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India third in ICC ODI rankings
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September 11, 2006 14:12 IST

Pakistan's three-wicket loss to England [Images] in the fifth ODI helped India move a place up to third and swap places with Inzamam-ul-Haq's [Images] side in the latest LG ICC [Images] 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 [Images] 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 [Images] 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 [Images] (4th), Yuvraj Singh [Images] (9th), Rahul Dravid [Images] (12th) and Virender Sehwag [Images] (19th) retain their places in the Adam Gilchrist-led batting chart which saw no change in the top 10 batsmen rankings.

Sachin Tendulkar [Images], 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 [Images] is second behind Gilchrist and Aussie captain Ricky Ponting [Images] following Sarwan in third place in the batting list.

- Complete list: ICC Test rankings

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


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