da bet vitoria： The players who justified their costs in IPL 2010, and those who didn’t

da fazobetai： Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan26-Apr-2010With the on-field IPL action finally over, it’s time to look back at the players selected by the franchises, and check out which ones justified their paycheck. While the performance of some players were worth their cost, certain others failed to live up to the expectations. The tables below look at the cost-performance analysis of major batsmen and bowlers in this season. The last column in the tables is the value index which looks at runs scored or wickets taken per US$10,000. This gives an idea of the value provided to the franchises by the major stars and lesser known players.

Player nameTeamCost in $Matches playedRuns scoredAverageStrike rate10050Value Index-Runs scored per 10000$MS DhoniChennai15000001328731.88136.66021.91ML HaydenChennai3750001634621.62124.01019.22M VijayChennai500001545835.23156.841291.6SK RainaChennai6500001652047.87142.85048.00AC GilchristDeccan7000001628918.06156.21014.12TL SumanDeccan300001430734.11119.4502102.33A SymondsDeccan13500001642930.64125.80041.97HH GibbsDeccan5750001026726.70113.61014.64RG SharmaDeccan7500001640428.85133.77035.38G GambhirDelhi7250001127730.77127.64023.82DA WarnerDelhi2500001128228.20147.641111.28V SehwagDelhi8337501435625.42163.30034.26DPMD JayawardenePunjab4750001343943.90147.31029.24KC SangakkaraPunjab7000001335729.75138.91115.10Yuvraj SinghPunjab10637501425521.25128.14002.39SC GangulyKolkata10925001449337.92117.66044.51CH GayleKolkata800000929232.44158.69023.65BB McCullumKolkata700000511428.50103.63011.63SR TendulkarMumbai11212501561847.53132.61055.51JP DuminyMumbai950000715731.40119.84001.62ST JayasuriyaMumbai9750004338.25106.45000.33KA PollardMumbai7500001427322.75185.71003.64SS TiwaryMumbai400001641929.92135.5903104.75YK PathanRajasthan4750001433327.75165.67117.01SR WatsonRajasthan125000618537.00162.280214.8NV OjhaRajasthan300001437731.41132.2802125.67JH KallisBangalore9000001657247.66115.78066.35KP PietersenBangalore1350000723659.00150.31021.75RV UthappaBangalore8000001637431.16171.55034.67

PlayerTeamCost in $Matches playedRuns concededWickets takenEconomy rateAverageStrike rateValue Index-Wickets taken per 10000$R AshwinChennai3000012293136.1022.5322.14.33DE Bollinger**Chennai6750007207126.6717.2515.50.178M MuralitharanChennai60000012329156.8521.9319.20.25PP OjhaDeccan2000016429217.2920.4216.810.5A SymondsDeccan13500016372127.0131.0026.50.89KAJ RoachDeccan720000280010.00–0.0A MishraDelhi3000014363176.8421.3518.75.66DP NannesDelhi70000922476.5532.0029.21.00DL VettoriDelhi67500039728.3148.5035.000.03PP ChawlaPunjab40000014367127.4830.5824.50.3IK PathanPunjab92500014426159.1928.4018.50.16S SreesanthPunjab6250006191310.0563.3338.00.05M KartikKolkata4250001025396.4828.1126.000.21SE BondKolkata750000822497.2224.8820.60.12I SharmaKolkata950000723679.4433.7121.40.07KA PollardMumbai75000014274157.4018.2614.80.20Harbhajan SinghMumbai85000015377177.0422.1718.80.20SK WarneRajasthan45000014381117.6234.6327.20.24DW SteynBangalore32500015406156.8827.0623.60.46A KumbleBangalore50000016407176.4223.9422.30.34R Vinay KumarBangalore3000014396168.5724.7517.35.33

Chennai Super Kings made one of the most valuable investments in M Vijay. He was extremely consistent, and scored 458 runs which included one century and two fifties. Suresh Raina vindicated his price as well by scoring more than 500 runs and also winning the Man-of-the-Match award in the final against Mumbai. On the bowling front, R Ashwin performed quite exceptionally for Chennai and the inclusion of Doug Bollinger, who replaced injured New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram in the latter half of the tournament, proved to be a masterstroke. T Suman and Pragyan Ojha were the two best investments for Deccan Chargers while their decision to buy Kemar Roach proved to be a huge failure.Daniel Vettori was unused for a large part of the tournament by Delhi while Punjab’s woes were compounded by the poor showing of Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth. Rajasthan Royals did not have a great tournament but their batting was boosted by the performances of Naman Ojha and Shane Watson. For Kolkata, Murali Kartik was easily their best bowler but Ishant Sharma did not live up to the hype and cost. Kieron Pollard was a great all-round success for Mumbai with his explosive hitting and useful bowling performances throughout. Saurabh Tiwary was an unknown quantity for most viewers, but he was one of the success stories of the tournament for Mumbai Indians. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Jacques Kallis and Robin Uthappa produced top batting performances and the bowling of Vinay Kumar was also a major factor in the team finishing third.