World Cup 2023: The Race For MVP Hots Up

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 45 World Cup 2023 games.

Glenn Maxwell

IMAGE: Glenn Maxwell celebrates after taking Australia past Afghanistan with a fiery 201 not out in the ICC World Cup match at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, November 7, 2023. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

Rachin Ravindra (MVPI: 793) currently tops the list, but Glenn Maxwell, after that double hundred, is just 9 'runs' behind with his MVPI of 784.

The spinners Ravindra Jadeja (775) and Adam Zampa (759) are still serious contenders for the MVP crown.

Jadeja has taken 16 wickets while Zampa has 22, but Jadeja has a much better economy rate.

Recall that MVPI identifies players who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate and take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate.

It isn't a surprise that nine of the top ten players are in the teams that have made the semi-finals.

Most Valuable Players in World Cup 2023 (after 45 matches of League stage)

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games	MVPI
1	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	565	123	52	17	108.4	5	5.7	9	793
2	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	397	201	40	22	152.7	5	5	7	784
3	Ravindra Jadeja	IND	111	39	7	3	115.6	16	4	9	775
4	Adam Zampa	AUS	48	29	5	0	80	22	5.3	9	759
5	Quinton de Kock	SA	591	174	57	21	109.2	0	-	9	736
6	Mitchell Santner	NZ	94	36	6	5	132.4	16	4.8	9	729
7	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	17	16	1	0	65.4	17	3.7	9	694
8	Marco Jansen	SA	157	75	9	9	111.3	17	6.4	8	671
9	Rohit Sharma	IND	503	131	58	24	121.5	1	8.4	9	625
10	Adil Rashid	ENG	92	20	7	2	101.1	15	5.2	9	623
11	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	55	25	7	1	91.7	18	5.9	9	610
12	Keshav Maharaj	SA	55	40	7	1	76.4	14	4.4	9	606
13	Rashid Khan	AFG	105	35	7	5	94.6	11	4.5	9	590
14	Dilshan Madushanka	SL	28	19	4	0	41.8	21	6.7	9	579
15	Virat Kohli	IND	594	103	55	7	88.5	1	4.3	9	578
16	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	9	9	1	0	69.2	14	4.2	9	574
17	Gerald Coetzee	SA	35	22	2	1	89.7	18	6.4	7	564
18	David Warner	AUS	499	163	48	20	105.5	0	-	9	560
19	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	353	97	26	13	97.8	7	7.1	9	548
20	Bas de Leede	NET	139	67	15	2	69.8	16	7.3	9	529
21	Mohammed Shami	IND	4	2	0	0	40	16	4.8	5	527
22	Haris Rauf	PAK	53	35	5	4	117.8	16	6.7	9	517
23	Daryl Mitchell	NZ	418	130	39	15	110.6	0	8	9	505
24	Trent Boult	NZ	19	10	1	1	82.6	13	5.2	9	502
25	Mitchell Marsh	AUS	426	177	42	20	109.5	2	8.3	8	498
26	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	BAN	201	57	21	2	79.4	10	5.6	9	489
27	David Willey	ENG	78	16	7	6	116.4	11	5.1	6	486
28	Kasigo Rabada	SA	15	9	0	1	45.5	12	4.8	8	485
29	Kushal Mendis	SL	294	122	27	15	114	0	-	9	485
30	Glenn Phillips	NZ	244	71	18	12	109.9	6	5.7	9	476
31	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	186	82	21	4	82.3	9	5.3	7	472
32	Shreyas Iyer	IND	421	128	32	15	106.6	0	-	9	472
33	Chris Woakes	ENG	131	51	15	2	84.5	10	5.4	8	469
34	Aiden Markram	SA	396	106	42	9	114.5	0	5.9	9	467
35	Heinrich Klaasen	SA	326	109	24	17	140.5	0	-	9	465
36	Josh Hazlewood	AUS	4	2	0	0	80	12	5	9	457
37	Mohammad Rizwan	PAK	395	131	38	5	95.4	0	-	9	446
38	Logan van Beek	NET	140	59	9	3	78.2	12	6.8	8	433
39	Dawid Malan	ENG	404	140	50	8	101	0	-	9	428
40	Sadeera Samarawickrama	SL	373	108	36	4	102.2	0	-	9	426
41	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	55	19	3	1	72.4	8	4.1	9	424
42	Aryan Dutt	NET	70	23	1	5	80.5	10	5.5	9	417
43	Mohammed Siraj	IND	0	0	0	0	-	12	5.2	9	415
44	KL Rahul	IND	347	102	32	7	93.5	0	-	9	413
45	Pat Cummins	AUS	114	37	11	5	72.6	10	6.2	9	405
46	Colin Ackermann	NET	217	69	27	0	82.5	5	4.9	9	401
47	Rassie van der Dussen	SA	442	133	39	8	88.6	0	-	9	400
48	Devon Conway	NZ	359	152	51	4	102.3	0	-	9	392
49	Matt Henry	NZ	19	10	1	1	86.4	11	5.8	7	382
50	Paul van Meekeren	NET	26	7	3	0	48.1	12	6	9	382