Nehra leads India's MVP race
What a remarkable comeback from Ashish Nehra [ Images ]! After being almost forgotten, the left-arm pacer now leads India's Most Valuable Player (MVP) rankings in One-Day Internationals this season.
Following a fine bowling performance in the ICC [ Images ] Champions Trophy [ Images ], he has overtaken both Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] and Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] in the MVP rankings.
Nehra announced himself in 2008 when he dished out some impressive performances for Mumbai Indians [ Images ] in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League [ Images ] (IPL). He got 12 wickets, although he wasn't particularly economical. But, more importantly, he played 14 matches without getting injured!
Playing for Delhi Daredevils [ Images ] in the IPL second season, Nehra did even better as he claimed 18 wickets at an economy rate of 6.6 to confirm his astonishing return to form and fitness.
Table 1: India's most valuable players in the 2009-10 ODI season (10 matches so far)
| Player | Runs | 6s | 4s | S/R | Bat Pts | W | Eco | Bowl Pts | Field Pts | M | MVPI |
| Ashish Nehra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | -3.8 | 18 | 5.2 | 432.8 | 8 | 10 | 437 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 264 | 9 | 26 | 109.5 | 327.2 | 4 | 5.3 | 91.0 | 4 | 9 | 422 |
| MS Dhoni | 284 | 4 | 17 | 78.0 | 264.7 | 1 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 97 | 10 | 383 |
| Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] | 45 | 2 | 1 | 76.3 | 40.8 | 12 | 5.2 | 282.2 | 32 | 10 | 355 |
| Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] | 219 | 1 | 22 | 93.2 | 242.2 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 246 |
| Gautam Gambhir [ Images ] | 120 | 3 | 10 | 114.3 | 152.5 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 45.5 | 7 | 198 |
| Ishant Sharma [ Images ] | 13 | 0 | 2 | 46.4 | 2.7 | 9 | 5.8 | 181.5 | 8 | 8 | 192 |
| Suresh Raina [ Images ] | 99 | 4 | 9 | 97.1 | 113.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 63.0 | 12 | 6 | 188 |
| 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 |
| 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 [ Images ] | 81 | 0 | 0 | 76.4 | 73.7 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 74 |
| Amit Mishra [ Images ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 1 | 4.5 | 28.0 | 4 | 1 | 32 |
| Praveen Kumar [ Images ] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | -2.2 | 0 | 3.9 | 27.0 | 4 | 3 | 29 |
| Ravindra Jadeja [ Images ] | 7 | 0 | 1 | 53.8 | 3.2 | 0 | 5.1 | -1.0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| S Badrinath | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pragyan Ojha [ Images ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murali Vijay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abhishek Nayar [ Images ] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -5.8 | 0 | 5.7 | -2.0 | 0 | 3 | -8 |
Runs (scored) | 6s: Sixes | 4s: Boundaries | S/R: 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.
If we look at the list of the 50 most valuable players in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, it is hard a find an Indian name. Nehra appears at the 15th place, Gautam Gambhir is 44th, Praveen Kumar is 45th and Harbhajan Singh is 50th.
Shane Watson [ Images ], who hit back-to-back centuries in the semi-final and final and also took 6 wickets, heads the MVP list followed by the two opposing captains in the final -- Daniel Vettori [ Images ] and Ricky Ponting [ Images ].
Table 2: The most valuable players in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy
| Player | Team | Runs | 6s | 4s | S/R | Bat Pts | W | Eco | Bowl Pts | Field Pts | M | MVPI |
| Shane Watson | AUS | 265 | 11 | 25 | 91.07 | 287.5 | 6 | 4.5 | 167.33 | 12.5 | 5 | 467 |
| Daniel Vettori | NZ | 100 | 1 | 9 | 104.17 | 120.0 | 7 | 4.0 | 206.83 | 20.5 | 4 | 347 |
| Ricky Ponting | AUS | 288 | 3 | 26 | 78.69 | 271.0 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 33 | 5 | 304 |
| Kyle Mills [ Images ] | NZ | 30 | 1 | 3 | 125.00 | 40.0 | 9 | 4.3 | 259.83 | 4 | 5 | 304 |
| Mitchell Johnson [ Images ] | AUS | 82 | 3 | 9 | 126.15 | 109.8 | 4 | 4.6 | 115.00 | 33 | 5 | 258 |
| Graeme Smith [ Images ] | SA | 206 | 1 | 26 | 107.29 | 252.0 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 4 | 3 | 256 |
| Wayne Parnell [ Images ] | SA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 11.7 | 11 | 7.0 | 219.00 | 25 | 3 | 256 |
| Saeed Ajmal [ Images ] | PAK | 14 | 0 | 2 | 82.35 | 13.8 | 8 | 3.8 | 237.17 | 4 | 4 | 255 |
| Paul Collingwood [ Images ] | ENG | 202 | 8 | 18 | 86.70 | 209.8 | 1 | 5.1 | 22.00 | 4 | 4 | 236 |
| Grant Elliott [ Images ] | NZ | 126 | 1 | 9 | 72.41 | 107.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 111.00 | 16.5 | 5 | 235 |
| Stuart Broad [ Images ] | ENG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | -2.2 | 10 | 5.5 | 235.83 | 0 | 3 | 234 |
| Brett Lee [ Images ] | AUS | 37 | 0 | 3 | 86.05 | 38.2 | 6 | 4.4 | 173.00 | 0 | 5 | 211 |
| Shoaib Malik [ Images ] | PAK | 180 | 2 | 19 | 86.12 | 185.8 | 1 | 5.9 | 19.00 | 4 | 3 | 209 |
| M Jayawardene [ Images ] | SL | 163 | 3 | 15 | 103.16 | 194.3 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 12 | 3 | 206 |
| Ashish Nehra | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 8 | 4.8 | 206.00 | 0 | 3 | 206 |
| Shane Bond [ Images ] | NZ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 | -4.8 | 8 | 4.8 | 210.00 | 0 | 5 | 205 |
| James Anderson [ Images ] | ENG | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37.93 | -2.2 | 7 | 4.3 | 203.67 | 0 | 4 | 202 |
| Nathan Hauritz [ Images ] | AUS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 76.19 | 14.5 | 5 | 3.8 | 163.17 | 20.5 | 5 | 198 |
| Mohammad Aamer | PAK | 19 | 0 | 4 | 90.48 | 20.5 | 6 | 4.1 | 173.00 | 4 | 3 | 198 |
| Shahid Afridi [ Images ] | PAK | 40 | 0 | 5 | 81.63 | 39.2 | 5 | 4.3 | 151.50 | 4 | 4 | 195 |
| Martin Guptill [ Images ] | NZ | 191 | 3 | 18 | 82.68 | 189.5 | 0 | 13.0 | -8.00 | 12 | 5 | 194 |
| Dale Steyn [ Images ] | SA | 17 | 0 | 2 | 130.77 | 23.2 | 6 | 4.8 | 156.17 | 12.5 | 3 | 192 |
| T Dilshan [ Images ] | SL | 149 | 2 | 23 | 110.37 | 185.5 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 4 | 3 | 190 |
| M Yousuf | PAK | 200 | 0 | 17 | 75.19 | 178.3 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 4 | 3 | 182 |
| Eoin Morgan [ Images ] | ENG | 147 | 5 | 12 | 79.89 | 140.7 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 41 | 4 | 182 |
| Angelo Mathews | SL | 69 | 0 | 6 | 70.41 | 56.3 | 4 | 4.6 | 108.00 | 8 | 3 | 172 |
| Michael Hussey [ Images ] | AUS | 148 | 1 | 12 | 84.57 | 150.2 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 20.5 | 5 | 171 |
| Peter Siddle [ Images ] | AUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 6 | 4.4 | 169.00 | 0 | 5 | 169 |
| Tim Paine | AUS | 123 | 2 | 14 | 73.65 | 106.8 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 61 | 5 | 168 |
| Brendon McCullum [ Images ] | NZ | 155 | 6 | 13 | 74.16 | 135.8 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 32 | 5 | 168 |
| Gavin Tonge | WI | 9 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 5.5 | 5 | 3.9 | 159.00 | 0 | 3 | 165 |
| Nikita Miller | WI | 72 | 2 | 7 | 82.76 | 71.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 71.83 | 0 | 3 | 143 |
| Owais Shah [ Images ] | ENG | 145 | 7 | 8 | 82.86 | 144.2 | 0 | 11.0 | -6.00 | 4 | 4 | 142 |
| Umar Gul | PAK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | 3.7 | 5 | 5.3 | 115.17 | 20.5 | 4 | 139 |
| AB de Villiers [ Images ] | SA | 130 | 0 | 13 | 83.87 | 130.8 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 8 | 3 | 139 |
| Ian Butler | NZ | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.71 | 6.2 | 5 | 4.7 | 132.00 | 0 | 3 | 138 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | PAK | 26 | 1 | 2 | 136.84 | 36.2 | 4 | 5.2 | 95.00 | 4 | 4 | 135 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara [ Images ] | SL | 75 | 5 | 3 | 92.59 | 82.5 | 3 | 6.0 | 52.00 | 0 | 3 | 135 |
| J Franklin | NZ | 63 | 0 | 7 | 91.30 | 68.5 | 2 | 4.6 | 64.00 | 0 | 4 | 133 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] | SL | 34 | 0 | 6 | 117.24 | 43.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 86.00 | 0 | 3 | 130 |
| Jacques Kallis [ Images ] | SA | 89 | 0 | 11 | 86.41 | 92.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 34.00 | 0 | 3 | 126 |
| Ross Taylor [ Images ] | NZ | 121 | 4 | 8 | 65.41 | 87.8 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 36 | 5 | 124 |
| Darren Sammy | WI | 68 | 2 | 6 | 69.39 | 54.3 | 1 | 4.0 | 53.00 | 12.5 | 3 | 120 |
| Gautam Gambhir | IND | 63 | 2 | 8 | 123.53 | 83.5 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 29 | 3 | 113 |
| Praveen Kumar | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 104.00 | 4 | 2 | 108 |
| Kamran Akmal | PAK | 92 | 0 | 12 | 69.70 | 74.0 | 0 | -- | 0.00 | 32.5 | 4 | 107 |
| Daryl Tuffey | NZ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 200.00 | 6.3 | 4 | 5.2 | 97.33 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
| Jesse Ryder [ Images ] | NZ | 82 | 1 | 11 | 117.14 | 105.7 | 0 | 7.5 | -5.00 | 0 | 2 | 101 |
| Umar Akmal [ Images ] | PAK | 98 | 0 | 13 | 80.33 | 94.3 | 0 | 4.2 | 1.83 | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| Harbhajan Singh | IND | 13 | 0 | 1 | 59.09 | 7.7 | 3 | 5.1 | 71.00 | 12 | 3 | 91 |
Runs (scored) | 6s: Sixes | 4s: Boundaries | S/R: 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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