IPL 2023: Shubman Gill And Rashid Khan In Race For MVP

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2023 after the league stage.

Shubman Gill

IMAGE: Shubman Gill celebrates his match-winning century against Royal Challengers Bangalore, May 21, 2023. Photograph: BCCI

Faf du Plessis currently tops the MVP table with a MVPI of 766, but it won't be for too long because RCB was eliminated Sunday night. Yashasvi Jaiswal (MVPI of 752) too is about to relinquish his second place since RR too has been eliminated.

GT stars Shubman Gill (721) and Rashid Khan (712), currently at #3 and #4, respectively, look most likely to clinch the top spot (with Rashid Khan enjoying a slight advantage if he's required to bat).

The dark horse could be Suryakumar Yadav, currently #6, with an MVPI of 644. If MI win the title, then SKY could well become MVP because he'll have the opportunity to play three more innings.

Table 1 lists the top 50 players with the highest MVPI, and their corresponding PVI (paisa vasool index). PVI tells you how many US dollars the franchise pays the player for every 'run equivalent' that he contributes. The lower a player's PVI, the greater the value that he offers.

Rashid Khan

IMAGE: Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans celebrates a wicket in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Photograph: BCCI

The best steals this year have been Jaiswal (RR; PVI of 665), Devon Conway (CSK; 223), Rinku Singh (KKR; 132), Piyush Chawla (MI; 139), Mohit Sharma (GT; 162), Ajinkya Rahane (CSK; 164), Prabhsimran Singh (PBKS; 205), Kyle Mayers (LSG; 172), Jitesh Sharma (PBKS: 71); Tushar Deshpande (CSK; 172) and Matheesha Pathirani (CSK; 173).

If 10 of the top 50 players have a PVI below 200, then one must question the acumen of auction teams. Let's also not forget how often the auction teams pay ridiculously large sums to get shockingly poor performances.

Table 2 contains more detailed data, and includes columns used in the MVPI calculation.

Best performing players In IPL 2023 (after league phase ending 21.5.23)

Rank	Player	Team	From	MVPI	PVI($)
1	Faf du Plessis	RCB	SA	766	1142
2	Yashasvi Jaiswal	RR	IND	752	665
3	Shubman Gill	GT	IND	721	1387
4	Rashid Khan	GT	AFG	712	2633
5	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	671	2794
6	Suryakumar Yadav	MI	IND	644	1553
7	Heinrich Klaasen	SRH	SA	595	1103
8	Axar Patel	DC	IND	587	1917
9	Ruturaj Gaikwad	CSK	IND	582	1289
10	Ravindra Jadeja	CSK	IND	566	3534
11	Devon Conway	CSK	NZ	561	223
12	Glenn Maxwell	RCB	AUS	550	2500
13	Mohammed Shami	GT	IND	533	1466
14	Rinku Singh	KKR	IND	521	132
15	Ishan Kishan	MI	IND	503	3790
16	Cameron Green	MI	AUS	500	4375
17	David Warner	DC	AUS	486	1608
18	Marcus Stoinis	LSG	AUS	480	2396
19	Mohammed Siraj	RCB	IND	467	1874
20	Nicholas Pooran	LSG	WI	464	4310
21	Nitish Rana	KKR	IND	463	2160
22	Sanju Samson	RR	IND	460	3804
23	Piyush Chawla	MI	IND	450	139
24	Shivam Dube	CSK	IND	446	1121
25	Jos Buttler	RR	ENG	433	2887
26	Yuzvendra Chahal	RR	IND	428	1898
27	Varun Chakravarthy	KKR	IND	418	2392
28	Venkatesh Iyer	KKR	IND	411	2433
29	Sam Curran	PBKS	ENG	408	5668
30	Krunal Pandya	LSG	IND	406	2540
31	Ravi Bishnoi	LSG	IND	396	1263
32	R Ashwin	RR	IND	389	1607
33	Mohit Sharma	GT	IND	385	162
34	Ajinkya Rahane	CSK	IND	381	164
35	Shimron Hetmyer	RR	WI	378	2811
36	Shikhar Dhawan	PBKS	IND	373	2765
37	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	365	4110
38	Prabhsimran Singh	PBKS	IND	365	205
39	Kyle Mayers	LSG	WI	363	172
40	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	IND	363	1446
41	Moeen Ali	CSK	ENG	361	2770
42	Mitchell Marsh	DC	AUS	356	702
43	Jitesh Sharma	PBKS	IND	354	71
44	Wriddhiman Saha	GT	IND	348	682
45	Tushar Deshpande	CSK	IND	345	72
46	Hardik Pandya	GT	IND	345	5435
47	Matheesha Pathirana	CSK	SL	343	73
48	Vijay Shankar	GT	IND	336	521
49	Liam Livingstone	PBKS	ENG	331	4343
50	Trent Boult	RR	NZ	305	3279

Table 2: More data about the best performing players so far at IPL 16 (after league phase as on 21.5.23)

Shubman Gill

IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore Captain Faf du Plessis sends the ball careening in the game against Gujarat Titans, May 21, 2023. Photograph: BCCI

Rank	Player	Runs	Top Score	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Game	PVI (INR)
1	Faf du Plessis	730	84	60	36	153.7	0	-	14	91384
2	Yashasvi Jaiswal	625	124	83	26	163.6	0	-	14	53191
3	Shubman Gill	680	104	67	22	152.5	0	-	14	110957
4	Rashid Khan	95	79	4	11	237.5	24	7.8	14	210674
5	Virat Kohli	639	101	65	16	139.8	0	-	14	223547
6	Suryakumar Yadav	511	103	56	24	185.1	0	-	14	124224
7	Heinrich Klaasen	448	104	32	25	177.1	0	-	12	88235
8	Axar Patel	283	54	21	15	139.4	11	7.2	14	153322
9	Ruturaj Gaikwad	504	92	36	28	148.2	0	-	14	103093
10	Ravindra Jadeja	153	25	8	8	137.8	17	7.7	14	282686
11	Devon Conway	585	92	69	16	138.6	0	-	14	17825
12	Glenn Maxwell	400	77	29	31	183.5	3	9.1	14	200000
13	Mohammed Shami	0	0	0	0	0	24	7.7	14	117261
14	Rinku Singh	474	67	31	29	149.5	0	-	14	10557
15	Ishan Kishan	439	75	51	18	143.5	0	-	14	303181
16	Cameron Green	381	100	32	19	160.1	5	9.6	14	350000
17	David Warner	516	86	69	10	131.6	0	-	14	128601
18	Marcus Stoinis	368	89	23	26	150.2	5	9.2	14	191667
19	Mohammed Siraj	1	1	0	0	50	19	7.5	14	149893
20	Nicholas Pooran	358	62	26	26	173.8	0	-	14	344828
21	Nitish Rana	413	75	38	20	141	3	8.5	14	172786
22	Sanju Samson	362	66	25	18	153.4	0	-	14	304348
23	Piyush Chawla	25	18	1	1	125	20	7.8	14	11111
24	Shivam Dube	385	52	12	33	160.4	0	-	14	89686
25	Jos Buttler	392	95	42	14	139	0	-	14	230947
26	Yuzvendra Chahal	0	0	0	0	-	21	8.2	14	151869
27	Varun Chakravarthy	1	1	0	0	11.1	20	8.1	14	191388
28	Venkatesh Iyer	404	104	32	21	145.8	0	-	14	194647
29	Sam Curran	276	55	20	13	136	10	10.2	14	453431
30	Krunal Pandya	180	49	14	6	116.9	9	7.2	14	203202
31	Ravi Bishnoi	17	5	1	0	81	16	7.8	14	101010
32	R Ashwin	67	30	5	3	131.4	14	7.5	13	128535
33	Mohit Sharma	0	0	0	0	0	17	8.2	11	12987
34	Ajinkya Rahane	282	71	22	13	169.9	0	-	12	13123
35	Shimron Hetmyer	299	56	12	23	151.8	0	-	14	224868
36	Shikhar Dhawan	373	99	49	12	142.9	0	-	11	221180
37	Andre Russell	227	42	13	18	145.5	7	11.3	14	328767
38	Prabhsimran Singh	358	103	38	19	150.4	0	-	14	16438
39	Kyle Mayers	361	73	35	22	144.4	0	8.4	12	13774
40	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	42	27	4	0	89.4	16	8.3	14	115702
41	Moeen Ali	115	23	12	5	132.2	9	7.5	13	221607
42	Mitchell Marsh	128	63	11	7	132	12	8.4	9	56180
43	Jitesh Sharma	309	49	22	21	156.1	0	-	14	5650
44	Wriddhiman Saha	287	81	37	7	129.9	0	-	14	54598
45	Tushar Deshpande	0	0	0	0	0	20	9.5	14	5797
46	Hardik Pandya	289	66	23	11	130.8	3	8.6	13	434783
47	Matheesha Prathirana	0	0	0	0	-	15	7.6	10	5831
48	Vijay Shankar	296	63	28	14	160	0	-	12	41667
49	Liam Livingstone	279	94	20	19	163.2	2	13.4	9	347432
50	Trent Boult	16	15	1	1	114.3	13	8.2	10	262295