Jofra Archer crowned most valuable IPL player after Rajasthan Royals heroics

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England bowler Jofra Archer has won the Indian Premier League’s most valuable player award.

The 25-year-old fast Sussex bowler, who played for Rajasthan Royals, took 20 wickets at an average of 18.25.

Archer on top

Archer was rested for the one-day squad to tour South Africa later this month along with Sam Curran and Ben Stokes, the latter the previous England player to win the IPL MVP award in 2017.

“I am really grateful to receive this award,” Archer said. “The season did not go for the team as well as we would have liked but I hope this shows a little bit of what I can do and hopefully I can get it another year as well.”

Archer topped the MVP rankings with 305 points, seven ahead of nearest challenger Kagiso Rabada who played for beaten finalists Delhi Capitals.

The next highest England player on the list was Curran, who came in 12th on 226.

Archer’s award was announced following the final which saw Mumbai Indians claim the title for a fifth time with a five-wicket win over the Capitals.

 

MVP points leaders

POS PLAYER Pts Mat Wkts Dots 4s 6s Catches Stumpings
1
Jofra Archer
 305 14 20 175 5 10 5 0
2
Kagiso Rabada
 298 17 30 156 4 2 8 0
3
Jasprit Bumrah
 269.5 15 27 175 0 0 0 0
4
Rashid Khan
 260 16 20 168 3 2 3 0
5
Trent Boult
 254.5 15 25 157 0 0 4 0
6
KL Rahul
 250.5 14 0 0 58 23 10 0
7
Anrich Nortje
 247 16 22 160 0 0 4 0
8
Quinton de Kock
 247 16 0 0 46 22 18 4
9
Rahul Tewatia
 244.5 14 10 95 13 17 9 0
10
Pat Cummins
 240 14 12 140 9 8 3 0
11
Marcus Stoinis
 236.5 17 13 50 31 16 3 0
12
Sam Curran
 226 14 13 91 12 12 7 0
13
Shikhar Dhawan
 222 17 0 0 67 12 5 0
14
Mohammad Shami
 215 14 20 140 0 0 2 0
15
Suryakumar Yadav
 211 16 0 0 61 11 8 0
16
David Warner
 209 16 0 0 52 14 12 0
17
T Natarajan
 199.5 16 16 136 0 0 3 0
18
Ishan Kishan
 197.5 14 0 0 36 30 1 0
19
Yuzvendra Chahal
 194 15 21 118 0 0 1 0
20
AB de Villiers
 190.5 15 0 0 33 23 10 1
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