T20 World Cup: Will Sahibzada Farhan Stay MVP?

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of T20 World Cup 2026 after Game 52.

Ishan Kishan appeals for the wicket of Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan during their ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 match

IMAGE: Ishan Kishan appeals for Sahibzada Farhan's wicket during the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 game at the R Premadasa stadium in Colombo, February 15, 2026. Photograph: ANI Photo

Pakistan's opening batter, Sahibzada Farhan, is the MVP of the 2026 T20 World Cup at the moment.

He has a Most Valuable Player Index (MVPI) of 442, because of his top run aggregate of 383 and strike rate of 160.

There's a fair chance that Farhan could end up being the MVP of the tournament.

His most likely challengers: England's Will Jacks (3rd with MVPI of 354) and South African Captain Aiden Markram (4th at 345), are 80 to 90 'runs' behind.

Curiously, there's only one other Pakistan player in the MVPI top 51: Shadab Khan with a MVPI of 223 is 37th on the list.

But why a 'MVPI top 51' list? Because we couldn't possibly ignore the player currently ranked 51st!

Rank	Player	Team	MVPI	Top Score	Runs	4s	6s	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy Rate	Games
1	Sahibzada Farhan	PAK	442	100	383	37	18	160	0	-	6
2	Jason Holder	WI	379	49	141	7	13	174	10	8.9	7
3	Will Jacks	ENG	354	53	191	14	12	177	7	9.7	7
4	Aiden Markram	SA	345	86	268	31	10	175	1	11	7
5	Shimron Hetmyer	WI	343	85	248	16	19	187	0	-	7
6	Sikandar Raza	ZIM	315	73	206	17	13	165	5	9	6
7	Rachin Ravindra	NZ	293	59	115	9	5	139	9	6.8	6
8	Dasun Shanaka	SL	293	76	165	5	15	188	3	9	7
9	Ishan Kishan	IND	292	77	224	25	12	185	0	-	7
10	Glenn Phillips	NZ	292	76	176	16	8	160	3	9.3	6
11	Hardik Pandya	IND	291	52	172	9	12	156	6	8.7	7
12	Brian Bennett	ZIM	291	97	292	32	7	135	0	8.6	6
13	Ryan Rickelton	SA	288	61	228	17	15	171	0	-	7
14	Harry Brook	ENG	275	100	228	20	9	162	0	-	7
15	Ben Manenti	ITA	273	60	138	11	8	179	5	7.4	4
16	Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	271	40	89	5	6	171	9	8.2	4
17	Tim Seifert	NZ	268	89	216	25	9	158	0	-	6
18	Bas de Leede	NET	266	72	158	13	6	140	5	7.8	4
19	Lungi Ngidi	SA	253	0	0	0	0	-	12	6.9	6
20	Shivam Dube	IND	247	66	166	11	11	157	5	13	7
21	Corbin Bosch	SA	247	5	5	1	0	83.3	11	6.8	6
22	Shadley Van Schalkwyk	USA	247	2	3	0	0	42.9	13	6.8	4
23	Maheesh Theekshana	SL	246	10	11	1	0	122	11	7.4	7
24	Dunith Wellalage	SL	243	29	72	8	1	118	8	7.2	7
25	Sherfane Rutherford	WI	242	76	183	11	13	179	0	-	7
26	Sam Curran	ENG	241	43	149	7	8	119	6	8.6	7
27	Jamie Overton	ENG	235	15	30	1	2	107	9	6.6	5
28	Tilak Varma	IND	233	44	178	18	8	147	1	5.5	7
29	Varun Chakaravarthy	IND	230	1	1	0	0	25	12	7.7	7
30	Finn Allen	NZ	229	84	189	14	12	173	0	-	6
31	Pathum Nissanka	SL	229	100	211	23	6	148	0	-	7
32	Bradley Evans	ZIM	229	43	51	2	6	159	10	9.2	6
33	Blessing Muzarabani	ZIM	229	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.9	6
34	Dipendra Singh Airee	NEP	228	58	169	13	7	144	2	6.8	4
35	Pavan Rathnayake	SL	227	60	205	21	6	154	0	-	7
36	Suryakumar Yadav	IND	226	84	231	21	9	136	0	-	7
37	Shadab Khan	PAK	223	36	118	11	4	153	5	8.4	6
38	Quinton de Kock	SA	222	59	171	18	8	136	0	-	7
39	Marco Jansen	SA	220	16	18	2	1	139	11	9.3	5
40	Liam Dawson	ENG	214	6	8	0	0	61.5	10	7.3	7
41	Shai Hope	WI	214	75	217	19	10	131	0	-	7
42	Kamindu Mendis	SL	213	44	117	11	5	165	2	7.3	7
43	George Dockrell	IRE	212	41	85	4	7	189	4	6	3
44	Gerhard Erasmus	NAM	210	18	49	3	3	136	7	7.5	4
45	Shubham Ranjane	USA	207	51	141	9	8	181	1	6.5	4
46	Jasprit Bumrah	IND	206	0	0	0	0	0	9	6.3	6
47	Adil Rashid	ENG	204	1	1	0	0	50	11	7.8	7
48	Kusal Mendis	SL	204	61	197	20	1	115	0	-	6
49	David Miller	SA	201	63	168	12	10	159	0	-	6
50	Dewald Brevis	SA	200	45	173	9	12	152	0	-	7
51	Sanju Samson	IND	198	97	143	14	9	196	0	-	3