Warner zooms to top of MVP rankings

David Warner's blazing century sent him on top of Rediff.com's MVP table, with KKR's wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa not that far behind.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the MVP rankings after Game 37.

David Warner

IMAGE: David Warner celebrates his century against KKR, April 30, 2017. Photograph: BCCI

David Warner's whirlwind century against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Hyderabad on Sunday, April 30, sent him zooming to the top of the MVPI table with a rating of 545.

MVPI, the most valuable player index, collapses every player's batting, bowling and fielding performance into a single 'run equivalent'.

To have the best MVPI, players must score a lot of runs at high strike rates, and take a lot of wickets at low economy rates. More catches and run outs help even more.

KKR's wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa (516) is not far behind, followed by his captain Gautam Gambhir (421) and Sunrisers Hyderabad pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (388).

The table below, updated after the 37th match of IPL 10 between Hyderabad and Kolkata on Sunday, April 30, tells the complete story.

The players with the best Paisa Vasool Index (PVI), not surprisingly, are young Indian players bought at the lowest IPL price of Rs 10 lakhs (about $14,000).

Recall that PVI tells you how much the franchise pays (in US$ or Rs) for every 'run equivalent' contributed by the player.

The PVI of players like Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi is ridiculously low; they will surely command at least a ten fold hike when the next IPL comes along.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Runs	Top Score	4's	6's	Str Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money Offered (US $)	PVI(US$)	PVI(INR)	Age
1	David Warner	SRH	AUS	459	126	43	22	151	0	-	9	545	820000	1075	72084	30
2	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	384	87	36	21	170.7	0	-	10	516	746000	1033	69214	31
3	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	387	76	52	3	135.3	0	-	10	421	1865000	3164	212080	36
4	Bhuvi Kumar	SRH	IND	4	4	0	0	133.3	20	6.4	9	388	634000	1167	78240	27
5	Chris Morris	DD	SA	139	52	14	5	159.8	12	7.6	8	382	1044000	1562	104712	30
6	Suresh Raina	GL	IND	310	84	32	8	140.3	1	7.8	9	359	1865000	3340	223836	30
7	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	304	81	21	11	140.1	0	-	10	351	253000	515	34595	28
8	B McCullum	GL	NZ	273	72	24	16	146	0	-	9	341	820000	1546	103687	36
9	Steven Smith	RPS	WI	320	84	31	8	136.2	0	-	8	339	820000	1555	104298	28
10	Sanju Samson	DD	IND	289	102	28	11	138.3	0	-	8	331	626000	1081	72508	22
11	Hashim Amla	KXI	SA	315	104	32	12	140	0	-	8	330	149000	290	19481	34
12	Shikhar Dhawan	SH	IND	341	77	38	5	123.1	0	-	9	329	1865000	4049	271385	31
13	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	193	44	15	15	178.7	3	6.6	9	328	895000	1754	117596	29
14	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	138	44	7	7	136.6	10	7.7	9	328	111000	218	14699	23
15	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	134	37	11	5	138.1	8	6.4	8	312	298000	614	41209	26
16	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	142	42	24	5	171.1	6	7.1	10	307	1417000	3297	221033	29
17	Nitish Rana	MI	IND	285	62	16	17	133.8	0	-	9	298	14000	17	1198	23
18	Rahul Tripathi	RPS	IND	253	59	28	9	150.6	0	12	7	290	14000	31	2217	26
19	Rashid Khan	SRH	AFG	8	6	0	1	160	12	6.9	9	288	597000	1481	99206	19
20	Andrew Tye	GL	AUS	53	25	4	3	176.7	12	6.7	6	285	74000	167	11278	30
21	Jos Buttler	MI	ENG	239	77	23	15	153.2	0	-	9	274	567000	1330	89155	27
22	Kedar Jadhav	RCB	IND	213	69	21	9	152.1	0	-	9	271	324000	854	57196	32
23	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	239	70	32	4	136.6	0	-	9	261	208000	512	34483	32
24	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	137	35	9	10	173.4	4	8.2	9	258	14000	35	2492	24
25	Ben Stokes	RPS	ENG	127	50	10	4	136.6	6	7.4	7	257	2164000	5413	362702	26
26	Kane Williamson	SRH	NZ	204	89	16	8	174.4	0	-	4	256	89000	248	16741	27
27	Aaron Finch	GL	AUS	186	72	14	14	167.6	0	-	8	240	149000	399	26786	30
28	Pawan Negi	RCB	IND	70	32	3	4	122.8	8	6.4	8	236	149000	451	30266	24
29	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	214	70	16	11	130.5	0	16.4	9	230	1417000	3961	265528	30
30	Dinesh Karthik	GL	IND	192	58	16	4	130.6	0	-	9	224	343000	984	66008	32
31	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	219	64	19	6	123	0	-	6	221	1865000	6028	404008	28
32	Manoj Tiwary	RPS	IND	182	44	19	6	152.9	0	-	8	213	74000	223	15091	31
33	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	0	0	0	0	0	11	8	9	211	179000	545	36561	23
34	Manan Vohra	KXI	IND	179	95	18	8	155.7	0	-	8	209	597000	1836	123035	24
35	Moises Henriques	SRH	AUS	200	55	19	4	140.8	1	10	8	209	149000	509	34176	30
36	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	150	57	10	10	154.6	0	-	8	207	283000	781	52450	20
37	Imran Tahir	RPS	SA	0	0	0	0	0	13	8.1	9	207	716000	2224	149068	38
38	MS Dhoni	RPS	IND	173	61	11	8	121	0	-	9	199	1865000	6025	403805	36
39	Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	IND	211	60	21	6	121.3	0	-	9	194	1417000	4696	314801	29
40	Pat Cummins	DD	AUS	25	12	3	0	119	9	7.4	7	185	671000	2073	138996	24
41	N Coulter-Nile	KKR	AUS	2	2	0	0	66.7	11	8.3	5	183	522000	2037	136612	30
42	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	7	5	0	0	116.7	11	8.7	8	172	126000	471	31769	24
43	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	9	4	0	0	40.9	10	7.5	9	172	14000	58	4153	27
44	Yuvraj Singh	SRH	IND	117	62	12	5	160.3	1	6	8	171	1044000	4361	292398	35
45	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	157	50	18	3	138.9	0	-	6	167	388000	1328	88965	22
46	Chris Woakes	KKR	ENG	37	18	4	0	97.4	11	9.7	10	166	626000	2694	180723	28
47	Chris Lynn	KKR	AUS	125	93	9	9	192.3	0	-	2	163	194000	850	56968	27
48	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	153	89	6	12	125.4	0	-	6	163	1417000	6209	416301	33
49	Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	13	7	0	1	144.4	5	5.9	8	162	820000	3254	218254	37
50	Ravindra Jadeja	GL	IND	81	28	6	2	120.9	4	9.3	7	160	1417000	5693	381696	28