Pakistan's three-wicket loss to England [ Images ] in the fifth ODI helped India [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] and 18 behind leaders and world champions Australia [ Images ].
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 [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] of Sri Lanka [ Images ].
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