Indian cricketers continued their free fall in the ICC [ Images ] ODI Rankings with stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] dropping two places to eighth and skipper Rahul Dravid [ Images ] slipping one spot to 14th in the latest list.

The other Indians in the list also dropped down with Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] barely maintaining his position in the top-20 at the 19th spot. The left-hander is down two places from his previous standing of 17th.

Meanwhile, in the bowlers' list, off-spinner Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], who has been dropped for India's [ Images ] tour of Bangladesh, slipped one place to 15th.

At the joint 16th spot with England [ Images ] all-rounder Andrew Flintoff [ Images ], Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] was the only other Indian bowler in the top-20.

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan opener Sanath Jayasuriya [ Images ] has moved up to third position in the rankings for batsmen following his run of good form.

Australian opener Matthew Hayden [ Images ] has moved up one place to seventh spot and is enjoying his highest ODI rating for nearly three years following his third century of the World Cup against New Zealand [ Images ] on April 20.

England's Kevin Pietersen [ Images ] is still on top spot, closely followed by Australia [ Images ] captain Ricky Ponting [ Images ] at second.

In the bowling list, South Africa's [ Images ] Shaun Pollock [ Images ] is still way out in front but is slowly being caught by New Zealand's Shane Bond [ Images ].

Australian Nathan Bracken [ Images ], meanwhile, has moved past his team-mate Glenn McGrath [ Images ] to occupy the third spot. Another Australian to have an excellent tournament so far is Brad Hogg [ Images ], who has moved up nine places to 14th.

In the team rankings, Australia can put more distance between it and second-placed South Africa if it beats Graeme Smith's [ Images ] side in April 25 semi-final in St Lucia.

Currently, Australia is four rating points ahead of the Proteas at the top of the ODI Championship table and a win on Wednesday will increase that to six as it moves up to 130 and South Africa slips to 124.

Meanwhile, two wins and a tie at the World Cup has put Ireland team in with the top teams at 10th in the table.