Who was the most valuable player of the India-West Indies ODI series?
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji gives us the numbers.
The Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take the most catches or participate in run outs.
MVPI expresses a player's overall batting + bowling + fielding performance in terms of a 'run equivalent'.
It is no longer a surprise to see Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharmadominate. A bigger surprise is that Shikhar Dhawan is 14th on the list with a MVPI of just 129 and a strike rate below 90.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MVPI: 88), and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (65) were also below par, but India were too strong for the West Indies for that to matter.
The West Indies had their heroes too: Shimron Hetmyer is third on the list with a MVPI of 369, even though he trailed off after a blazing batting display (no one came anywhere close to his explosive strike rate of 140).
Shai Hope (271) also had his moments together with all-rounders Ashley Nurse (164), Jason Holder (152) and Marlon Samuels (139).
Most Valuable Players in the India-West Indies series
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | Top Score | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Matches | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virat Kohli | INDIA | 453 | 157 | 52 | 7 | 113 | 0 | - | 5 | 607 |
| 2 | Rohit Sharma | INDIA | 389 | 162 | 43 | 16 | 119 | 0 | - | 5 | 536 |
| 3 | Shimron Hetmyer | WEST INDIES | 259 | 106 | 15 | 16 | 140 | 0 | - | 5 | 369 |
| 4 | Ambati Rayudu | INDIA | 217 | 100 | 19 | 5 | 101 | 0 | - | 5 | 283 |
| 5 | Shai Hope | WEST INDIES | 250 | 123 | 18 | 6 | 82 | 0 | - | 5 | 271 |
| 6 | Kuldeep Yadav | INDIA | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 71.4 | 9 | 5.4 | 4 | 250 |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | INDIA | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 7 | 4.7 | 4 | 216 |
| 8 | Jasprit Bumrah | INDIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 197 |
| 9 | Ashley Nurse | WEST INDIES | 55 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 125 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 164 |
| 10 | Khaleel Ahmed | INDIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 7 | 5.3 | 4 | 161 |
| 11 | Jason Holder | WEST INDIES | 161 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 77.8 | 2 | 6.6 | 5 | 152 |
| 12 | Marlon Samuels | WEST INDIES | 64 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 71.1 | 4 | 6.4 | 5 | 139 |
| 13 | Yuzvendra Chahal | INDIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 5.3 | 3 | 129 |
| 14 | Shikhar Dhawan | INDIA | 112 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 88.9 | 0 | - | 5 | 129 |
| 15 | Kieran Powell | WEST INDIES | 94 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 94 | 0 | - | 5 | 115 |
| 16 | Kemar Roach | WEST INDIES | 52 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 62.7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 91 |
| 17 | M S Dhoni | INDIA | 50 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 0 | - | 5 | 88 |
| 18 | Chandrapaul Hemraj | WEST INDIES | 70 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 93.3 | 0 | 7.7 | 4 | 84 |
| 19 | Rishabh Pant | INDIA | 41 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 132 | 0 | - | 3 | 71 |
| 20 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | INDIA | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 58.8 | 3 | 5.8 | 3 | 65 |
| 21 | Obed McCoy | WEST INDIES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.8 | 2 | 60 |
| 22 | Kedar Jadhav | INDIA | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 229 | 0 | - | 2 | 41 |
| 23 | Rovman Powell | WEST INDIES | 61 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 58.1 | 0 | 5.8 | 5 | 37 |
| 24 | Mohammed Shami | INDIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
| 25 | Devendra Bishoo | WEST INDIES | 30 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 73.2 | 1 | 6.2 | 3 | 24 |
| 26 | Fabian Allen | WEST INDIES | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 54.3 | 0 | 5.7 | 3 | 20 |
| 27 | Keemo Paul | WEST INDIES | 24 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 9.2 | 2 | 18 |
| 28 | Umesh Yadav | INDIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | -17 |
If we look at the ongoing 2018-2019 ODI season, both Rohit Sharma (1079) and Kuldeep Yadav (891) are ahead of Virat Kohli (819) chiefly because Kohli has played only 8 ODIs this season while the other two have played 13 ODIs.
Most Valuable Indian ODI players in the 2018-2019 season (14 matches so far)
| Rank | Player | Runs | 4s | 6s | Strike Rate | Wickets | Economy Rate | Matches | MVPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | 860 | 85 | 33 | 104.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 1079 |
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | 37 | 1 | 0 | 58.7 | 28 | 4.6 | 13 | 891 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 644 | 69 | 7 | 105.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 819 |
| 4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 574 | 80 | 9 | 101.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 721 |
| 5 | Ravindra Jadeja | 68 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 14 | 4.6 | 8 | 536 |
| 6 | Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3.4 | 7 | 514 |
| 7 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 15 | 2 | 0 | 88.2 | 13 | 4.7 | 11 | 493 |
| 8 | Ambati Rayudu | 392 | 31 | 11 | 90.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 477 |
| 9 | Kedar Jadhav | 86 | 6 | 2 | 98.9 | 6 | 4.0 | 8 | 369 |
| 10 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 61 | 3 | 1 | 60.4 | 9 | 4.9 | 9 | 339 |
| 11 | MS Dhoni | 206 | 14 | 1 | 68.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 318 |
| 12 | Khaleel Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 11 | 5.1 | 6 | 310 |
| 13 | Dinesh Karthik | 167 | 13 | 2 | 73.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 155 |
| 14 | Rishabh Pant | 41 | 5 | 1 | 132.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 71 |
| 15 | Lokesh Rahul | 69 | 5 | 1 | 80.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 71 |
| 16 | Hardik Pandya | 42 | 3 | 0 | 97.7 | 1 | 6.6 | 4 | 56 |
| 17 | Suresh Raina | 47 | 1 | 0 | 70.1 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 54 |
| 18 | Shardul Thakur | 22 | 0 | 2 | 137.5 | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 44 |
| 19 | Mohammed Shami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 34 |
| 20 | Umesh Yadav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 33 |
| 21 | Deepak Chahar | 12 | 1 | 0 | 85.7 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 | 31 |
| 22 | Manish Pandey | 8 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 |
| 23 | Siddarth Kaul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 6.6 | 3 | -21 |
MVPI: Most Valuable Player Index = 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.
