Sachin Tendulkar [Images] slipped a rung to 14th but continues to be the highest ranked Indian in the ICC [Images] Test rankings for batsmen while his skipper Anil Kumble [Images] was the best-placed Indian bowler in the latest list.

Among other Indians in the batting chart, former skipper Rahul Dravid [Images] and opener Virender Sehwag [Images] remain steady at 15th and 18th respectively.

However, Sourav Ganguly [Images] was down a spot to 20.

In the bowling list, the next best-placed Indian after Kumble is Zaheer Khan [Images] at No 14, which he shares with controversial Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif [Images]

Further down the list, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [Images] climbed a rung to 17.

Meanwhile, Ashwell Prince and AB de Villiers stormed into the top 20 among batsmen after outstanding performances against England [Images] in the second Test, which ended on Monday.

Prince climbed eight places to 13 in the rankings and now has 12th-placed Graeme Smith [Images] firmly in his sights while de Villiers jumped six places to 19th.

The batting list is still headed by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka [Images], ahead of the West Indies' [Images] Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images], Mike Hussey of Australia and his captain, Ricky Ponting [Images], along with Mohammad Yousuf [Images] of Pakistan, the latter two sharing fourth place.