My Cricket player rankings are out! And you won’t be able to easily guess who is the Most Valuable Player!!
A Total of 368 players took the field in 2009 as against 369 in 2008 (considering that a couple of new teams like UAE and HK also played, this number is much smaller than in 2007).

I have put out different ODI Ranking lists for teams and players. Do check each one out!

ODI Batsmen Rankings 2009 (all teams)
ODI Bowler Rankings 2009 (all teams)
ODI Best Wicketkeepers/ Fielders 2009 (all teams)
ODI Most Valuable Players - All Rounders 2009 (all teams)
ODI Team Rankings 2009 (all teams)

You can check out previous year’s rankings here (ODI Team Rankings 2008)

There are many good players waiting to be born out there. There are some players from unknown countries who if perform as per their statistics would become Superstars, or other perish their records accumulated against similar unknown nations.
Did you know there is an allrounder called “RN ten Doeschate” who plays for Netherlands? Well if you check out his performance, he was the Most Valuable Player of 2006 and 2007!! But in 20087 he got to play just 2 matches - so he could not be ranked. Just for the record, if he was ranked he would have got 84.2 points (that’s higher than Ajantha Mendis - the No. 1 MVP of 2008 got!!) Thats a lot of talent being wasted - ICL and IPL are you listening?? Well check out the complete rankings now!!

Well, Ajantha Mendis appeared from nowhere and shot right to the top of the list as MVP 2008 (most valuable player)

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms. These have no relation with ICC or any other rankings calculated elsewhere in the world.

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Well January is back, and so is the Fourth edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2008 here)! And though there are some surprises, the top of the heap is captured by none other than one of the most explosive cricketers of 21st century - Virender Sehwag!! However he was relegated to the second spot this time by a new star who took every team by storm. Tillekaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka was the most explosive batsman on scene in 2009. He scored 1000 runs averaging 55.6 in just 19 matches and a strike rate of 103.2. Although he way beyond Sehwag’s strike rate of 136.6 but his astonishing average pipped Sehwag by miles. He smashed 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries on the way to achieving this.

He is followed by Virender Sehwag who scored 810 runs in just 20 matches at a nice average of 45.0 (lower than last year) at an extra-ordinary strike rate of 136.6 (much higher than last year)!! He smashed 3 century and 2 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Not to be left behind, Sachin Tendulkar emerged like a Phoenix to finish 3rd this year scoring 962 runs in 21 matches at a very high average of 54 at a good strike rate of 94!! He smashed 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. AB DeVilliers (AVE 54.4 SR 92.8), McCallum of Scotland (AVE 70.5 SR 89.5) and Chris Gayle (AVE 39.5 SR 117.5) follow at 4,5 and 6. So the year 2009 was heavily dominated by Indian Batsmen. South African batsmen to some extent also shone but were far away from the Indians, and the Australian Team trails at no. 3.

But then who are the teams of 2009? Well India is right there at the top with 6 batmsen in Top 30. And next are South Africa and Australia. South Africahas 5 batsmen in top 30 and Australia has 4 batsmen in top 30.

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2008?

1 V Sehwag (India) 2
2 Younis Khan (Pak) 142
3 BB McCullum (NZ) 49
4 Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 301
5 CH Gayle (WI) 6

*These rankings are based on Players who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms. These have no relation with ICC or any other rankings calculated elsewhere in the world.

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Well the World Cup is over and I know you all wait for the post-tournament Onedayers Rankings. Well, I have dropped T20 from my Curricula

Well not to disappoint you further, I have moved my T20 Blog to “T20 World Cup 2009” website. So you get the same tangy Rankings, in an entirely dedicated website. Did someone say “T20 has arrived”?

Some of the Highlights of the Ratings are:

• Shahid Afridi is the Most Valuable Player
• Kallis is the Best Batter
• Pragyan Ojha is the Best Bowler
• Neil O’Brien is the Best Wicket Keeper
• Fletcher is the Best Fielder

Well not to hold you any more, here’re the lists

• T20 World Cup 2009 Most Valuable Players
• T20 World Cup 2009 Best Batsmen/ Batters
• T20 World Cup 2009 Best Bowlers
• T20 World Cup 2009 Best Fielders/ Wicketkeepers

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