Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list the 50-most valuable players of the tournament
Shane Watson 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.
Chris Gayle 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, who took the most (15) wickets, is third.
India, 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, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | NZ | 147 | 4 | 12 | 145.5 | 159.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 28 | 5 | 187 |
| 16 | Imran Nazir | PAK | 153 | 3 | 24 | 150.0 | 170.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 6 | 185 |
| 17 | Graeme Swann | ENG | 34 | 1 | 4 | 147.8 | 37.3 | 7 | 6.2 | 147.0 | 0 | 5 | 184 |
| 18 | T Dilshan | 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 | PAK | 5 | 0 | 1 | 166.7 | 6.0 | 9 | 6.8 | 173.0 | 0 | 6 | 179 |
| 21 | L Balaji | 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 | SA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4.8 | 150.0 | 5 | 5 | 155 |
| 25 | N Kulasekara | 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 | SA | 89 | 3 | 5 | 130.9 | 87.3 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 61 | 5 | 148 |
| 31 | Michael Hussey | AUS | 155 | 4 | 12 | 123.0 | 142.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 5 | 6 | 147 |
| 32 | Eoin Morgan | ENG | 140 | 7 | 7 | 126.1 | 132.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 15 | 5 | 147 |
| 33 | Tim Southee | NZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | -2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 128.0 | 18 | 5 | 144 |
| 34 | Stuart Broad | ENG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 1.3 | 7 | 7.4 | 123.0 | 18 | 5 | 142 |
| 35 | Dwayne Bravo | WI | 134 | 7 | 8 | 118.6 | 117.3 | 0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5 | 135 |
| 36 | Suresh Raina | IND | 110 | 0 | 15 | 126.4 | 104.0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 30 | 5 | 134 |
| 37 | J-P Duminy | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.
