Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list the 50-most valuable players of the tournament
Shane Watson [ Images ] scored a lot of runs at a torrid pace and took a lot of wickets with a reasonable economy rate. It is, therefore, no surprise that the Australian all-rounder was the most valuable player (MVP) in the recently-concluded ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka [ Images ].
Chris Gayle [ Images ] also made a big impact with the bat like Watson, but managed just three wickets as compared to Watson's 11, and is placed second.
Sri Lanka's mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis [ Images ], who took the most (15) wickets, is third.
India [ Images ], who failed to make it to the semi-finals, had only five players in the list of top-50 players in the World T20. It is a matter of joy (or concern) that Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], who returned to the side after a long lay-off, proved to be India's most valuable player.
The table below lists the 50-most valuable players of the tournament:
| Player | Team | Runs | 6s | 4s | S/R | Bat Pts | W | Eco | Bowl Pts | Field Pts | M | MVPI | |
| 1 | Shane Watson | AUS | 249 | 15 | 19 | 150.0 | 276.7 | 11 | 7.3 | 192.0 | 15 | 6 | 484 |
| 2 | Chris Gayle | WI | 222 | 16 | 19 | 150.0 | 246.7 | 3 | 7.6 | 51.7 | 15 | 7 | 313 |
| 3 | Ajantha Mendis | SL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | -0.7 | 15 | 6.1 | 285.0 | 5 | 6 | 289 |
| 4 | Marlon Samuels | WI | 230 | 15 | 14 | 132.9 | 229.3 | 3 | 9.0 | 36.0 | 10 | 7 | 275 |
| 5 | B McCullum | NZ | 212 | 10 | 20 | 159.4 | 246.7 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 21 | 5 | 268 |
| 6 | Mohd Hafeez | PAK | 164 | 4 | 15 | 98.2 | 105.3 | 5 | 5.9 | 117.0 | 29 | 6 | 251 |
| 7 | Luke Wright [ Images ] | ENG | 193 | 13 | 14 | 169.3 | 234.0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10 | 5 | 248 |
| 8 | Yuvraj Singh | IND | 66 | 3 | 4 | 108.2 | 50.7 | 8 | 5.9 | 156.3 | 21 | 5 | 228 |
| 9 | M Jayawardene [ Images ] | SL | 243 | 5 | 29 | 116.3 | 207.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 7 | 222 |
| 10 | Sunil Narine | WI | 7 | 0 | 1 | 140.0 | 7.3 | 9 | 5.6 | 202.3 | 8 | 7 | 218 |
| 11 | K Sangakkara | SL | 170 | 1 | 18 | 126.9 | 161.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 43 | 7 | 204 |
| 12 | Jeevan Mendis | SL | 94 | 2 | 9 | 120.5 | 84.0 | 5 | 6.7 | 94.0 | 23 | 7 | 201 |
| 13 | Virat Kohli [ Images ] | IND | 185 | 4 | 20 | 122.5 | 168.7 | 1 | 7.8 | 17.0 | 5 | 5 | 191 |
| 14 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | -4.7 | 10 | 6.8 | 188.0 | 5 | 6 | 188 |
| 15 | Ross Taylor [ Images ] | NZ | 147 | 4 | 12 | 145.5 | 159.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 28 | 5 | 187 |
| 16 | Imran Nazir [ Images ] | PAK | 153 | 3 | 24 | 150.0 | 170.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 6 | 185 |
| 17 | Graeme Swann [ Images ] | ENG | 34 | 1 | 4 | 147.8 | 37.3 | 7 | 6.2 | 147.0 | 0 | 5 | 184 |
| 18 | T Dilshan [ Images ] | SL | 179 | 4 | 17 | 120.9 | 160.7 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 20 | 7 | 181 |
| 19 | James Franklin | NZ | 120 | 4 | 9 | 127.7 | 114.7 | 3 | 8.8 | 43.0 | 23 | 5 | 181 |
| 20 | Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] | PAK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 166.7 | 6.0 | 9 | 6.8 | 173.0 | 0 | 6 | 179 |
| 21 | L Balaji [ Images ] | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 7.3 | 152.0 | 24 | 4 | 176 |
| 22 | Steven Finn | ENG | 9 | 0 | 1 | 69.2 | 0.7 | 8 | 6.2 | 165.0 | 10 | 5 | 176 |
| 23 | Nasir Jamshed | PAK | 148 | 8 | 8 | 134.5 | 149.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 18 | 6 | 167 |
| 24 | Dale Steyn [ Images ] | SA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 150.0 | 5 | 5 | 155 |
| 25 | N Kulasekara [ Images ] | SL | 27 | 1 | 3 | 168.8 | 32.7 | 5 | 6.6 | 111.0 | 10 | 7 | 154 |
| 26 | A Mathews | SL | 51 | 1 | 4 | 124.4 | 47.3 | 4 | 6.0 | 105.0 | 0 | 7 | 152 |
| 27 | Robin Peterson | SA | 45 | 0 | 7 | 136.4 | 46.0 | 5 | 6.8 | 95.0 | 10 | 4 | 151 |
| 28 | David Warner | AUS | 131 | 5 | 15 | 127.2 | 124.7 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 25 | 6 | 150 |
| 29 | Ravi Rampaul | WI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | -2.0 | 9 | 7.9 | 145.7 | 5 | 7 | 149 |
| 30 | AB de Villiers [ Images ] | SA | 89 | 3 | 5 | 130.9 | 87.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 61 | 5 | 148 |
| 31 | Michael Hussey [ Images ] | AUS | 155 | 4 | 12 | 123.0 | 142.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 147 |
| 32 | Eoin Morgan [ Images ] | ENG | 140 | 7 | 7 | 126.1 | 132.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 5 | 147 |
| 33 | Tim Southee [ Images ] | NZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | -2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 128.0 | 18 | 5 | 144 |
| 34 | Stuart Broad [ Images ] | ENG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 7 | 7.4 | 123.0 | 18 | 5 | 142 |
| 35 | Dwayne Bravo [ Images ] | WI | 134 | 7 | 8 | 118.6 | 117.3 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5 | 135 |
| 36 | Suresh Raina [ Images ] | IND | 110 | 0 | 15 | 126.4 | 104.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 30 | 5 | 134 |
| 37 | J-P Duminy [ Images ] | SA | 106 | 3 | 7 | 116.5 | 90.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 33.0 | 10 | 5 | 134 |
| 38 | R Ashwin | IND | 16 | 1 | 1 | 133.3 | 16.0 | 5 | 6.0 | 111.7 | 5 | 4 | 133 |
| 39 | Kieron Pollard | WI | 80 | 3 | 8 | 133.3 | 80.0 | 2 | 6.3 | 37.0 | 15 | 7 | 132 |
| 40 | Jacques Kallis [ Images ] | SA | 24 | 1 | 2 | 72.7 | 4.0 | 7 | 6.6 | 127.0 | 0 | 5 | 131 |
| 41 | N McCullum | NZ | 29 | 2 | 1 | 116.0 | 24.7 | 4 | 6.1 | 96.0 | 10 | 5 | 131 |
| 42 | Umar Akmal [ Images ] | PAK | 125 | 3 | 11 | 120.2 | 111.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 18 | 6 | 129 |
| 43 | Darren Sammy | WI | 54 | 1 | 5 | 142.1 | 57.3 | 4 | 7.7 | 69.0 | 0 | 7 | 126 |
| 44 | Alex Hales | ENG | 124 | 2 | 13 | 124.0 | 114.7 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | 125 |
| 45 | George Bailey | AUS | 84 | 5 | 8 | 171.4 | 102.7 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 20 | 6 | 123 |
| 46 | Shahid Afridi [ Images ] | PAK | 30 | 0 | 5 | 136.4 | 30.7 | 4 | 7.1 | 85.0 | 5 | 6 | 121 |
| 47 | Johnson Charles | WI | 130 | 4 | 18 | 112.1 | 105.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 7 | 120 |
| 48 | Morne Morkel [ Images ] | SA | 6 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 | 8.0 | 5 | 6.5 | 104.3 | 0 | 5 | 112 |
| 49 | Pat Cummins | AUS | 13 | 0 | 1 | 81.3 | 4.7 | 6 | 8.2 | 91.0 | 16 | 6 | 112 |
| 50 | Lasith Malinga [ Images ] | SL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | -7.3 | 8 | 8.4 | 117.0 | 0 | 7 | 110 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | S/R: Strike rate | Bat-pts: Batting points | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | MVPI: Most valuable player index = 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.
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