India lose point but stay No.1

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India maintains their number-one status in the latest ICC Test Rankings but lost a pair of rating points after sketch two Tests against the West Indies.

Leading the point table, India now have 126 points while seventh-placed West Indies (88) have gained two rating points in spite of behind the three-match series which concluded on Sunday.

South Africa (117) is the second-placed team, follow by England (116). Among the players, Harbhajan Singh has moved one place to seventh in the ICC rankings. The offie take 11 wickets and interestingly, replace teammate and Man-of-the Series, Ishant Sharma, who had an inspiring tally of 22 wickets in three matches.

The off-spinner took six wickets in the final Test and in the procedure passed the 400-wicket mark. Praveen Kumar insolvent into the top-50 for the first time. The medium-pacer from Uttar Pradesh walked absent with four wickets in the final Test and is now ranked 42nd.

West Indies fast bowler, Fidel Edwards, achieve his career-best ranking, 16th, a gain of two places. He holds the 16th place together with South Africa spinner Paul Harris.

The top-three remain unaffected with Dale Steyn of South Africa still most important the way ahead of England's Graeme Swann in second position and James Anderson in third.

Among the batsmen, West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul rose to seventh next his match-saving 116 not out in the second innings at Roseau.

The top-five stay as it is with Jacques Kallis of South Africa still leading the way ahead of India's Sachin Tendulkar in second position. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Tendulkar, who did not play in the West Indies series, have fallen back because a player loses one per cent of his ratings points for every Test he misses.

There was no modify in the top-five of the player rankings for Test all-rounders with Kallis most important the way, followed by New Zealand's Daniel Vettori.

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