India [ Images ] captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] is so far the most valuable player (MVP) in the ongoing India-Australia seven-match One-Day International series, with Michael Hussey [ Images ] just behind him.
Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] is third on the list, chiefly because of his explosive batting. In fact, Harbhajan has contributed as much with the bat as with the ball. Is this a reason to celebrate or worry?
Australia [ Images ] captain Ricky Ponting [ Images ] is fourth on the list with his solid batting and has so far looked better than Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], but there are still three matches to go.
Table 1: The most valuable players so far in the India-Australia ODI series (4 matches so far)
| Player | Team | Runs | Six | Four | Strike Rate | Bat Pts | W | Eco | Bowl Pts | Field Pts | M | MVPI |
| MS Dhoni | IND | 254 | 3 | 21 | 86.4 | 263.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 40.5 | 4 | 304 |
| Michael Hussey | AUS | 247 | 3 | 19 | 104.2 | 296.5 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 297 |
| Harbhajan Singh | IND | 81 | 4 | 9 | 142.1 | 114.5 | 5 | 5.1 | 121.0 | 0 | 4 | 236 |
| Ricky Ponting | AUS | 197 | 3 | 19 | 78.2 | 184.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 41.5 | 4 | 226 |
| Shane Watson [ Images ] | AUS | 114 | 0 | 15 | 79.7 | 108.8 | 5 | 6.4 | 92.3 | 12 | 4 | 213 |
| Nathan Hauritz [ Images ] | AUS | 39 | 0 | 3 | 90.7 | 42.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 123.0 | 29 | 4 | 194 |
| Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] | IND | 113 | 3 | 10 | 80.1 | 108.5 | 2 | 4.7 | 57.0 | 25 | 3 | 191 |
| Ravindra Jadeja [ Images ] | IND | 12 | 0 | 1 | 35.3 | -4.3 | 6 | 4.5 | 165.5 | 29 | 4 | 190 |
| Ashish Nehra [ Images ] | IND | 9 | 0 | 1 | 90.0 | 9.7 | 6 | 5.5 | 134.0 | 37.5 | 4 | 181 |
| Mitchell Johnson [ Images ] | AUS | 52 | 2 | 4 | 96.3 | 59.0 | 6 | 6.5 | 90.7 | 29 | 4 | 179 |
| Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] | IND | 150 | 1 | 12 | 83.3 | 150.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 154 |
| Praveen Kumar [ Images ] | IND | 57 | 1 | 8 | 109.6 | 70.7 | 2 | 5.3 | 40.7 | 41.5 | 4 | 153 |
| Suresh Raina [ Images ] | IND | 97 | 2 | 7 | 94.2 | 108.2 | 1 | 5.8 | 20.0 | 8 | 4 | 136 |
| Virender Sehwag [ Images ] | IND | 94 | 1 | 17 | 109.3 | 116.3 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 12.5 | 4 | 129 |
| Cameron White [ Images ] | AUS | 136 | 2 | 9 | 72.3 | 115.3 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 119 |
| Ishant Sharma [ Images ] | IND | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | -0.7 | 5 | 5.4 | 115.0 | 4 | 4 | 118 |
| Doug Bollinger | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 3 | 3.3 | 107.0 | 0 | 2 | 106 |
| Adam Voges | AUS | 56 | 0 | 2 | 68.3 | 43.7 | 1 | 3.5 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | 84 |
| Tim Paine | AUS | 58 | 0 | 10 | 76.3 | 52.7 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 24.5 | 2 | 77 |
| Peter Siddle [ Images ] | AUS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | -0.3 | 2 | 4.9 | 54.0 | 12.5 | 4 | 66 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | IND | 90 | 0 | 11 | 59.2 | 53.3 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
| Virat Kohli [ Images ] | IND | 40 | 0 | 4 | 70.2 | 32.5 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 37 |
| G Manou | AUS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 | 9.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 24.5 | 2 | 34 |
| Brett Lee [ Images ] | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -2.5 | 1 | 4.7 | 27.0 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| M Henrique | AUS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 11.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus [ Images ] | AUS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 133.3 | 22.0 | 1 | 8.3 | -8.0 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| James Hopes [ Images ] | AUS | 14 | 1 | 1 | 155.6 | 20.5 | 0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Shaun Marsh [ Images ] | AUS | 26 | 1 | 1 | 59.1 | 15.3 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | Strike rate | Bat-pts: Batting points | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | 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.
India captain Dhoni has also overtaken Ashish Nehra to become India's MVP in the current 2009-10 season, and Yuvraj Singh at third is also closing on quite rapidly. Table 2 provides the details.
Table 2: India's most valuable players in the 2009-10 ODI season (14 matches so far)
| Player | Runs | Six | Four | Strike Rate | Bat Pts | W | Eco | Bowl Pts | Field Pts | M | MVPI |
| MS Dhoni | 538 | 7 | 38 | 81.8 | 527.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 137.5 | 14 | 686 |
| Ashish Nehra | 10 | 0 | 1 | 58.8 | 5.8 | 24 | 5.3 | 566.8 | 45.5 | 14 | 618 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 377 | 12 | 36 | 98.7 | 435.7 | 6 | 5.0 | 148.0 | 17 | 12 | 601 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 126 | 6 | 10 | 108.6 | 155.3 | 17 | 5.2 | 403.2 | 32 | 14 | 591 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 270 | 4 | 22 | 94.7 | 302.5 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 49.5 | 10 | 352 |
| Suresh Raina | 196 | 6 | 16 | 95.6 | 221.2 | 3 | 4.6 | 83.0 | 20 | 10 | 324 |
| Ishant Sharma | 16 | 0 | 2 | 44.4 | 2.0 | 14 | 5.6 | 296.5 | 12 | 12 | 311 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 309 | 1 | 33 | 79.8 | 295.5 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 300 |
| Praveen Kumar | 58 | 1 | 8 | 101.8 | 68.5 | 2 | 4.7 | 67.7 | 45.5 | 7 | 182 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 19 | 0 | 2 | 40.4 | -1.2 | 6 | 4.6 | 164.5 | 9 | 6 | 172 |
| Yusuf Pathan [ Images ] | 47 | 2 | 2 | 72.3 | 39.8 | 7 | 6.7 | 114.0 | 4 | 8 | 158 |
| Rahul Dravid [ Images ] | 180 | 2 | 11 | 68.7 | 141.7 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 12 | 6 | 154 |
| Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] | 172 | 2 | 17 | 72.3 | 145.7 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 150 |
| Virender Sehwag | 94 | 1 | 17 | 109.3 | 116.3 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 12.5 | 4 | 129 |
| Rohit Sharma [ Images ] | 15 | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | 10.8 | 3 | 3.8 | 86.0 | 20.5 | 4 | 117 |
| RP Singh [ Images ] | 44 | 1 | 3 | 41.5 | -0.3 | 5 | 5.9 | 84.0 | 29 | 8 | 113 |
| Virat Kohli | 121 | 0 | 4 | 74.2 | 106.2 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 110 |
| Amit Mishra [ Images ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 28.0 | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| Abhishek Nayar [ Images ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -5.8 | 0 | 5.7 | -2.0 | 0 | 3 | -8 |
Runs (scored) | Sixes | Fours | Strike rate | Bat-pts: Batting points | W: Wickets taken | Eco: Economy rate | Bowl-pts: Bowling points | Field-pts: fielding points | M: Matches played | 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.
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