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Sachin Tendulkar [Images] moved up a rung to 11th while dashing opener Virender Sehwag [Images] also broke into the top-20 in the latest ICC [Images] ODI Rankings in which India held on to the third position in the team chart. 

Sehwag rose a rung to 20th in the list released on Monday but Yuvraj Singh [Images] dropped a spot to seventh.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting [Images] has gained one place to be sixth in the list but his teammate Michael Hussey [Images] dropped one place to fourth with Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images] benefiting from his misfortune.

India continued being at the third spot behind table-toppers Australia [Images] and South Africa [Images].

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka [Images] has a chance to move up two places to fifth in the table if it beats Pakistan in all three ODIs coming up in Karachi and Lahore [Images].

Mahela Jayawardena's team currently lies in seventh position following a tour of mixed results in Bangladesh. 

In a tri-series which also involved Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka lost one match to the home side but later exacted revenge in what was a thrilling final. 

Now Sri Lanka is in Karachi for the first ODI on January 20 knowing that a 3-0 result in the series will ensure it leap-frogs both Shoaib Malik's [Images] men and sixth-placed England [Images]. 

However, the reverse result would relegate Sri Lanka from its current tally of 105 ratings points to 102 which would still be significantly ahead of eighth-placed West Indies [Images], which has 91 points to its name at present. 

Victory for Pakistan in the series will ensure it keeps the pressure on India and a 3-0 win will put the team within one point of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [Images] side.