Abhishek Sharma Wears Asia Cup MVP Crown

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of Asia Cup 2025.

Abhishek Sharma

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma amassed 314 runs in seven games with three scores of 50-plus and an astounding strike rate of nearly 200. Photograph: ANI Photo

This Most Valuable Player (MVP) analysis of the 2025 Asia Cup is coming rather late. But we decided to publish it if only to celebrate a truly astounding performance by Abhishek Sharma.

If Abhishek can even stay close to this form, future India T20 matches are going to be enormously entertaining.

Three Indians figure in the top 5 MVP list, which isn't such a surprise because India was overwhelming the best.

Abhishek Sharma (#1) had a MVPI of 486, in large part because of his phenomenal strike rate of 200. Tilak Varma was #3 with a MVPI of 302 and Kuldip Yadav was #5 with a MVPI of 274 because of his 17 wickets at an economy rate of 6.3.

Pathun Nissanka (MVP 364) was #2 because of a torrid 107, but Shaheen Afridi (#4, 290) was without a doubt the best all-rounder on view. Sahibzada Farhan (#6, 273) also had an excellent Asia Cup.

The Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) collapses a player's batting + bowling + fielding performance into a single run equivalent.

The formula to compute the MVP is devised to reward batsmen who score a lot of runs quickly, bowlers who take wickets at low economy rates and fielders who field the best (take a lot of catches, and participate in run outs).

Rank	Player	Team	MVPI	Top Score	Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games
1	Abhishek Sharma	IND	486	75	314	32	19	200	0	8.5	7
2	Pathum Nissanka	SL	364	107	261	23	11	160	0	-	6
3	Tilak Varma	IND	302	69	213	12	10	132	1	7.2	7
4	Shaheen Afridi	PAK	290	33	83	3	8	177	10	6.6	7
5	Kuldeep Yadav	IND	274	1	1	0	0	33	17	6.3	7
6	Sahibzada Farhan	PAK	273	58	217	14	11	116	0	-	7
7	Saif Hassan	BAN	226	69	178	8	12	128	0	9.2	4
8	Fakhar Zaman	PAK	212	50	181	16	5	121	0	-	7
9	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	210	53	89	4	8	217	3	4.7	3
10	Kusal Perera	SL	205	58	146	15	3	139	0	-	6
11	Mahammad Haris	PAK	202	66	131	13	4	134	0	-	7
12	Sanju Samson	IND	188	56	132	7	7	125	0	-	7
13	Litton Das	BAN	187	59	119	13	1	129	0	-	4
14	Shubman Gill	IND	185	47	127	17	2	151	0	-	7
15	Dasun Shanaka	SL	183	64	93	6	7	169	5	8.2	6
16	Mohammad Nawaz	PAK	180	38	113	9	6	136	2	7.3	7
17	Mohammad Nabi	AFG	172	60	108	6	8	171	1	7.4	3
18	Wanindu Hasaranga	SL	171	20	37	4	1	154	8	6.5	6
19	Axar Patel	IND	169	26	57	4	2	133	6	6.9	7
20	Towhid Hridoy	BAN	169	58	139	6	3	114	0	-	6
21	Kusal Mendis	SL	168	74	122	13	3	123	0	-	6
22	Saim Ayub	PAK	166	21	37	3	1	97	8	6.4	7
23	Rishad Hossain	BAN	165	16	18	2	1	129	8	7	5
24	Aamir Kaleem	OMA	161	64	79	8	3	134	5	9.5	3
25	Faheem Ashraf	PAK	153	20	53	4	2	143	6	7.4	6
26	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	146	6	12	2	0	80	9	7.4	6
27	Muhammad Waseem	UAE	144	69	102	11	3	112	0	-	3
28	Niazakat Khan	HKG	138	52	94	6	3	121	0	-	3
29	Junaid Siddique	UAE	138	0	0	0	0	0	9	6.3	3
30	Jiten Ramanandi	OMA	128	13	25	5	0	179	4	7.1	2
31	Rashid Khan	AFG	127	24	47	4	2	134	3	6.1	3
32	Abrar Ahmed	PAK	123	1	1	0	0	50	6	5.4	7
33	Shivam Dube	IND	122	33	50	2	3	125	5	7.8	6
34	Haris Rauf	PAK	122	6	9	1	0	113	9	9	5
35	Sediqullah Atal	AFG	120	73	91	8	4	136	0	-	3
36	Suryakumar Yadav	IND	115	47	72	6	2	101	0	-	7
37	Kamindu Mendis	SL	114	50	85	3	4	120	0	16	6
38	Alishan Sharafu	UAE	112	51	85	11	3	135	0	-	3
39	Varun Chakaravarthy	IND	111	0	0	0	0	-	7	6.5	6
40	Mahedi Hasan	BAN	108	11	20	1	1	105	6	6.9	4
41	Hammad Mirza	OMA	108	51	83	8	3	132	0	-	3
42	Charith Asalanka	SL	100	21	75	5	3	123	1	7.7	6
43	Hardik Pandya	IND	99	38	48	5	1	120	4	8.6	6
44	Shamim Hossain	BAN	99	42	97	7	3	114	0	12	6
45	Taskin Ahmed	BAN	98	4	4	1	0	200	8	8.6	4
46	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	96	0	0	0	0	-	7	7.4	5
47	Jaker Ali Anik	BAN	96	41	71	5	0	108	0	-	6
48	Kamil Mishara	SL	93	46	74	5	3	104	0	-	4
49	Hussain Talat	PAK	89	32	46	4	0	92	2	6	4
50	Salman Agha	PAK	84	20	72	4	1	81	1	7	7