Gautam Gambhir's innings of 67 and 104 took him eight places up to 29, while Mahendra Singh Dhoni, under whose captaincy India clinched the second Test, moved seven places to 37 in the latest rankings.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul gained three more places in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen and now sits second, behind Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, in what is the highest ranking of his career to date.
India's star batsman Virat Kohli has maintained his No 1 position in the ICC T20 batsmen rankings and so have India in the team charts after the conclusion of the World T20.
Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka and Australia's Ricky Ponting share the No 1 position in the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen in one of the closest battles for top spot in many years.
South Africa pacer Dale Steyn moved to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers after another wonderful display of fast bowling in India. The 24-year-old from Phalaborwa has enjoyed a rapid rise in the rankings since his debut against England in Port Elizabeth at the end of 2004. Since then he has taken 117 wickets in 41 innings, including another eight scalps in the second Test against India, which his team won by an innings and 90 runs.
England left-arm fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom entered the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers for the first time in his career after producing a performance than earned him the Player of the Series award against New Zealand. The 30-year-old Yorkshireman jumps 14 places to 10th place after claiming 24 wickets in the series that earned Michael Vaughan's side a 2-1 win.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 76, which along with the weather helped India escape with a draw from the first Test against England, soared four places to fifty in the latest ICC Test charts.
Following his brilliant 202, Wasim Jaffer has jumped 17 places to 23rd in his best career-rating on the ICC charts.
The India wicketkeeper trails third-placed Michael Hussey of Australia by 10 points in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.
A century in each Test of the Bangladesh series propelled the ace batsman to 15th position in the ICC rankings.
Among other Indian batsmen, skipper Rahul Dravid also improved his position by moving a step up to 15th.
In the ICC ODI team rankings, India remains in fifth place.
The Indian left-arm seamer who played a lead role in India's victory over England in the second Test rose seven places to 12 in the latest Test bowling rankings.
Ponting and Gilchrist, who hit centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh, today joined a select club of batsmen.
The 25-year-old moved into the top ten of the LG ICC rankings for the first time in his career and is now the highest rated England spinner since Derek Underwood in 1977.
Sounding a warning to rival teams, India's key strike bowler R Ashwin said he was bowling in one of his best phases, recalling his mother's words to perform or perish when he was undergoing a lean phase a year ago. "Definitely, I am bowling at one of my best phases in my life. I would not say that this is the best. Best times could be lying ahead you never know," he told reporters in Chennai.
The Indian wicketkeeper gained a spot to be fourth in the latest ICC Player rankings for ODI batsmen.
The Indian wicketkeeper overtook Ricky Ponting in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.
Tendulkar climbed four places to be joint 18th alongside Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga.
The left-hander achieved a best-ever ranking following his century in South Africa's seven-wicket victory over Pakistan.
The duo, who added a Test and first-class record 624 for the third wicket in Sri Lanka's innings victory over South Africa moved into the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
The world's top two Test bowlers will go head-to-head during the Test series between Sri Lanka and South Africa
The Australia captain moved up to joint-third in the all-time ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
India captain Dravid dropped out of the batting top 10, down three places to 12th.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's reign atop of the LG ICC Player Rankings for batsmen ended with his Australian counterpart edging ahead of him by three points.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya said around six million of the $6.5 million US dollars the ICC had withheld following the contracts row has been received.
England's Monty Panesar has shot up 14 places in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following his ten-wicket haul in the third Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford.
The latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test cricket saw Tendulkar drop four places to 16th.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq is ranked No. 3 while Mohammad Yousuf is five in the latest ICC Test rankings.
His 146 against the West Indies in the drawn second Test lifted him above Pakistan's Inazamam-ul Haq and South Africa's Jacques Kallis.
Mike Hussey has broken into the top ten of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen faster than any other player in history.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting's centuries in his 100th Test reinforced his position as the world's top Test batsman in the LG ICC player rankings.
On the ICC ODI Team Rankings, No.1 ranked Australia has moved up from 118 points to 120 points, while New Zealand has dropped behind India in fourth position. New Zealand had started the series on 112 points, but the 3-0 defeat has meant it has dropped to 109 points.
While Vaas has moved up four places to be fourth in the ICC Player Rankings.
The England all rounder says he is not under any extra pressure to reproduce his top form in the World XI's matches against Australia.
The ICC Player of the Year award will be named in honour of West Indian legend Sir Garfield Sobers.
The BCCI chief he had talks with the ICC in London to get India's World Cup guarantee money released.
The ICC has named cricket's most prestigious individual award in honour of West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers.
Indian off-spinner R Ashwin on Sunday lost his top position in the International Cricket Council Test rankings, displaced by England pacer Stuart Broad, even as Ajinkya Rahane remained the country's top-ranked batsman at joint 10th in the latest list.
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