rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Judging a player’s performance over the course of a long tournament like the Indian Premier League can be tricky on multiple counts. Was he consistent enough, did he deliver in the big matches, or was his performance just a flash in the pan? Merely factoring in the number of runs scored is not good enough for a batsman; his strike-rate and the situation in which he batted needs to be accounted for. Similarly for bowlers, merely taking wickets is not the only metric to be measured in this format; economy plays a major role as well. Sadly though, neither of the coloured caps in the IPL takes the match context into account, and – seemingly – neither does the MVP award. This year, Glenn Maxwell was awarded the MVP (or effectively the Man of the Tournament), and according to Impact Index, he doesn’t even feature in the list of top 10 players in the tournament. The fact of the matter is that four big eye-catching performances are not good enough to sustain your team for 16 matches in the tournament- it effectively means you won your team only four games out of 16, without doing too much in the other 12 matches. Consistency is paramount in a long tournament such as this and after the first half, Maxwell fizzled out on this count (with a 50% failure rate). He failed to deliver in the playoff stages when his team needed him most, although the likes of Wriddhiman Saha, Virender Sehwag and Manan Vohra almost camouflaged those failures. Here is a list of the ten highest impact players in the tournament. The performances given below are of the highest impact players without the tournament context (no big-match performance consideration). Without taking big-match performances into account, Robin Uthappa emerges as the highest impact player of Pepsi IPL 2014. Uthappa’s consistency throughout the tournament was impeccable. He failed in only three out of 16 matches in and also donned the wicketkeeper’s role successfully. Manan Vohra, who was benched for the first nine matches, ended up with an astonishing failure rate of 0%, and that too purely as a batsman, while Shakib Al Hasan was the unsung hero for Kolkata Knight Riders. Shakib is the only player on this list to have an all-round impact in the tournament, and again it was his consistency that ensured he features on this list. David Warner and Lendl Simmons had stellar campaigns for their teams and also feature on this list. Three Chennai Super Kings players – MS Dhoni, Dwayne Smith and Suresh Raina – take up the next three spots. Interestingly, only Akshar Patel from Kings XI Punjab makes it to this list. Within a tournament-context, the highest impact players are Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Umesh Yadav, Lendl Simmons and Manan Vohra. Uthappa and Umesh Yadav had tournament-defining performances in Kolkata’s first qualifier against Punjab, whereas Manish Pandey produced a tournament-defining performance in the final against the same opponents. Lendl Simmons features on this list because of his big-match performance against Chennai, even though his team failed to make it to the next stage. Manan Vohra produced a big-match performance against Kolkata in the final which, coupled with his consistency throughout the tournament, puts him on this particular list. The highest impact batsmen without tournament context are as follows: As expected, Robin Uthappa emerges as the highest impact batsman of the tournament. Uthappa excelled in all batting parameters and had the second-highest Runs Tally Impact and the second-lowest failure rate. It is interesting to see Manan Vohra having a relatively low Strike Rate Impact amongst all the batsmen on this list but the fact of the matter is that he had problems maintaining his tempo once the Power Play overs were done with. Vohra still finds himself high on the list because of his run-scoring propensity (Runs Tally Impact), his ability to absorb pressure and chase, and because of his unbelievable consistency with the bat. Even though Sunrisers Hyderabad had a forgettable campaign, Warner stayed solid for them throughout, and could perhaps have had an even bigger impact if he had been allowed to open from the start. Simmons was single-handedly responsible for reviving Mumbai’s campaign and failed in only two of eight matches he played in. He also had the highest Runs Tally and Chasing Impact in the tournament. Dwayne Smith was amongst the top impact batsmen in the first half of the tournament, but his form tapered off towards the end. Luckily for Chennai, it was around the same time that Raina came into his own. Amongst the famed Bangalore batting quartet, only AB de Villiers did well. Interestingly, he also had the highest Strike Rate and Pressure Impact amongst all the batsmen on this list. Karun Nair, playing in his first IPL, delivered commendable performances and ended as Rajasthan’s highest impact batsman. Maxwell doesn’t find a mention on this list because he tapered off towards the end of the tournament- in the last eight matches, he crossed 1 on the Batting Impact scale only once. He had four knocks in the tournament where he crossed 5 on the Batting Impact scale, but ended up with a 50% failure rate and no performance of note in the playoffs. In fact, consistency has been a big issue with Maxwell previously as well. Before his sustained spell of brilliance in the World T20 and the first stage of the IPL, he had a high failure rate. That seemed to have been sorted out, but in the last two weeks or so, it appears the old Maxwell has re-surfaced. Within a tournament-context, the highest impact batsmen are Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Lendl Simmons, Manan Vohra and David Warner. As mentioned earlier, Uthappa, Pandey, Simmons and Vohra find a place here because of their high impact performances in the knockout stages of the tournament whereas Warner’s inclusion is testament to his consistency. Highest Pressure Impact batsmen- AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh. Interesting that the three batsmen who absorbed the most pressure in this IPL were from Bangalore. It is indicative of how poorly their top order fared, and of how much extra work these batsmen had to do. Most consistent batsmen (lowest failure rate)- Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa and Dwayne Smith. Manan Vohra had a 0% failure rate, stunning for a batsman who has played in three playoff games. Uthappa was the great success of the tournament of course, as was Dwayne Smith in 2013. Smith continued to fire this year too. Lasith Malinga played in only ten matches, but he still ended as the highest impact bowler. He had the joint second-highest Wickets Tally Impact and was also the second-highest Economy Impact pacer of the tournament. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a terrific tournament and was the lynchpin of the Hyderabad bowling attack. For a bowler who used to struggle to contain in the death overs earlier in his career, Bhuvneshwar emerged as the highest Economy Impact pacer of the tournament. This is even more commendable considering he bowled at least one or two overs at the death in every match. Akshar Patel had a breakthrough season and emerged as the highest Economy Impact bowler and the third most consistent bowler. Sandeep Sharma emerged as the highest Wickets Tally and Pressure Building Impact (taking wickets in quick succession to build pressure) bowler, and also had the second-lowest failure rate amongst. Punjab’s decision to bench him during the latter stages of the tournament was surprising, to say the least. Varun Aaron failed when it came to containment (negative Economy Impact), but his ability to pick up wickets (joint second-highest Wickets Tally Impact) consistently puts him high on this list. Harbhajan Singh played a huge role in Mumbai’s qualification to the playoffs and emerged as the fourth-highest Economy Impact bowler of the tournament- commendable considering the rest of the Mumbai bowlers struggled. Sunil Narine, R Ashwin and Shakib Al Hasan find a mention here because of their superior Economy Impact. Interestingly Mohit Sharma, the Purple Cap holder, finds himself only on the tenth position on this list, primarily due to his relatively poor Economy Impact. Mohit took the most wickets but several competitors (Malinga, Aaron, Sandeep, Bhuvneshwar) interestingly got to play far fewer matches than him, and as a result Mohit’s Wickets Tally Impact (number of wickets taken per bowling innings) is also not the highest. Within a tournament-context, the highest impact bowlers are Umesh Yadav, Lasith Malinga, Akshar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sandeep Sharma. Umesh Yadav was the only bowler in this tournament to deliver a tournament-defining performance (TD). Umesh’s TD came during his bowling display against Punjab in the first qualifier. He finds himself on top of this list as a result, even though he had an indifferent tournament. Akshar Patel also goes up the list because of his big-match performance against Kolkata in the first qualifier. Highest Wickets Tally Impact bowlers- Sandeep Sharma, Lasith Malinga and Varun Aaron. Sandeep Sharma won three matches for Punjab on his own. He subsequently lost form and was even dropped, but before that he had done some serious damage. Malinga’s absence in the latter half when he was away on national duty hurt Mumbai, as was evident in their Eliminator against Chennai. Aaron was one of Bangalore’s bright spots this year. Highest Economy Impact bowlers- Akshar Patel, Sunil Narine and Shakib Al Hasan. Akshar Patel was almost certainly the find of the tournament. Not surprising that all three bowlers here are from the two teams that played the final. Highest Pressure Building Impact bowlers (taking wickets in quick succession) - Sandeep Sharma, Varun Aaron and Ravindra Jadeja. Sandeep Sharma showed a knack of picking up successive wickets with the new ball and is at the top because of this. Aaron also developed as a wicket-taking bowler, and hence it is not too surprising to see him up here. Jadeja wasn’t consistent with the ball but finds a mention primarily because of his two high impact bowling performances (4 for 33 against Rajasthan and 4 for 12 against Kolkata) where he had a high Pressure Building Impact. Most consistent bowlers (lowest failure rate)- Varun Aaron, Sandeep Sharma and Akshar Patel Aaron and Sandeep are at the top because of their ability pick up wickets consistently throughout the tournament, whereas Akshar finds a mention because of his impeccable Economy Impact. Here’s a look at the highest impact performances in each discipline in the tournament. Highest Impact Batting performances 1) AB de Villiers: 89 not out in 41 balls v Hyderabad. Batting Impact: 11.19 2) Lendl Simmons: 100 not out in 61 balls v Punjab. Batting Impact: 10.06 3) Glenn Maxwell: 95 in 43 balls v Hyderabad. Batting Impact: 9.59 Highest Impact Bowling performances 1) Ravindra Jadeja: 4/12 in 4 overs v Kolkata. Bowling Impact: 6.70 2) Mohit Sharma: 4/14 in 4 overs v Mumbai. Bowling Impact: 6.65 3) Sunil Narine: 4/20 in 4 overs v Bangalore. Bowling Impact: 6.61 Highest Impact Consolidated performances 1) Yuvraj Singh: 83 in 38 balls, 4/35 in 4 overs & 1 catch v Rajasthan. Overall Impact: 12.73 2) AB de Villiers: 89 not out in 41 balls & 1 catch v Hyderabad. Overall Impact: 11.44 3) Parthiv Patel: 57 not out in 45 balls v Mumbai. Overall Impact: 10.25 According to us, this should be the team of the tournament. Team of the tournament 1) Robin Uthappa (KKR) 2) Manan Vohra (KXIP) 3) Suresh Raina (CSK) 4) David Warner (SRH) 5) Shakib Al Hasan (KKR) 6) MS Dhoni (CSK) 7) Akshar Patel (KXIP) 8) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) 9) Lasith Malinga (MI) 10) Varun Aaron (RCB) 11) Sandeep Sharma (KXIP) Note: 1) Players have been picked according to their positions 2) Minimum number of matches played: 7 (Soham Sarkhel/Jaideep Varma) http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/uthappa-star-wheres-maxwell/112675
Straight Drive Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Uthappa is the keeper batsman, so we can get A B D / Miller who have performed better than Dhoni. Also, some other bowler than Varun Aaron. He is only made to look better in economy rate because Dinda gives more. He was even dropped in 3-4 matches by RCB. How come a player who cannot be in playing 11 of a team make to the Best 11.
velu Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 i dont think dhoni did anything significantly in this series .. won 2 or 3 matches on his own but compensated it later
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 Uthappa is the keeper batsman, so we can get A B D / Miller who have performed better than Dhoni. Also, some other bowler than Varun Aaron. He is only made to look better in economy rate because Dinda gives more. He was even dropped in 3-4 matches by RCB. How come a player who cannot be in playing 11 of a team make to the Best 11. Aaron is there because he had taken wickets. If you play most of the matches at Chinnaswami where par score is 190-200 then giving 8 odd rpo isnt a big deal. Every bowler will be dropped somewhere down the line if he plays at Chinna. They even have Sandeep Sharma in the list who was dropped to by KXIP and has worse than Dinda. Mohit Sharma has worse ER than Aaron.
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 also malinga :facepalm: Malinga still one of the best T20 fast bowlers. Who would you have then? come with names.
velu Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Malinga still one of the best T20 fast bowlers. Who would you have then? come with names. purple cap holder mohot :proud:
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 purple cap holder mohot :proud: Mohit. Really? Mohit was decent, but he is not good enough even to clean Malinga's shoes. He is the most undeserved purple cap holder in IPL ever. Malinga matches 10, wickets 16, average 15, ER 6.45. Mohit matches 16, wickets 23, average 19, ER 8.39.
velu Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Mohit. Really? Mohit was decent' date=' but he is not good enough even to clean Malinga's shoes. He is the most undeserved purple cap holder in IPL ever. Malinga matches 10, wickets 16, average 15, ER 6.45. Mohit matches 16, wickets 23, average 19, ER 8.39.[/quote'] mohit played in all hgh scoring games
Straight Drive Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Aaron is there because he had taken wickets. If you play most of the matches at Chinnaswami where par score is 190-200 then giving 8 odd rpo isnt a big deal. Every bowler will be dropped somewhere down the line if he plays at Chinna. They even have Sandeep Sharma in the list who was dropped to by KXIP and has worse than Dinda. Mohit Sharma has worse ER than Aaron. I would have Karanveer Singh instead of Varun Aaron.
Sachinism Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Cricinfo have done something similar - http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/content/current/story/749611.html
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 I would have Karanveer Singh instead of Varun Aaron. Karanveer did not play enough games to be considered.
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 My 11 would be slightly different I wont have Sandeep Sharma. He was the most expensive front line pacer in IPL, more than Dinda or anyone else. Instead a spinner will do.
Straight Drive Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Karanveer did not play enough games to be considered. I see there are 2 conditions: 1) Players have been picked according to their positions 2) Minimum number of matches played: 7 The second one seems okay to consider while make a playing 11. However, the first one does not seems reasonable to me because in T20 the batting order can often be changed by 1 or 2 spots. Most players making the top 6 or 7 batsmen can easily move one or two places up or down.
rkt.india Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 I see there are 2 conditions: 1) Players have been picked according to their positions 2) Minimum number of matches played: 7 The second one seems okay to consider while make a playing 11. However, the first one does not seems reasonable to me because in T20 the batting order can often be changed by 1 or 2 spots. Most players making the top 6 or 7 batsmen can easily move one or two places up or down. Dhoni is the only real question mark selection.
Straight Drive Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Dhoni is the only real question mark selection. I may opt for another combo if i were to build 11. Also don't like couple of their selections.
Pagalpanti Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 This would be my team of the tourney.. Uthappa Vohra Raina Warner Maxwell ABD+/Saha Akshar Bhuv Tambe/Narine Malinga Mohit
Straight Drive Posted June 4, 2014 Posted June 4, 2014 Sehwag © Uthappa (WK) Raina Warner Maxwell Manish Pandey Akshar Bhuv Narine Mohit / Tambe (Depending on wicket) Malinga
rkt.india Posted June 4, 2014 Author Posted June 4, 2014 Smith Uthappa Raina Saha ABDV Dhoni Akshar BK Narine Malinga Aaron/Karn Sharma
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