With a new, innovative competition comes the opportunity to provide more interesting statistical information.Tarik's Sport Rankings are pleased to add the IPL to the stable of exciting competitions we cover.
The season has started with a bang, a world record to Brendon McCallum and plenty of drama.
Below we have listed our Top 10 players, using our unique ratings system, as well as our Bang for Buck ratings, showing the best value for dollar players in the competition at the moment.
As a bit of pre season fun, we have rated each team based on its player strength, we have also then rated each team using our Bang for Buck meter, that is, we have rated each team based on their players ratings value for the dollars spent - this can be seen in the top table.
Below this, we have listed our Top 5 rated players before the competition starts using our unique Power Ratings system and we have also listed those players who we believe are the best buys on a ratings points per dollar scale. It will be interesting to see how this pans out during the season.
During the season we will provide these ratings on a continuous basis, changing after each game.
Our Power Ratings will also show our MVP for the season.
We look forward to your interest and feedback.
Indian Premier League - Power Ratings.
IPL Team Power Ratings
IPL Team - Best Bang for Buck Ratings
team
Ratings
team
Spent $
$ per Rating Pt
Delhi
1297.07
Delhi
$5,658,750
$4,362.72
Hyderabad
1249.01
Jaipur
$2,925,000
$4,477.27
Mohali
1122.8
Hyderabad
$5,885,000
$4,711.73
Kolkata
1080.01
Mumbai
$4,951,250
$4,949.96
Chennai
1000.47
Mohali
$5,683,750
$5,062.12
Mumbai
1000.26
Bangalore
$4,860,000
$5,496.43
Bangalore
884.21
Kolkata
$6,022,500
$5,576.34
Jaipur
653.3
Chennai
$5,925,000
$5,922.22
Our Power Ratings show Delhi to be the strongest team, based on its known playing strength. Of course, it is important to keep in mind that all their best players may not be available for every game. Interestingly, Delhi also lead our Bang for Buck list, so it appears on paper that they have put together the best value team as well as the strongest. It is also noteworthy that Delhi have the youngest team.
IPL Power Ratings - highest Rated Players
IPL Power Ratings - Highest Price per Ratings Pt
Player
team
Ratings
Player
team
$ per Rating Pt
Andrew Symonds
Hyderabad
205.27
Suresh Raina
Chennai
$12,682.93
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mumbai
199.30
M.S.Dhoni
Chennai
$11,765.63
Mohammad Asif
Delhi
192.74
Sourav Ganguly
Kolkata
$10,442.05
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Delhi
190.28
Rahul Dravid
Bangalore
$10,171.99
Shoaib Malik
Delhi
173.63
Manoj Tiwary
Delhi
$9,152.54
Our player Power Ratings above show that the Top 5 rated players are from outside India, whilst the Top 5 highest Price per Ratings Pt players are all Indian.
see the Bangalore Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Dare Devils, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Molhai and Mumbai in action soon in the Indian Premier League...
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