Hail Bangladesh's bowling sensation Mustafizur... the new MVP!

19-year-old Mustafizur Rahman played a key role in Bangladesh's first-ever ODI series win over India to claim the top spot in the MVP rankings for the series. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present the details

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 thatMustafizur Rahman is the most valuable player (MVP) of the three-match series.

The left-arm pacer took top spot with a staggering MVPI of 331 'runs', over 100 'runs' more than the next best Suresh Raina.

The most valuable player index (MVPI) formula picks out batsmen who score a lot of runs at a high strike rate, bowlers who take a lot of wickets at a low economy rate, and fielders who take the most catches or participate in run outs. MVPI expresses a player’s overall batting + bowling + fielding performance in terms of a 'run equivalent'.

Most valuable players in the Bangladesh-India 

Rank	Player	Team	Runs	4s	6s	Str Rate	W	Eco	Ct St	Run Outs	M	MVPI
1	Mustafizur Rahman	BAN	9	1	0	52.9	13	5.1	1	0	3	331
2	Suresh Raina	IND	112	7	4	96.6	3	5	0	1	3	228
3	Shakib Al Hasan	BAN	123	10	0	81.5	3	4.1	0	0	3	216
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	IND	4	0	0	36.4	6	3.9	1	0	3	186
5	Shikhar Dhawan	IND	158	20	0	92.4	0	-	1	0	3	179
6	Nasir Hossain	BAN	66	6	1	115.8	2	4	3	0	3	172
7	Soumya Sarkar	BAN	128	15	4	105.8	0	-	2	0	3	165
8	MS Dhoni	IND	121	9	1	76.1	0	-	2	0.5	3	132
9	Sabbir Rahman	BAN	106	14	1	101	0	-	1	0	3	130
10	Rohit Sharma	IND	92	6	2	92.9	0	-	3	0.5	3	129
11	Litton Das	BAN	78	8	0	75	0	-	6	0	3	99
12	Mashrafe Mortaza	BAN	21	3	0	77.8	4	6.1	1	0	3	96
13	Mushfiqur Rahim	BAN	69	4	2	83.1	0	-	5	0	3	94
14	Dhawal Kulkarni	IND	2	0	0	100	3	5.1	1	0	2	81
16	Tamim Iqbal	BAN	78	11	1	85.7	0	-	0	0	3	80
15	Ambati Rayudu	IND	44	3	0	84.6	1	2.5	1	0	2	80
17	Ravindra Jadeja	IND	51	3	0	75	1	5.1	2	0	2	79
18	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	IND	28	2	1	90.3	2	5.8	0	0	2	71
19	Axar Patel	IND	10	0	1	166.7	2	5.8	1	0	2	58
20	Taskin Ahmed	BAN	2	0	0	40	2	4.5	0	0	2	55
21	Virat Kohli	IND	49	4	1	74.2	0	6	1	0	3	46
22	Stuart Binny	IND	17	2	0	154.5	1	6.8	0	0	1	39
23	Rubel Hossain	BAN	6	1	0	54.5	2	6.2	0	0	3	26
24	Umesh Yadav	IND	2	0	0	18.2	2	7.6	0	0	2	14
25	Mohit Sharma	IND	11	2	0	57.9	1	11.4	1	0	1	7
26	Ajinkya Rahane	IND	9	1	0	36	0	-	0	0	1	-3
27	Arafat Sunny	BAN	14	1	0	35	0	7	0	0	1	-17

Runs (scored) ' No of 4s ' No of 6s ' Strike rate ' W: Wickets taken ' Eco: Economy rate ' ' Catches, stumpings ' Run outs participated ' 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. series (June 18-24, 2015):