Laxman is 31st while Tendulkar and Ganguly, who did not get to play too many matches this year, hold 21 and 48 position respectively.
DUBAI: If ratings are an indication of the form of players, then it is not a table the Indian team would like have a look at before going into the Test series against South Africa on Friday.
Skipper Rahul Dravid is the only batsman who figures in the latest LG ICC top ten players rankings in the third spot. Virender Sehwag is a distant 17th.
Vice-captain V V S Laxman is 31st while Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, who did not get to play too many matches this year, hold 21 and 48 position respectively.
The performance is no better as a team and India with 111 rating points finds itself in the fourth spot behind Pakistan.
But India can move up and join Pakistan at third spot if it manages a 1-0 series win against South Africa. A 2-0 or 3-0 whitewash will help India go past Pakistan and will take it close to second-placed England.
In bowling, Anil Kumble and Irfan Pathan slipped one spot to occupy 8th and 14th places respectively.
England, playing their third Ashes Test at the WACA, are lying well behind table toppers Australia who are sitting on top of the Test Rankings since June 2003.
Even if Australia, who have a 2-0 lead in the Ashes, ends up losing the series 2-3, it will still remain at the top.
New Zealand, currently seventh, can draw level with Sri Lanka at fifth place if it beats Mahela Jayawardene's team at Wellington.
Ponting is top Test batsman. Mohammad Yousuf holds the second spot. Muttiah Muralitharan has strengthened his position at the top of the bowler rankings with 7 wickets in the first Test against New Zealand. Shane Bond has moved up three places to joint fifth with England's Matthew Hoggard.
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