Virender Sehwag's [ Images ] career best 319 against South Africa [ Images ] catapulted him to the 12th spot in the ICC [ Images ] Test Rankings, making him the highest ranked Indian in the batting chart.

Sehwag, whose triple ton was the fastest in Test history, jumped 13 places to 12th spot after a massive 17 per cent rise in his rating that saw him leapfrogging compatriots Rahul Dravid [ Images ] (13th), Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] (15th) and VVS Laxman [ Images ] (18th).

On current form, Sehwag has a realistic chance of returning to the top 10.

He is within touching distance of 10th place Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] of England [ Images ].

Dravid himself rose two places to 13th following his 25th Test century, while Tendulkar dropped three places to 15th position after a fifth-ball duck in the Chennai Test against South Africa.

Besides Sehwag, South African batting duo of Hashim Amla [ Images ] and Neil McKenzie [ Images ] have also made significant upward movement.

Amla, who made scores of 159 and 81, rocketed up 10 places to a career-best 24th spot while McKenzie jumped 26 places to 36th position.

Jacques Kallis [ Images ], however, continued his slide in the rankings as he slipped another place to drop to fourth behind Australia's [ Images ] Ricky Ponting [ Images ], while captain Graeme Smith [ Images ] fell two places to 16th position.

In the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, South Africa's Dale Steyn [ Images ] took 4-103 to stay within touching distance of Sri Lanka's [ Images ] Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images ] who still leads the list.

For India [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] has climbed four places to 24th position after match figures of 8-265 and the 28-year-old stands a good chance of returning to top 20 as only 25 ratings points separates him from James Franklin of New Zealand [ Images ], who occupies the 20th place.

The LG ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders is still headed by Kallis but he is on the verge of dropping below the 500-point mark after conceding 23 ratings points from the Chennai Test.

Irfan Pathan [ Images ] is the highest ranked India all-rounder in seventh place while captain Anil Kumble [ Images ], sixth in the bowlers' chart, is in 10th position.