Riding on the morale-boosting three-wicket victory over India [ Images ], South Africa [ Images ] jumped two rating points to join the 1983 World champions on 118 points in the latest ICC [ Images ] team rankings.
South Africa, chasing a formidable total of 296 runs, were home after Robin Peterson smashed Ashish Nehra [ Images ] for 14 runs in the last over to bring their World Cup campaign back on track after losing their last encounter against England [ Images ].
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [ Images ] men, however, are still placed at number two behind Australia [ Images ], who lead the table with 131 points. South Africa leapfrogged Sri Lanka [ Images ] to claim the number three spot, missing the second rank by a fraction of a point.
The batting chart remains more or less the same, with South Africa's Hashim Amla [ Images ] and AB de Villiers [ Images ] continuing their good show at the top in first and second spots.
Virat Kohli [ Images ], the lone Indian in the top three, slipped a place to fourth, swapping the position with Australia's crisis-man Michael Hussey [ Images ].
Virender Sehwag [ Images ] (eighth), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (ninth) and Dhoni (sixth) retained their positions in the top ten.
South African speedster Dale Steyn [ Images ], whose fiery spell of 5-50 saw India lose nine wickets for just 29 runs after going strong at 267 for one, made a jump of five places to achieve the career-best ranking of three.
Zaheer Khan [ Images ] is ranked 16, while off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] is 19.
Munaf Patel [ Images ] made a jump of ten places to 32.
New Zealand [ Images ] skipper Daniel Vettori [ Images ] enjoys the top position with another South African fast bowler, Morne Morkel [ Images ], following him at number two.
There is no change in the top four rankings in the ODI all-rounders list with Shakib Al Hasan still leading the field.
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