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LONDON, MARCH 29. India missed out on a chance to take the second spot in the ICC Test championship ranking after losing the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan. The loss meant that India, which needed to win the Test to leapfrog England for the second spot, dropped one ranking point, from 108 to 107, as the series finished at 1-1. India remained third in the official LG ICC table behind Australia and England while Pakistan stayed in fifth place, an ICC release said here today. But the victory in the final Test helped Pakistan improving its point tally from 101 to 102. The performance in the final Test also saw Rahul Dravid slip from the top spot in the ICC Test batting rankings. Pakistan's Younis Khan has entered the top ten on the list for the first time after his 351 runs in two innings that helped Pakistan to victory at Bangalore. Younis is now in ninth place while Inzamam-ul Haq is one place ahead of him. The climb of these two batsmen means that Sachin Tendulkar drops out of the top ten.
Following is the ICC Test Championship table as on March 29:
Test top ten teams: 1. Australia 132, 2. England 110, 3. India 107, 4. Sri Lanka 103, 5. Pakistan 102, 6. S. Africa 99, 7. New Zealand 93, 8. West Indies 73, 9. Zimbabwe 41, 10. Bangladesh 6.
Test top ten batsmen: 1. Jacques Kallis (SA), 2. Rahul Dravid (Ind), 3. Ricky Ponting (Aus), 4. Virender Sehwag (Ind), 5. Brian Lara (WI), 6. Damien Martyn (Aus), 7. Adam Gilchrist (Aus), 8. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), 9. Younis Khan (Pak), 10. Andrew Strauss (Eng).
Test top ten bowlers: 1. Glenn McGrath (Aus), 2. M. Muralitharan (SL), 3. Shaun Pollock (SA), 4. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak), 5. Shane Warne (Aus), 6. Anil Kumble (Ind), 7. Makhaya Ntini (SA), 8. Jason Gillespie (Aus), 9. Steve Harmison (Eng), 10. Danish Kaneria (Pak). — UNI
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