The best bowler in IPL 2009 was no doubt Matthew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He got 572 runs at an average of 52 and a strike rate of 144.81. He struck 5 half-centuries in the process and hit 22 sixes and 60 fours.

Third came van Wyk of Kolkata Knight Riders who in just 5 matches scored 167 runs at an average of 55.66 runs at a strike rate of 126.51.

Here’s a list of Top 10 Batsmen:

S. No. Player Team
1 ML Hayden Chennai Super Kings
2 M Pandey Royal Challengers Bangalore
3 MN van Wyk Kolkata Knight Riders
4 A Symonds Deccan Chargers
5 AB de Villiers Delhi Daredevils
6 AC Gilchrist Deccan Chargers
7 BJ Hodge Kolkata Knight Riders
8 SK Raina Chennai Super Kings
9 TM Dilshan Delhi Daredevils
10 DR Smith Deccan Chargers

*These rankings are based on Teams who’ve played 5 matches or more. These rankings are prepared solely by myself based on owned algorithms.

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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 2008 as against 369 in 2007 (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 2008 (all teams)
ODI Bowler Rankings 2008 (all teams)
ODI Best Wicketkeepers/ Fielders 2008 (all teams)
ODI Most Valuable Players - All Rounders 2008 (all teams)
ODI Team Rankings 2008 (all teams)

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 third edition of Vineet’s Cricket Rankings (check out the ODI Batsmen Rankings 2007 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!! He is followed by - hold your breath - Younis Khan of Pakistan.

Virender Sehwag scored 893 runs in just 18 matches (he was out of the team for a major part of 2008) at a nice average of 49.61 at an extra-ordinary strike rate of 120.02!! He smashed 1 century and 8 half-centuries on the way to achieving this. Not to be left behind, Younis Khan of Pakistan scored 865 runs in 18 matches at a very high average of 54.06 at a good strike rate of 97.19!! He smashed 3 centuries and 6 half-centuries on the way to achieving this.

Brendon McCullum (AVE 47.53 SR 110.16), Nasir Jamshed (AVE 49.0 SR 103.62) and Chris Gayle (AVE 52.66 SR 91.19) follow at 3,4 and 5. So the year 2008 was heavily dominated by Indian and Pakistani Batsmen, and the Australian Team seems to have lost their monkey. So, is the Aussie story over? Not yet, you’ll notice that 5 Aussies just got their toe in between positions 19-28, and apart from the now retired Gilchrist all others can be termed as young blood. So they are expected to wager a fight in 2009. They are led by the IPL surprises Shane Watson and Shaun Marsh and followed by Hussey brothers. But then who are the teams of 2008? Well Pakistan is right there at the top winning 18 out of 21 matches. And next are Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. And India? It is at 5th position. Pakistan has 6 batsmen in top 18 and India has 6 batsmen in top 21. ANd the aggregate points of both Indian and Pakistani batsmen comes to 237-238. Well, then where’s the difference.. it’s in results baby! and also there are more Top 30 lists than just Batsmen!!

This year the whole list got revamped to a certain extent. The non-test playing nations went out of the list since they didn’t get to play the minimum matches that were required to make this list. Well, now for some surprises, Gautam Gambhir (AVE 46.62 SR 90.53) stormed into the list with a consistent performance so did Salman Butt (AVE 50.64 SR 84.5), Hashim Amla (AVE 52.57 SR 93.4) and hold your breath Suresh Raina (AVE 45.33 SR 94.83). Do I hear breast beating down-under? - well Greg can go and beat his chest, since he had high recommendation for Suresh Raina.

Now some of you sceptics would ask, where is Ten Doeschate whom I refer to as the best ODI player. Well that is the irony of the non-playing nations. There was no world cup and so the poor guy got to play on 2 matches in the entire year!! And he scored 0 and 47 in those matches, at a strike rate of 100! And he got a total of 5 wickets in 2 matches and one Man-of-the-Match! (thanks for not letting me down, I believe you are one of the cricketing greats and wish that IPL or ICL is reading this). And ICC noticed my ratings and Doeschate was declared “Associate Player of the Year” by ICC.

Surprise omissions? Well Sangkarra score 4 centuries and notched 1251 runs but could not figure in top30. Something wrong with the algo? Well no, something wrong with his batting style - someone averaging 39 and with a strike rate of 75 should carry the drinks as per me.. this is what onedayers.com is all about.. We set a new ranking system and the new world order is moving as per that..

Where are the top 5 batsmen of the year 2007?

Ponting had an OK year, and Hayden and Symmonds slipped, and all 3 were out of the Top 30. Grame Smith just slipped 3 places to No. 6 and Sachin Tendulkar slipped 16 positions to No. 21. All, in all it was a total washout for stars..

131 RT Ponting (Aus) (1)
48 ML Hayden (Aus) (2)
6 GC Smith (SA) (3)
60 A Symonds (Aus) (4)
21 SR Tendulkar (India) (5)

*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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