: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner celebrates winning the Qualifier 2 match against Gujarat Lions. Photograph: BCCI

Virat Kohli looks likely to finish as the most valuable player of the ongoing ninth edition of Indian Premier League, but Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has been very much the unsung hero and could spring an unexpected surprise.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have dominated in the second half of the IPL, but it isn't just Kohli or AB de Villiers. All-rounder Shane Watson is very much in the mix (MVPI of 529), as has been the young K L Rahul (499).

The table below indicates the MVPI and the PVI for the top 100 players in IPL 9 ahead of Sunday's final between RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Rank Player's Name Team From Run Top Score 6's Str Rate W Eco M MVPI Money Offered (US $) PVI (US$ per run) PVI (INR per run)
1 Virat Kohli RCB IND 919 113 36 151.9 0 13 15 1062 1865000 1756 117702
2 AB de Villiers RCB SA 682 129 37 170.1 0 - 15 905 1119000 1236 82873
3 David Warner SH AUS 779 93 28 149.2 0 - 16 878 820600 935 62642
4 Chris Morris DD SA 195 82 12 178.9 13 7 12 566 1044400 1845 123675
5 Shane Watson RCB AUS 168 36 11 134.4 20 8.1 15 529 1417400 2679 179584
6 Robin Uthappa KKR IND 394 72 8 136.3 0 - 15 519 746000 1437 96339
7 Quinton de Kock DD SA 445 108 13 136.1 0 - 13 515 522200 1014 67961
8 Rohit Sharma MI IND 489 85 16 132.9 0 - 14 511 1865000 3650 244618
9 Dwayne Smith GL WI 324 73 16 146.6 8 8.5 12 500 343160 686 46000
10 Lokesh Rahul RCB IND 386 68 16 147.3 0 - 13 499 149200 299 20040
11 Andre Russell KKR WI 188 39 15 164.9 15 8 12 497 89520 180 12072
12 Bhuvneshwar Kumar SH IND 42 21 1 161.5 23 7.5 16 488 634100 1299 87090
13 Ajinkya Rahane RPS IND 480 74 9 126.6 0 - 14 487 1417400 2910 195072
14 Gautam Gambhir KKR IND 501 90 6 121.9 0 - 15 458 1865000 4072 272926
15 Shikhar Dhawan SH IND 473 82 7 117.1 0 - 16 443 1865000 4210 282167
16 Krunal Pandya MI IND 237 86 13 191.1 6 7.6 12 434 298400 688 46083
17 Yusuf Pathan KKR IND 361 63 13 145.6 1 5.5 15 434 484900 1117 74885
18 Murali Vijay KXI IND 453 89 10 124.5 0 8 14 429 447600 1043 69930
19 Suresh Raina GL IND 399 75 10 127.9 0 8.2 15 424 1865000 4399 294811
20 Moises Henriques SH AUS 178 31 6 116.3 12 7.7 16 405 149200 368 24691
21 Aaron Finch GL AUS 393 74 11 131.4 0 - 13 399 149200 374 25063
22 Dinesh Karthik GL IND 335 53 3 125.9 0 - 16 387 343160 887 59432
23 Brendon McCullum GL NZ 354 60 16 135.1 0 - 16 375 1119000 2984 200000
24 MS Dhoni RPS IND 284 64 14 135.2 0 - 14 368 1865000 5068 339674
25 Dwayne Bravo GL WI 99 22 1 120.7 17 8.8 15 363 596800 1644 110193
26 Dhawal Kulkarni GL IND 27 10 0 168.8 18 7.4 14 357 298400 836 56022
27 Karun Nair DD IND 357 83 6 120.2 0 - 14 343 596800 1740 116618
28 Mustafizur Rahman SH BAN 0 0 0 - 16 6.7 15 336 208880 622 41667
29 Yuzvendra Chahal RCB IND 0 0 0 - 20 8.1 12 331 14920 45 3021
30 Axar Patel KXI IND 111 36 8 144.2 13 8.1 14 330 111900 339 22727
31 Ambati Rayudu MI IND 334 65 12 120.1 0 - 13 321 596800 1859 124611
32 Wriddhiman Saha KXI IND 270 56 1 127.4 0 - 12 321 328240 1023 68536
33 Steven Smith RPS AUS 270 101 8 153.4 0 - 8 313 820600 2622 175719
34 Manish Pandey KKR IND 248 52 9 135.5 0 - 12 304 253640 834 55921
35 Sandeep Sharma KXI IND 8 5 0 88.9 15 7.3 14 302 126820 420 28146
36 Jos Buttler MI ENG 255 41 11 138.6 0 - 14 301 566960 1884 126246
37 Mitchell McClenaghan MI NZ 34 20 3 147.8 17 8.2 14 300 44760 149 10000
38 Ravindra Jadeja GL IND 191 36 4 107.9 8 7.7 15 300 1417400 4725 316667
39 Thisara Perera RPS SL 150 34 11 161.3 9 9.8 12 295 149200 506 33898
40 Marcus Stoinis KXI AUS 146 52 4 135.2 8 8.4 7 274 82060 299 20073
41 Mohit Sharma KXI IND 32 15 1 123.1 13 8.4 14 262 969800 3702 248092
42 Jasprit Bumrah MI IND 8 6 0 72.7 15 7.8 14 255 179040 702 47059
43 Sanju Samson DD IND 291 60 8 112.4 0 - 14 253 626640 2477 166008
44 Carlos Brathwaite DD WI 83 34 8 218.4 7 8.2 8 252 626640 2487 166667
45 Amit Mishra DD IND 4 3 0 28.6 13 7.5 14 249 14920 60 4016
46 Harbhajan Singh MI IND 92 45 2 109.5 9 8 14 248 820600 3309 221774
47 Barinder Sran SH IND 4 2 0 100 13 8 13 243 179040 737 49383
48 Ravichandran Ashwin RPS IND 41 29 1 107.9 10 7.3 14 236 1119000 4742 317797
49 Jean-Paul Duminy DD SA 191 49 3 122.4 2 7.9 10 235 328240 1397 93617
50 Piyush Chawla KKR IND 27 11 0 103.8 11 7.7 12 225 634100 2818 188889
51 Glenn Maxwell KXI AUS 179 68 8 144.4 0 8.6 11 223 895200 4014 269058
52 David Miller KXI SA 161 31 4 122.9 0 - 14 219 1865000 8516 570776
53 Tim Southee MI NZ 30 25 2 157.9 9 7.7 11 218 373000 1711 114679
54 Sunil Narine KKR WI 7 4 0 53.8 11 7.1 11 218 1417400 6502 435780
55 Chris Gayle RCB WI 151 73 13 134.8 2 5.6 9 218 1417400 6502 435780
56 Yuvraj Singh SH IND 198 44 11 126.9 0 8.4 9 213 1044400 4903 328638
57 Faf du Plessis RPS SA 206 69 9 127.2 0 - 6 212 596800 2815 188679
58 Adam Zampa RPS AUS 0 0 0 0 12 6.8 5 212 44760 211 14151
59 Kieron Pollard MI WI 207 51 16 143.8 0 14 13 209 1119000 5354 358852
60 Parthiv Patel MI IND 177 81 4 116.4 0 - 10 207 208880 1009 67633
61 Rishabh Pant DD IND 198 69 6 130.3 0 - 10 205 283480 1383 92683
62 Shakib Al Hasan KKR BAN 114 66 5 107.5 5 7.8 10 204 417760 2048 137255
63 Deepak Hooda SH IND 141 34 5 122.6 3 7.5 16 204 626640 3072 205882
64 Saurabh Tiwary RPS IND 170 57 4 120.6 0 - 10 200 104440 522 35000
65 Suryakumar Yadav KKR IND 182 60 5 127.3 0 - 15 197 104440 530 35533
66 Zaheer Khan DD IND 6 4 0 46.2 10 7.7 12 196 596800 3045 204082
67 Ashok Dinda RPS IND 0 0 0 - 11 7.6 9 189 74600 395 26455
68 Praveen Kumar GL IND 24 15 0 92.3 9 7.8 16 176 522200 2967 198864
69 Rajat Bhatia RPS IND 34 21 2 170 6 7.2 10 173 89520 517 34682
70 Sreenath Aravind RCB IND 0 0 0 - 9 7.4 8 171 338684 1981 132749
71 Sachin Baby RCB IND 101 33 4 146.4 2 4.8 10 167 14920 89 5988
72 Naman Ojha SH IND 129 37 5 96.3 0 - 16 167 74600 447 29940
73 Gurkeerat Singh Mann KXI IND 113 51 3 131.4 2 7.8 7 164 193960 1183 79268
74 Manan Vohra KXI IND 161 51 3 122.9 0 - 7 159 596800 3753 251572
75 Ashish Nehra SH IND 1 1 0 100 9 7.7 8 158 820600 5194 348101
76 Hashim Amla KXI SA 157 96 4 131.9 0 - 6 155 149200 963 64516
77 Umesh Yadav KKR IND 9 7 1 180 10 9 9 149 387920 2603 174497
78 Morne Morkel KKR SA 1 1 0 100 10 8.4 10 148 417760 2823 189189
79 Shaun Marsh KXI AUS 159 56 4 118.7 0 - 6 143 328240 2295 153846
80 Iqbal Abdulla RCB IND 33 33 1 132 6 8.5 7 138 14920 108 7246
81 Usman Khawaja RPS AUS 127 30 3 127 0 - 6 125 149200 1194 80000
82 Kuldeep Yadav KKR IND 0 0 0 - 6 8.3 3 120 59680 497 33333
83 Chris Jordan RCB ENG 0 0 0 - 8 8.9 8 119 149200 1254 84034
84 Eoin Morgan SH ENG 123 51 4 117.1 0 - 7 118 223800 1897 127119
85 Nitish Rana MI IND 104 70 8 138.7 0 3 4 113 14920 132 8850
86 Sam Billings DD ENG 88 54 4 137.5 0 - 5 111 44760 403 27027
87 Kane Williamson SH NZ 124 50 0 101.6 0 7 6 106 89520 845 56604
88 Kane Richardson RCB AUS 1 1 0 100 7 9.7 4 105 298400 2842 190476
89 Stuart Binny RCB IND 54 21 3 168.8 1 7.9 13 103 298400 2897 194175
90 Murugan Ashwin RPS IND 0 0 0 0 7 8.5 10 98 671400 6851 459184
91 James Faulkner GL AUS 77 32 0 130.5 2 9.8 7 96 820600 8548 572917
92 Sarfaraz Khan RCB IND 66 35 4 212.9 0 - 5 91 74600 820 54945
93 Bipul Sharma SH IND 46 27 5 209.1 2 8.7 6 91 14920 164 10989
94 Ben Cutting SH AUS 26 18 2 136.8 3 6.3 3 91 74600 820 54945
95 Mitchell Marsh RPS AUS 7 7 0 63.6 4 5 3 90 716160 7957 533333
96 Shivil Kaushik GL IND 0 0 0 0 6 8.3 7 87 14920 171 11494
97 Vinay Kumar MI IND 13 12 1 108.3 3 7.1 3 82 417760 5095 341463
98 Imran Tahir DD SA 5 5 0 71.4 5 8.6 4 71 149200 2101 140845
99 Brad Hogg KKR AUS 0 0 0 - 4 8.9 5 70 74600 1066 71429
100 Kevin Pietersen RPS ENG 73 37 3 119.7 0 - 4 69 522200 7568 507246

(This data has been updated after the conclusion of the Qualifier 2 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions on May 27, 2016.)