IPL MVP Rankings: Kohli maintains healthy lead over Warner

Although Virat Kohli has scored 83 more runs, David Warner's strike rate of 164.2 is better than the Indian batsman's strike rate of 144.7, and puts both batsmen almost at par.

Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji analyse IPL performances in Rediff.com's Most Valuable Players ratings.

Virat Kohli

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates his second century of the IPL. Photograph: BCCI.

Virat Kohli continues to score loads of runs and has even bettered his strike rate by 10.

Royal Challengers Bangalore's captain scored his second century of the season to complete 500 runs in IPL 2016.

With this ton, he became the first captain to score two hundreds in a season.

With a MVPI of 634 he continues to top the MVPI charts.

The MVPI collapses a player's batting + bowling + fielding performance into a 'run equivalent'.

Although Kohli has scored 83 more runs, David Warner's strike rate of 164.2 is better than the Indian batsman's strike rate of 144.7, and puts both batsmen almost at par.

This week we try to spot the IPL’s best bargains, and worst bets, based on the Paisa Vasool Index (PVI). It shouldn’t surprise that Indian players (especially top Indian players) have a high PVI. They are far more expensive than their international counterparts.

Any international player in the regular playing eleven with a PVI of $1000 or less is an outstanding buy.

Mitchell McClenaghan, Andre Russell, Aaron Finch, Thisara Perera, Mustafizur Rahman, Quinton deKock and David Warner are in this list (check for others in the table, especially players having played 7 or more matches).

Indian players with a PVI of $2000 must also be considered to be outstanding value of money: Virat Kohli, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, Axar Patel, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar etc.

International players with PVI greater than 4000 and India players with PVI greater than 5000 are probably under-performing: Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, David Miller, James Faulkner and even Ravindra Jadeja.

Since the IPL teams require at least seven players in the playing eleven, Indian players -- and especially India's top players -- always enjoy this advantage.

Players who score a lot of runs at high strike rates, take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate and also take catches or participate in run-outs have the highest MVPI.

The table below indicates the MVPI and PVI for the top 100 players in IPL 9.

Rank	Player's Name	Team	From	Run	Top Score	6's	Strike Rate	W	Eco	M	MVPI	Money Offered (US $)	PVI (US$ per run)	PVI (INR per run)
1	Virat Kohli	RCB	IND	541	108	16	144.7	0	-	8	634	1865000	1681	112663
2	David Warner	SH	AUS	458	92	20	164.2	0	-	9	571	820600	924	61921
3	Ajinkya Rahane	RPS	IND	417	74	8	130.7	0	-	10	463	1417400	2187	146560
4	Robin Uthappa	KKR	IND	327	72	7	135.7	0	-	10	430	746000	1239	83056
5	AB de Villiers	RCB	SA	321	83	14	161.3	0	-	8	429	1119000	1491	99900
6	Rohit Sharma	MI	IND	388	85	11	137.6	0	-	10	428	1865000	3112	208611
7	Andre Russell	KKR	WI	149	39	12	156.8	14	7.8	10	412	89520	155	10402
8	Gautam Gambhir	KKR	IND	398	90	5	122.5	0	-	10	394	1865000	3381	226613
9	Quinton de Kock	DD	SA	297	108	8	149.2	0	-	8	392	522200	856	57398
10	Shane Watson	RCB	AUS	136	36	9	167.9	12	8.3	8	347	1417400	2334	156443
11	Chris Morris	DD	SA	110	82	9	200	8	6.8	8	343	1044400	1957	131195
12	Dinesh Karthik	GL	IND	266	53	2	132.3	0	-	11	340	343160	793	53151
13	Steven Smith	RPS	AUS	270	101	8	153.4	0	-	8	328	820600	1787	119774
14	Suresh Raina	GL	IND	286	75	7	126.5	0	8.4	11	314	1865000	4667	312784
15	Shikhar Dhawan	SH	IND	310	82	2	116.5	0	-	9	311	1865000	3855	258383
16	Aaron Finch	GL	AUS	276	74	6	139.4	0	-	8	309	149200	379	25428
17	Yusuf Pathan	KKR	IND	228	63	7	160.6	1	6	10	307	484900	1128	75617
18	Ambati Rayudu	MI	IND	277	65	9	124.2	0	-	10	287	596800	1485	99552
19	Brendon McCullum	GL	NZ	256	60	14	137.6	0	-	11	280	1119000	3140	210459
20	Lokesh Rahul	RCB	IND	222	52	10	144.2	0	-	6	279	149200	306	20481
21	MS Dhoni	RPS	IND	182	41	7	133.8	0	-	10	256	1865000	5204	348772
22	Dwayne Smith	GL	WI	206	63	8	140.1	1	8.7	7	248	343160	1087	72869
23	Mustafizur Rahman	SH	BAN	0	0	0	-	13	6.2	9	248	208880	541	36290
24	Axar Patel	KXI	IND	97	36	7	149.2	8	7.5	9	237	111900	304	20344
25	Glenn Maxwell	KXI	AUS	179	68	8	145.5	0	8.3	9	232	895200	2481	166256
26	Faf du Plessis	RPS	SA	206	69	9	127.2	0	-	6	226	596800	1886	126422
27	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SH	IND	21	21	1	233.3	13	8	9	226	634100	1804	120891
28	Thisara Perera	RPS	SL	97	34	8	176.4	8	9.5	8	224	149200	476	31888
29	Mitchell McClenaghan	MI	NZ	30	20	3	157.9	14	8.1	10	222	44760	144	9653
30	Dwayne Bravo	GL	WI	70	22	1	109.4	12	8.9	10	221	596800	2122	142211
31	Parthiv Patel	MI	IND	176	81	4	117.3	0	-	9	220	208880	678	45455
32	Krunal Pandya	MI	IND	128	49	6	177.8	3	7.7	8	216	298400	987	66138
33	Murali Vijay	KXI	IND	229	55	4	118	0	-	9	216	447600	1332	89286
34	Sanju Samson	DD	IND	221	60	5	114.5	0	-	9	209	626640	1927	129187
35	Karun Nair	DD	IND	194	68	2	121.3	0	-	9	201	596800	1909	127932
36	Jean-Paul Duminy	DD	SA	151	49	3	128	1	6.8	6	200	328240	1055	70714
37	Mohit Sharma	KXI	IND	18	15	1	128.6	10	7.7	9	191	969800	3264	218773
38	Jos Buttler	MI	ENG	166	41	7	135	0	-	10	190	566960	2131	142857
39	Moises Henriques	SH	AUS	97	31	4	103.2	6	7.7	9	188	149200	510	34195
40	Ravindra Jadeja	GL	IND	116	36	3	104.5	6	7.7	10	186	1417400	5987	401306
41	Dhawal Kulkarni	GL	IND	12	6	0	171.4	10	7	9	180	298400	1303	87302
42	Wriddhiman Saha	KXI	IND	144	52	0	118	0	-	7	171	328240	1234	82707
43	Manan Vohra	KXI	IND	161	51	3	122.9	0	-	7	170	596800	2257	151261
44	Harbhajan Singh	MI	IND	75	45	1	108.7	7	8.1	10	169	820600	3468	232460
45	David Miller	KXI	SA	131	31	3	119.1	0	-	9	167	1865000	7179	481180
46	Marcus Stoinis	KXI	AUS	112	52	3	130.2	4	8.9	4	166	82060	318	21299
47	Sandeep Sharma	KXI	IND	3	1	0	75	8	6.9	9	164	126820	497	33319
48	Saurabh Tiwary	RPS	IND	131	57	3	126	0	-	6	162	104440	460	30864
49	Amit Mishra	DD	IND	3	3	0	33.3	10	7.3	9	159	14920	60	4043
50	Piyush Chawla	KKR	IND	16	8	0	160	9	7.8	9	158	634100	2867	192134
51	Shaun Marsh	KXI	AUS	159	56	4	118.7	0	-	6	155	328240	1361	91244
52	Carlos Brathwaite	DD	WI	72	34	8	248.3	4	9	6	152	626640	2650	177632
53	Kieron Pollard	MI	WI	133	51	10	151.1	0	12	9	151	1119000	5293	354778
54	Tim Southee	MI	NZ	29	25	2	181.3	7	8	9	149	373000	1788	119847
55	Suryakumar Yadav	KKR	IND	131	60	3	123.6	0	-	10	149	104440	501	33557
56	Rajat Bhatia	RPS	IND	34	21	2	170	6	7	9	148	89520	432	28958
57	Shakib Al Hasan	KKR	BAN	86	66	4	111.7	3	7.5	6	145	417760	2058	137931
58	Manish Pandey	KKR	IND	98	52	3	127.3	0	-	7	142	253640	1276	85513
59	Jasprit Bumrah	MI	IND	6	6	0	66.7	11	8.2	10	141	179040	907	60790
60	Barinder Sran	SH	IND	0	0	0	-	8	7.7	7	135	179040	853	57143
61	Umesh Yadav	KKR	IND	9	7	1	180	10	9	9	127	387920	2182	146232
62	Zaheer Khan	DD	IND	4	4	0	44.4	8	8.3	8	120	596800	3197	214286
63	Rishabh Pant	DD	IND	99	69	2	137.5	0	-	5	112	283480	1627	109056
64	Eoin Morgan	SH	ENG	109	51	3	114.7	0	-	6	111	223800	1296	86873
65	Sam Billings	DD	ENG	84	54	4	144.8	0	-	4	111	44760	259	17375
66	Praveen Kumar	GL	IND	22	15	0	110	5	7.3	11	107	522200	3835	257009
67	Sunil Narine	KKR	WI	4	4	0	133.3	6	7.3	6	106	1417400	9551	640162
68	Naman Ojha	SH	IND	67	37	3	104.7	0	-	9	106	74600	452	30323
69	Morne Morkel	KKR	SA	0	0	0	-	7	8	6	93	417760	3209	215054
70	Sarfaraz Khan	RCB	IND	66	35	4	212.9	0	-	5	93	74600	458	30722
71	James Faulkner	GL	AUS	77	32	0	130.5	2	9.8	7	90	820600	7164	480159
72	Kane Richardson	RCB	AUS	1	1	0	100	7	9.7	4	90	298400	1895	126984
73	Ashok Dinda	RPS	IND	0	0	0	-	7	8.4	5	88	74600	606	40584
74	Imran Tahir	DD	SA	0	0	0	-	5	6.6	3	86	149200	1115	74751
75	Ashish Nehra	SH	IND	0	0	0	-	5	6.9	5	84	820600	6280	420918
76	Mitchell Marsh	RPS	AUS	7	7	0	63.6	4	5	3	83	716160	6163	413081
77	Murugan Ashwin	RPS	IND	0	0	0	0	7	8.3	9	82	671400	5848	391986
78	R Ashwin	RPS	IND	11	10	1	137.5	3	7.2	10	74	1119000	10801	723938
79	Kevin Pietersen	RPS	ENG	73	37	3	119.7	0	-	4	74	522200	5041	337838
80	Ashish Reddy	SH	IND	47	32	4	162.1	1	10	4	67	29840	286	19190
81	Pravin Tambe	GL	IND	0	0	0	-	5	8.4	6	66	29840	355	23810
82	Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	IND	0	0	0	-	6	9	5	66	14920	129	8658
83	Kane Williamson	SH	NZ	58	50	0	111.5	0	-	3	63	89520	913	61224
84	Deepak Hooda	SH	IND	55	18	0	101.9	1	7.4	9	62	626640	6497	435484
85	Shivil Kaushik	GL	IND	0	0	0	-	4	7.5	5	60	14920	195	13095
86	Sachin Baby	RCB	IND	43	27	2	179.2	0	-	3	60	14920	142	9524
87	Brad Hogg	KKR	AUS	0	0	0	-	4	8.9	5	58	74600	919	61576
88	Pardeep Sahu	KXI	IND	19	18	1	146.2	3	8.3	5	52	14920	184	12363
89	Usman Khawaja	RPS	AUS	46	30	2	139.4	0	-	2	51	#N/A	-	-
90	Hardik Pandya	MI	IND	37	9	0	67.3	3	9.1	10	49	14920	217	14577
91	Kedar Jadhav	RCB	IND	42	25	2	131.3	0	-	4	48	298400	3552	238095
92	Travis Head	RCB	AUS	43	37	2	130.3	0	-	2	45	74600	947	63492
93	Yuvraj Singh	SH	IND	44	39	2	118.9	0	6.5	2	44	1044400	15259	1022727
94	John Hastings	KKR	AUS	0	0	0	-	2	5.6	2	43	193960	3222	215947
95	Rajagopal Sathish	KKR	IND	16	10	1	106.7	1	10	3	42	29840	507	34014
96	Stuart Binny	RCB	IND	17	16	2	283.3	1	9.3	6	41	298400	4159	278746
97	Ishan Kishan	GL	IND	42	27	0	102.4	0	-	5	37	52220	1109	74324
98	Shreyas Iyer	DD	IND	22	19	1	66.7	0	-	5	37	387920	6740	451737
99	Pawan Negi	DD	IND	51	19	3	108.5	0	11	6	32	1268200	25477	1707589
100	Mohammed Shami	DD	IND	2	2	0	50	4	9.7	6	31	634100	13150	881336