Rahul Dravid's pathetic display in the first Test against Australia saw him drop two rungs to 14th in the latest LG ICC Test rankings for batsmen.
Sachin Tendulkar, India's top-scorer in the first innings, managed to move up a place to 17th, while Sourav Ganguly, who showed grit in both the innings, too climbed a place to be 18th.
Despite the team's defeat in Melbourne, India captain Anil Kumble finds himself one place up at the fourth slot in the bowlers' rankings, which has Zaheer Khan static at 13th.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara returned to the top of the batsmen's rankings for the second time in three weeks after Australian captain Ricky Ponting and South African Jacques Kallis suffered rare batting failures in the Melbourne and Port Elizabeth Tests respectively.
Ponting had entered the Boxing Day Test leading second-placed Kallis by one point and third-placed Sangakkara by three. But his contribution of four and three in his team's 337-run victory over India meant he conceded 19 points and has fallen behind the two on 917 points.
Kallis also squandered an opportunity to surge to the top when he was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of his team's 128-run defeat to the West Indies.
But he did just enough to hang on to second place on 923 points, an ICC release said on Sunday.
Sangakkara's return to the top means Sri Lanka again boasts players at the top of both the batsman and bowler categories as world record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan tops the bowling list.
