Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi [Images] and India's opener Gautam Gambhir [Images] proved to be the two most valuable players in the recently-concluded tri-series in Bangladesh.

Salman Butt [Images], who was adjudged the man of the series, is third on the list.

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The most valuable player index rewards batsmen who score a lot of runs with a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take more catches and participate in the most run out dismissals.

Table -- The most valuable players in the Bangladesh tri-series:

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	Balls	Strike Rate	Bat Pts	Bb	Rc	W	Bowl Pts	Ct St	Run Outs	Field Pts	M	MVPI
1	Shahid Afridi	PAK	53	47	112.8	66.8	164	127	7	184.7	1	0	5.0	3	257
2	Gautam Gambhir	IND	209	196	106.6	254.7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	255
3	Salman Butt	PAK	208	228	91.2	226.0	18	19	0	-4.0	0	0	0.0	3	222
4	Umar Gul	PAK	7	10	70.0	5.7	156	146	9	209.0	0	0	0.0	3	215
5	Virender Sehwag [Images]	IND	150	116	129.3	203.3	60	59	0	-9.0	2	0	10.0	3	204
6	Yuvraj Singh [Images]	IND	137	146	93.8	152.3	60	50	1	25.0	0	0	0.0	3	177
7	MS Dhoni [Images]	IND	88	82	107.3	107.7	0	0	0	0.0	5	1.5	62.5	3	170
8	Praveen Kumar	IND	11	15	73.3	9.5	174	122	5	148.0	2	0	10.0	3	168
9	Abdur Razzak	BAN	34	33	103.0	40.5	105	83	4	104.5	1	0.5	17.5	2	163
10	Younis Khan	PAK	108	100	108.0	132.7	12	2	0	8.0	2	0	10.0	3	151
11	Misbah-ul-Haq	PAK	96	71	135.2	132.8	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	5.0	3	138
12	Irfan Pathan [Images]	IND	46	53	86.8	47.8	149	145	4	79.2	0	0	0.0	3	127
13	Kamran Akmal	PAK	78	88	88.6	82.7	0	0	0	0.0	6	0	30.0	3	113
14	Piyush Chawla [Images]	IND	2	7	28.6	-1.8	172	167	5	101.3	1	0	5.0	3	105
15	Raqibul Hasan	BAN	97	133	72.9	83.2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.5	17.5	2	101
16	Wahab Riaz	PAK	0	6	0.0	-5.0	98	108	5	98.7	0	0	0.0	2	94
17	RP Singh	IND	0	0	-	0.0	60	46	3	79.0	0	0	0.0	1	79
18	Moh Yousuf	PAK	67	67	100.0	78.2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	78
19	Shoaib Malik [Images]	PAK	73	94	77.7	67.7	24	28	0	-8.0	3	0	15.0	3	75
20	M Mortaza	BAN	13	15	86.7	13.5	90	69	2	56.0	1	0	5.0	2	75
21	Alok Kapali	BAN	20	29	69.0	15.8	54	62	3	58.0	0	0	0.0	2	74
22	Rohit Sharma	IND	59	97	60.8	37.2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0.5	22.5	3	60
23	Yusuf Pathan	IND	28	37	75.7	25.2	36	31	1	24.0	2	0	10.0	3	59
24	Suresh Raina	IND	50	56	89.3	53.3	6	11	0	-6.0	2	0	10.0	3	57
25	Moh Ashraful	BAN	92	160	57.5	50.7	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	51
26	Iftikhar Anjum	PAK	16	19	84.2	16.2	120	121	2	29.0	1	0	5.0	2	50
27	Ishant Sharma	IND	0	1	0.0	-0.8	96	85	2	45.0	1	0	5.0	2	49
28	Sohail Tanvir [Images]	PAK	8	15	53.3	3.5	166	158	2	30.3	1	0	5.0	3	39
29	Tamim Iqbal	BAN	29	43	67.4	22.2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	10.0	2	32
30	Mahmudullah	BAN	31	34	91.2	33.7	84	81	0	-11.0	0	0	0.0	2	23
31	Dollar Mahmud	BAN	0	5	0.0	-4.2	47	69	2	20.2	0	0	0.0	2	16
32	Fawad Alam	PAK	2	7	28.6	-1.8	60	58	1	17.0	0	0	0.0	2	15
33	Nasir Jamshed	PAK	0	0	-	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	15.0	0	15
34	M Rahim	BAN	21	40	52.5	8.7	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	5.0	2	14
35	Shahriar Nafees	BAN	18	41	43.9	1.8	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	10.0	2	12
36	Farhad Reza	BAN	5	7	71.4	4.2	31	45	1	5.8	0	0	0.0	1	10

Runs (scored) | Balls (taken) | Bat-pts: Batting points | | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Ct/St: Catches taken / Stumpings | Run outs (participated) | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | Total (points)  = 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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