Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds rocketed six spots to second place and is now just eight points behind his captain, Ricky Ponting, in the latest ICC ODI rankings.
Ponting also scooped the Captain of the Year award and was named captain of both ICC ODI and Test teams of the Year.
Off-spinner R Ashwin, who has been phenomenal in home conditions, has made it to the Test team as the 12th man, while pacer Mohammed Shami has been included in the ODI team.
Zaheer Khan has jumped ten places to 27th position in the latest ODI Player Rankings.
India displace SA off perch to become No 1 team in ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar benefited from an excellent series against South Africa and moved to No 21 in the LG ICC batting rankings.
His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing. He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to overpower the opposition, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
The Indian wicketkeeper jumped one spot to occupy the third place in the ICC ODI player rankings.
India leapfrogged New Zealand into fourth place in the annual update of the ICC ODI championship table.
India can put pressure on Australia and South Africa at the top of the ICC ODI Championship with a good showing in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The ICC also decided to introduce a formal pitch-monitoring process for international cricket.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni slips down to eighth position in the ICC ODI Player rankings after a poor showing in the DLF Cup tri-series.
The gap may further reduce if third-placed India beat them on Friday.
India maintained their status as the only unbeaten side left in this tournament.
Shakib Al Hasan is the name on all Bangladesh supporters' lips and wicketkeeper Alex Carey admits the star all-rounder is earning extra attention behind the Australian scenes. Shakib boasts an unmatched 384 runs this ICC Men's Cricket World Cup but batting is far from the only string to his bow, taking five wickets in his four matches to date.
The PCB banned Shehzad for violating anti-doping regulations after he tested positive for a prohibited substance in May and his suspension was scheduled to end on November 10.
Irfan Pathan is the highest ranked Indian bowler, at eight, in the ICC ODI rankings.
The Australian cricket team received $US 500,000 for being this year's top side in the LG ICC Test Championship and LG ICC ODI Championship.
India have been drawn in the same group as Australia and England for the ICC Champions Trophy
England were confirmed as qualifiers for the second stage of October's ICC Champions Trophy in India.
With only three balls remaining, Gulbadin Naib hit a six to clinch a narrow win and prompt delirious scenes in the Afghan capital, where heavily-armed cricket fans fired automatic rifles into the air.
Australia dethroned India from the top position of the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings after its 4-1 victory over South Africa in the five-match series which concluded in Sydney.
Team India's Jasprit Bumrah, India women's cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and shooter Heena Sindhu have exceeded expectations to make the cut.
Top-ranked South Africa lost their three-match series to England 2-1 but former ICC U-19 World Cup star Rabada's haul of four for 39 in the final match at Lord's on Monday helped him finish the series with seven wickets and become the youngest number-one bowler since Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998.
Former Pakistan captain, Muhammad Yousuf has launched a scathing attack at coach Waqar Younis, saying the legendary fast bowler has ego problems and doesn't want seniors in the side. Yousuf said he didn't see things improving under present head coach Waqar. "No, I don't think much will change. He has massive ego problems and personal likes and dislikes and he works on an agenda where he doesn't want senior players in his side.
Kohli pips Smith as Cricket Australia's 'ODI Captain of Year'
India drew continental rivals Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides a qualifier in their pool in the 2007 World Cup.
India remained third, while star batsman Virat Kohli maintained his second spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on Sunday.
South African cricket captain AB de Villiers continued to script statistical history at the ongoing World Cup as he entered the top-10 of all-time scorers' list.
South Africa progressed in the ICC ODI ranking due to their convincing 4-1 series win against England.
Besides KL Rahul, another individual who would like to answer his critics with solid performances is Pant.
South Africa's 5-0 series win in the West Indies sees it climb back into the top four of the LG ICC ODI Championship for the first time since July 2004.
Australia will be presented with the new one-day international championship shield by International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray before their one-day series opener against England on Friday.
From Brian Lara to Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has never fallen short of showcasing cricket's brightest young stars. More than 30 years have passed since the world's top talents first announced themselves on the big stage, with the 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup a ground-breaking step in bringing ability to the fore.
Pakistan team's tour of Zimbabwe next month and a planned tri-series ODI tournament there have been called off after mutual understanding between the two countries.
Victory over Australia on Saturday will lift India to third place.
Sri Lanka closed the gap to Australia at the top of the ICC ODI Championship to 15 points after winning the tri-series.
India retained the No 1 spot in the latest Reliance ODI team rankings while Virat Kohli maintained the number two position with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni static at the seventh place in the batting chart released in Dubai.
Chris Gayle was not at his brutal best in the IPL but Andre Russell's butchering of the bowlers has forced the teams to take note of what could await them at the World Cup.
Will Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa both play the 1st ODI in Chennai on Sunday?
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