After 42 days and 64 matches, Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji's MVPI formula shows that RCB's Chris Gayle is still the most valuable player in season 6 of the IPL.
The first four places have all been bagged by Pakistan cricketers, while India's most valuable performer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is placed fifth.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle analyse which players are giving value for money in the ongoing IPL.
While Ajinkya Rahane always scores good runs, he seldom scores them quickly enough. And he doesn't bowl, although he is a handy fielder. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji assess the India-West Indies ODI series.
The all-rounder is at the top of the MVP table more because of his batting than his bowling, note Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji analyse Week 1 in Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.
Even though the record books show a 2-1 series win for Pakistan, there is little doubt that Misbah-ul- Haq's team dominated the recently-concluded ODI series.
The MVPI is calculated based on the assumption that, in ODI cricket, batsmen offer the best value if they score a lot of runs with good strike rates, bowlers if they take a lot of wickets at good (low) economy rates, and fielders if they take the most catches or make the most run outs. The MVPI collapses the player's all-round performance into a single 'run equivalent'.
Who were the most valuable players in the just-concluded India-Australia ODI series? Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji 's formula provides overwhelming evidence that the bat complete overwhelmed the bat.
Rediff.com presents a detailed analysis of the teams, who played in the T20 tournament. A look at the players who impressed, who disappointed and the few, who were invisble.
South Africans take the top 3 slots in Most Valuable Player Index.
Although India's Rohit Sharma was adjudged Man of the Series in the recently-concluded West Indies-India ODI series, Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji conclude that based on the most valuable player index (MVPI) indicate that West Indian Andre Russell would have been a better choice.
Virat is No 1. Rohit is no 2, but guess who are Nos 3, 4, 5!
Jos Buttler is still the front-runner to be this IPL's MVP. He still has at least two matches to play and one big knock will win it for him. Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players after the end of the 70 league matches in IPL 2022.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the 60 Most Valuable Players in the IPL so far.
K L Rahul, the kingpin of the KXIP batting, is second (MVPI: 601), followed by Sunrisers Captain Kane Williamson (543). Jos Buttler, after his match-winning batting for Rajasthan Royals on Friday night, is just 4 'runs' behind at 539, and M S Dhoni is fifth with 538 'runs'.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji analyse Week 3 of IPL-11 in Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.
Paul Valthaty of Kings XI Punjab continues to be most the most valuable player (MVP) and the most paisa vasool (MPV) after the first 22 matches of IPL 4.
Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan was the 'most valuable player' of the 2011 World Cup with a MVPI of 800.
It will be hard to catch up with Afridi now! After another incredible bowling performance on Wednesday at Mirpur (9.3-1-30-4), Afridi is now over 200 'runs' clear of Yuvraj Singh in the MVPI list.
As we look forward to the 2011 World Cup, Srinivas Bhogle digs out his 2007 data to recall the most valuable players (MVP) of the tournament held in the West Indies four years ago.
After four centuries on the trot with a strike rate of nearly 120, Sri Lanka's run machine Kumar Sangakkara (MVPI: 686) has raced to the top of the most valuable player standing at the ICC World Cup.
After his phenomenal bowling performance, -- 13 wickets at an economy rate of 5.1 -- which proved vital in Bangladesh's first ever ODI series win over India, it is not a surprise that Mustafizur Rahman is the most valuable player (MVP) of the three-match series.
After an indifferent start, Chennai Super Kings exceeded all expectations by winning the Indian Premier League, beating favourites Mumbai Indians in the final.
A look at IPL3's 50 best players, 20 most disappointing players, 20 best batsmen and bowlers.
A look at the expensive players (paid $450,000 or more) providing the best value (less than $2000 per run) at the IPL, and 'expensive' players who have failed to provide value.
We're approximately at the halfway mark of IPL3 and it is a good time to ask which players are doing well and which players aren't.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2020's 50 Most Valuable Players.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle list IPL 2021's 50 Most Valuable Players up to Game 29.
Although he fell rather early in the match against Delhi Daredevils, Jacques Kallis is still the most valuable player of IPL3 after the first 21 matches (i.e., as on the morning of March 26) with a MVPI of 360.
The IPL pricing so far has been extremely irrational, and one expects franchise owners to correct this in subsequent years.
The IPL league games threw up many surprises. Very few expected Rajasthan Royals to be the best team (and now a finalist); nobody expected the Deccan Chargers to do so badly. We'll discuss each team's performance, and identify the five best and three most disappointing players. While doing so we shall italicize what appear to be key pointers.
It is curious that while 'low cost' medium and fast bowlers have performed almost as well as their 'auctioned' counterparts, 'low cost' batsmen have been unable to match the performance of their more successful seniors
With a strike rate of 115, Shikhar Dhawan is the MVP from the India-West Indies series according to Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
Rohit scored his third ODI double century, settled down most comfortably as India's stop-gap captain, and was India's most valuable player by a long mile. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji list the most valuable players in the Sri Lanka ODI series.
You do wonder why this is so, especially because top Indian players earn significantly higher amounts than their international counterparts with similar or greater ability. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the Most Valuable Players in the IPL so far.
So overwhelming was India's domination in the series, that Zimbabwe's most valuable player, Elton Chigumbura, is only seventh in the combined list with a MVPI of just 175, according to Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
The T20 is often described as a young man's game; if you cross 30 you are supposed to be too old Is this hypothesis true? Is younger indeed better?
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the Most Valuable Player Index of the just-concluded three-match series between India and Zimbabwe.
The Indian opener tops the Champions Trophy MVP table. But Hasan Ali, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma aren't too far behind, note Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji.
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