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India third in ICC ODI rankings

September 11, 2006 14:12 IST

Pakistan's three-wicket loss to England in the fifth ODI helped India move a place up to third and swap places with Inzamam-ul-Haq's side in the latest LG ICC ODI Championship table.

India with 113 points, is now two points ahead of Pakistan but ten points behind second-placed South Africa and 18 behind leaders and world champions Australia.

If India wins their four matches in Malaysia tri-series against Australia and West Indies starting on Tuesday, they will lift the rating to 119 points, closing the gap on South Africa in the process.

Pakistan has the same number of points as fifth-placed New Zealand but is ranked higher than the Black Caps when the ratings are recalculated to three decimal places.

The two successive wins against Pakistan following a eight-match losing streak have not been enough to lift England up the Championship table . They still lie in eighth position level with the West Indies, directly above it.

- Complete list: ICC ODI rankings

Meanwhile, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (4th), Yuvraj Singh (9th), Rahul Dravid (12th) and Virender Sehwag (19th) retain their places in the Adam Gilchrist-led batting chart which saw no change in the top 10 batsmen rankings.

Sachin Tendulkar, who has fully recovered from shoulder injury and is part of the Indian team for Malaysia tri-series, is placed 23rd.

West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan is second behind Gilchrist and Aussie captain Ricky Ponting following Sarwan in third place in the batting list.

- Complete list: ICC Test rankings

Among the bowlers, South Africa's Shaun Pollock still heads the chart followed by Shane Bond of New Zealand and comeback man Glenn McGrath of Australia, while Irfan Pathan lies in seventh spot, spinner Harbhajan Singh is joint ninth (along with South Africa's Makhaya Ntini) and Ajit Agarkar shares 11th spot with Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka.


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if india can continue to be third even after losing continuously to west indies then it reflect one of the following : -there is something ...


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