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Going by the present form, it looks highly improbable but if India strike England by a 4-1 margin or better in the upcoming one-day series, they can scale to second spot from third in the ICC ranking chart.
World champions India (117) are placed third behind Sri Lanka (119) in the list, head by Australia (130)
Australia's 3-2 series win has limited Sri Lanka to earn only one rating point which, in turn, has given India a chance to get back the second position.
To get the number-two positions, India will have to beat England by a 4-1 scoreline, or whitewash the hosts in the five-match series, initial at Chester-le-Street on September three.
Meanwhile, in the rankings for ODI batsmen, Virat Kohli has enter into the top-five with a gain of one position and sachin Tendulkar re-entered into the top-10 with a similar gain.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost a place to find himself at number nine. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is the only Indian bowler in the top-10 as he missing one position to be at 10.
Australia's fast bowlers Mitchell Johnson, who the length of with Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga was the most important wicket-taker in the recent series with 11, has jump four places to maintain third position while Malinga, who recorded the third hat-trick of his career in Monday's ODI, has jump 19 places to claim 11th position.
Dough Bollinger's nine wickets in the series has help him return to the top-10 in seventh place after vault 15 places while Brett Lee has been satisfied with a jump of four places after his eight wickets in four matches which has put him just at the back Malinga in 14th position.
Graeme Swann of England is on top of the bowling table but leads New Zealand's Daniel Vettori by just six points.
In the list of batsmen, former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena has return to the top-20 in 17th position after increasing five places following his series contribution of 180 runs which made him the fourth most winning batsman in the series behind Michael Clarke (242), Ricky Ponting (196) and Shane Watson (185).
While Watson and Ponting have retained their third and 15th positions, correspondingly, Clarke has moved up two places to seventh place.
The batting table is head by South Africa's Hashim Amla while his captain, AB de Villiers, is in second position.
There is no modify in the top three of the rankings for all-rounders which are still led by Watson.
