The ‘Fantasy Cricket Stock Exchange (FCSE)‘, in place since the MathWorks Premier League (MPL) 2013 season, has served a two pronged role – primarily a fantasy cricket platform, and secondarily towards calculating the value each player provided to their team, in relation to how much the team bid for the player during the “Player’s Auction”.
The data reflecting the value provided by a player is in turn used to determine, how much each team is charged for the players it retains for into the subsequent season, based on the players performance from the season just concluded.
The formula for re-evaluating the (player) stock prices has evolved over the years, and will continue to do so. As always, any updates to the formula to recalculate stock prices, is applied to the next full MPL season – the formula doesn’t change mid-way, during the MPL season.
Volatility in the stock market is a concept everyone is familiar with, and the FCSE is par for the course with stock prices here also equally volatile at times.
With that in mind, let’s review the performances of every player who took part in MPL 2017, from a stock price perspective. Listed below is the legend for reading the table that follows.
A whopping 10 player’s had a peak value higher than $30 at some point in the tournament -Anuj Shroff ($41.06), Udith Hegde ($36.88), Sumit Nair ($36.75), Anil Kumar Yedugani ($34.92), Anand Raja ($34.84), Yeshwanth Devara ($33.93), Nishikanth Marri ($31.72), Nakul Khadilkar ($31), Rohith Bakkannagari ($30.53), Mayank Advani ($30.21).
Three other players had peak value’s close to the $30 barrier – Chandan Sukhija ($29.75) and Sharan Babu ($29.15) and Anudeep Katragadda ($28.32).
The MPL 2017 list of player’s with a stock price evaluation over (and close-to) $30 is unique, for it includes player’s who provided value in a singular role – player’s who provided most to all of their value either as a batsman or as a bowler, rather than as an all-rounder. Anuj (619 batting points vs. -7 bowling points) stands out in particular among all of them, with Rohith (294 batting point vs. -29 bowling points) and Sharan (21 batting points vs. 400 bowling points) also in similar company.
The other player’s with an evaluation of over (and close-to) $30 played as an all-rounder which gave them more opportunities to perform, and which they absolutely made the most of. An all-rounder is said to be very good if their stock price crosses $20. Crossing $30, and getting close to $40 puts the player in a tier well above the rest of the pack.
Anuj is only the second player ever to breach the $40 barrier, after Priyank Saxena had a peak of $40.50 during MPL 2015. Anuj’s peak valuation of $41.06 is the highest ever stock price evaluation in MPL history. Given that Anuj played primarily as a batsman, the $41.06 peak evaluation reflects on how effective he was with the bat – 224 runs off 184 deliveries, with a highest of 75 (the highest ever score in MPL, and made on the slow pitch at Sargent Field).
- ‘Offer Price‘: Price paid for a player’s service at the MPL 2017 “Player’s Auction”
- ‘Closing‘: Stock price for the given player after his last match in MPL 2017
- ‘Low‘: Lowest price point for the player’s stock price during the MPL 2017 season
- ‘Peak‘: Highest price point for the player’s stock price during the MPL 2017 season
- ‘Average‘: Average price point for the player’s stock price across the MPL 2017 season
- ‘*’: Indicates a player who was the captain of the team in MPL 2017. The ‘Offer Price’ for the captain for each team for the MPL 2017 season, was the average stock price for the respective player from the MPL 2016 season.
- ‘^’: Indicates a player who was the vice-captain of the team in MPL 2017. The ‘Offer Price’ for the vice-captain for each team for the MPL 2017 season, was the winning bid placed by the captain of that team for the mentor/vice-captain.
Please refer to the 'Notes' at the end of this post for more context on what the price points represent
Avengers
| Player Name | Offer Price | Closing price | Low | Peak | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anand R^ | 10 | 10.63 | 7.6 | 34.84 | 15.06 |
| Anandan R | 4 | 7.33 | 4 | 17.82 | 10.18 |
| Ankit D | 8 | 19.73 | 7.91 | 23.16 | 14.53 |
| Ashish U | 5 | 5.38 | 0.1 | 5.38 | 3.28 |
| Bharath R | 18 | 19.55 | 18 | 19.55 | 18.77 |
| Chirag G* | 17 | 15.61 | 8.17 | 21.5 | 14.48 |
| Dipesh S | 17 | 24.11 | 15.66 | 24.11 | 19.31 |
| Gautam K | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Madhu G | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 10.12 | 4.39 |
| Mihir P | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.96 | 2.64 |
| Nagarjuna M | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.42 |
| Raghuvir L | 2 | 5.34 | 2 | 7.45 | 4.18 |
| Ram G | 2 | 7.88 | 0.1 | 9.16 | 3.67 |
| Saurav S | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.99 | 1.3 |
| Sharan P | 10 | 29.15 | 1.57 | 29.15 | 13.74 |
| Vishwas B | 4 | 2.55 | 1.91 | 6.33 | 3.89 |
Incredibles
| Player Name | Offer Price | Closing Price | Low | Peak | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhijit W | 13 | 17.83 | 6.4 | 23.48 | 14.04 |
| Amit D | 12 | 7.11 | 7.11 | 18.58 | 12.82 |
| Anand S | 2 | 2.21 | 2 | 9.33 | 4.48 |
| Anoop J | 2 | 1.59 | 1.21 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Ganesh K | 2 | 7.25 | 2 | 7.25 | 5.11 |
| James N | 3 | 1.18 | 0.41 | 3 | 1.44 |
| Kumar G | 2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.24 | 2.44 |
| Kunal K | 4 | 6.91 | 2.29 | 10.79 | 5.18 |
| Milind R | 3 | 4.53 | 3 | 10.78 | 5.86 |
| Mustansir L | 1 | 0.69 | 0.1 | 1.99 | 1.09 |
| Priyank S^ | 25 | 8.45 | 8.45 | 25 | 15.23 |
| Sabhay K* | 9 | 3.88 | 0.1 | 9 | 4.59 |
| Sagar D | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.41 | 2.22 |
| Shounak M | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.32 |
| Thejas S | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.88 | 1.38 |
| Yeshwanth D | 21 | 30.5 | 21 | 33.93 | 27.29 |
Justice League
| Player Name | Offer Price | CLOSING PRICE | Low | Peak | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aditya B* | 4 | 5.5 | 2.69 | 14.57 | 5.97 |
| Anil K | 31 | 28.57 | 12.28 | 34.92 | 23.59 |
| Aravind P | 2 | 4.28 | 2 | 4.28 | 3 |
| Kandarp P | 3 | 5.63 | 1.76 | 8 | 4.58 |
| Kartik T | 1 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Mohit V | 3 | 3.96 | 2.48 | 9.37 | 5.16 |
| Nakul K | 5 | 20.8 | 3.22 | 31 | 13.81 |
| Navdeep S | 2 | 13.04 | 2 | 21.98 | 9.12 |
| Neel K | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.28 |
| Rajeev U | 1 | 1.12 | 1 | 2.97 | 1.64 |
| Rohith B | 14 | 13.05 | 12.47 | 30.53 | 17.21 |
| Sanchit N | 3 | 1.08 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 4.42 |
| Sandeep H | 1 | 5.96 | 0.1 | 5.96 | 2.49 |
| Sanket M | 8 | 11.65 | 0.1 | 11.95 | 6.03 |
| Sumit N | 15 | 9.71 | 6.23 | 36.75 | 15.27 |
| Udith H^ | 21 | 36.88 | 11.56 | 36.88 | 21.91 |
Transformers
| Player Name | Offer Price | CLOSING PRICE | Low | Peak | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhijeet B | 10 | 10 | 2.42 | 22.32 | 11.48 |
| Ameya S | 1 | 19.51 | 1 | 19.51 | 12.47 |
| Ankit B | 1 | 3.44 | 1 | 7.08 | 4.05 |
| Anudeep K | 21 | 11.26 | 3.18 | 28.32 | 15.51 |
| Ashish S | 8 | 11.99 | 2.4 | 14.79 | 7.58 |
| Dhruv R* | 19 | 13.18 | 0.1 | 19 | 9.27 |
| Edward S | 1 | 0.63 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.48 |
| Harshal U | 15 | 21.95 | 7.57 | 22.19 | 14.52 |
| Kinjal M | 2 | 2.13 | 1.25 | 9.24 | 4.42 |
| Mayank D | 13 | 4.4 | 2.27 | 13 | 5.95 |
| Pratik T | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.75 | 2.99 |
| Pritam B | 1 | 2.29 | 0.1 | 2.29 | 0.87 |
| Raqeeb T^ | 6 | 11.75 | 4.93 | 14.94 | 9.5 |
| Santhana R | 1 | 1.57 | 0.63 | 10.01 | 3.51 |
| Swarooph S | 1 | 2.15 | 0.75 | 2.15 | 1.13 |
| Venkat S | 1 | 1.74 | 0.4 | 3.34 | 1.72 |
X-Men
| Player Name | Offer Price | CLOSING PRICE | Low | Peak | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhinav G | 7 | 1.72 | 0.1 | 13.7 | 4.94 |
| Afan K | 4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.41 | 2.19 |
| Anuj S | 6 | 6.38 | 1.85 | 41.06 | 17.72 |
| Chaitanya E | 10 | 12.6 | 0.23 | 20.74 | 10.16 |
| Chandan S | 5 | 20.48 | 4.95 | 29.75 | 17.6 |
| Ganesh I | 7 | 7 | 2.47 | 12.79 | 6.99 |
| Hari R^ | 8 | 5.69 | 0.1 | 8 | 3.59 |
| Jitin B | 2 | 6.66 | 0.1 | 7.15 | 2.74 |
| Kushal C | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.33 |
| Logesh V | 2 | 9.52 | 2 | 18.85 | 12.03 |
| Mayank A | 24 | 17.8 | 11.32 | 30.21 | 21.37 |
| Nirav S | 2 | 0.34 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Nishikanth M | 13 | 13 | 2.84 | 31.72 | 16.53 |
| Raj B* | 5 | 7.96 | 3.83 | 9.4 | 7.13 |
| Rohith H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sucharith K | 4 | 3.26 | 0.55 | 4 | 1.93 |
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Notes:
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- By nature stock prices were volatile – up and down during the evaluations. Consider an example where the stock prices for two players are at $10 and $20 entering a match, both score a first-ball duck, and do not have any other point earning opportunities. Their stock values as a result drop, but the price-point prior to the match means that they won’t both drop to the same price point, post match. Thus it takes time – multiple matches and performances on the field – for a given stock to reach a certain price point.
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- The ‘Closing Price’ is a reflection of where the stock value ended at after the player’s last match – taken in line with the ‘Average’, it indicates how the player performed in/heading into his last match of the season.
- Those who played as an all-rounder had chances with the bat and ball, to push and maintain their stock value around or over the $20 mark. Thus, player’s who performed a single role – either as a batsman or as a bowler – have done well, by definition, if their average stock price was around or over $10.
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