India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] toppled his South African counterpart Greame Smith to regain the top spot in the latest ICC [Images] ODI batsmen ranking. 

By virtue of his consistent performance, including 76 and 71 in the pevious two one-dayers of the on-going ODI series against Sri Lanka [Images], Dhoni has 803 rating points in his kitty, 27 points higher than Smith who occupies the second spot. 

Dhoni had previously occupied the number one position for a brief period in 2006.

Australia [Images] captain Ricky Ponting [Images] is in the third spot with 751 points followed by team-mate Michael Hussey and England [Images] skipper Kevin Pietersen [Images].

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar [Images] is placed the ninth while an out of form Yuvraj Singh [Images] is languishing at 18th.

Meanwhile, comeback man Zaheer Khan [Images] is the lone Indian bowler in the top 20 ODI bowlers chart in the 14th spot with 642 rating points.

Australia's Nathan Bracken [Images] leads the table, followed by Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori [Images], team-mate Shane Bond [Images], England youngster Stuart Broad and Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan [Images].

However, no Indian representation is there in the all-rounders chart which is being led by Pakistan skipper Shaoib Malik. England's Andrew Flintoff [Images] and Kiwi Jacob Oram [Images] find themselves in the second and third position respectively.

Although India has already pocketed the five-match ODI series against the Lankans with one match to go, but it didn't help Twenty20 [Images] World Champions to move up the ODI championship table as they find themselves in the fourth spot.

Australia continued to lead the pack, followed by South Africa [Images] and New Zealand [Images].