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Jayawardene continues to be MVP

Last updated on: May 12, 2010 18:06 IST

Mahela Jayawardene's scorching unbeaten innings of 98 at a strike rate of 175 against West Indies has ensured that he stays the most valuable player (MVP) at the conclusion of the Super Eights matches in the ICC World Twenty20.

And with Sri Lanka now in the semi-finals there is a good chance that Jayawardene will become the player of the tournament.

The table below shows the top 50 players in the World T20 after the Super Eight phase.

 

Player Name

Team

Runs

Six

Four

Top Score

Strike Rate

W

Eco

M

MVPI

1

M Jayawardene

SL

292

11

28

100

162.2

0

--

5

360.8

2

David Hussey

AUS

107

7

6

53

144.6

5

4.6

5

248.3

3

Suresh Raina

IND

219

8

22

101

146.0

0

11.5

5

231.0

4

Dirk Nannes

AUS

0

0

0

0

0.0

13

6.8

5

228.7

5

Nathan McCullum

NZ

57

3

4

26

154.1

7

6.5

5

224.7

6

Steven Smith

AUS

28

2

1

27

140.0

9

6.6

5

222.3

7

Darren Sammy

WI

51

3

4

30

164.5

6

5.3

5

218.0

8

Saeed Ajmal

PAK

17

1

1

13

154.5

10

6.6

5

216.3

9

Jacques Kallis

SA

171

8

6

73

116.3

2

6.4

5

210.0

10

Charl Langeveldt

SA

2

0

0

2

66.7

11

6.5

4

200.0

11

Salman Butt

PAK

191

4

22

73

136.4

0

--

5

195.3

12

Chris Gayle

WI

132

9

9

98

157.1

3

11.4

4

192.7

13

Scott Styris

NZ

82

2

7

31

118.8

6

5.3

5

192.0

14

David Warner

AUS

148

10

13

72

155.8

0

--

5

185.3

15

Shaun Tait

AUS

0

0

0

0

0.0

8

4.7

5

184.7

16

Shane Watson

AUS

145

10

8

81

146.5

2

8.6

5

183.0

17

Mitchell Johnson

AUS

0

0

0

0

0.0

8

5.7

4

180.3

18

Ashish Nehra

IND

0

0

0

0

0.0

10

7.8

5

180.0

19

AB de Villiers

SA

153

9

3

53

122.4

0

--

5

175.3

20

Eoin Morgan

ENG

166

4

16

55

130.7

0

--

5

170.7

21

Kevin Pietersen

ENG

159

4

17

73

129.3

0

--

4

162.0

22

Kamran Akmal

PAK

130

4

13

73

113.0

0

--

5

158.7

23

Michael Hussey

AUS

111

3

9

47

152.1

0

--

5

156.7

24

Daniel Vettori

NZ

69

2

3

38

109.5

3

5.7

5

150.3

25

Dwayne Bravo

WI

48

2

3

23

109.1

5

8.3

5

149.3

26

Shahid Afridi

PAK

83

2

8

33

136.1

3

7.4

5

148.7

27

Shakib Al Hasan

BAN

75

3

3

47

127.1

4

6.4

2

148.3

28

MS Dhoni

IND

85

6

3

29

149.1

0

--

5

146.0

29

Angelo Mathews

SL

61

2

5

46

115.1

4

6.6

5

142.3

30

Graeme Swann

ENG

9

0

0

7

112.5

8

7.6

5

140.3

31

K Sangakkara

SL

123

6

7

68

119.4

0

--

5

129.5

32

Morne Morkel

SA

1

0

0

1

50.0

8

7.9

4

128.3

33

Michael Lumb

ENG

102

2

14

32

152.2

0

--

5

126.7

34

Umar Akmal

PAK

99

6

4

51

135.6

0

--

5

124.7

35

Cameron White

AUS

107

6

6

85

146.6

0

--

5

120.7

36

Johan Botha

SA

31

1

4

19

155.0

4

5.7

3

120.3

37

Dale Steyn

SA

6

0

0

5

85.7

5

6.9

5

119.7

38

R Sidebottom

ENG

0

0

0

0

--

7

8.1

5

118.0

39

Mohd Aamer

PAK

5

0

0

3

50.0

5

6.2

5

115.7

40

Stuart Broad

ENG

0

0

0

0

--

6

7.2

5

114.7

41

Graeme Smith

SA

109

3

10

36

119.8

0

--

5

112.7

42

Hamid Hassan

AAF

28

2

2

22

107.7

4

4.1

2

112.3

43

Tim Bresnan

ENG

41

0

5

23

136.7

2

5.9

5

112.0

44

Craig Kieswetter

ENG

120

7

8

41

107.1

0

--

5

110.7

45

Michael Yardy

ENG

8

0

1

8

114.3

4

6.2

5

105.7

46

Rohit Sharma

IND

84

6

5

79

155.6

0

--

3

104.0

47

Yusuf Pathan

IND

42

3

2

17

135.5

4

8.8

5

102.7

48

C Kapugedera

SL

79

6

4

37

154.9

0

--

5

102.0

49

Kemar Roach

WI

0

0

0

0

--

5

6.4

3

99.0

50

Albie Morkel

SA

87

7

2

40

150.0

1

10.0

5

96.7

There aren't too many Indian players visible on this list. There is Suresh Raina (3), Ashish Nehra (18), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (28), Rohit Sharma (46) and Yusuf Pathan (47) at the end of the list.

Where are the others? Where is Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir? And how many wickets did Harbhajan Singh take?

The table below answers this question. Note the low ranking of the Indian players who were expected to do much better.

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle