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Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble in top 10

Dubai: India will be praying for a clean sweep for England when it meets Pakistan, for such an outcome would see Inzamam-ul-Haq's men slump to the fourth spot, pushing India to the third place in the process.

Despite breaking a 35-year-old jinx and winning the four-match Test series against the West Indies, India has hardly any reason to smile. First the team slumped to the fourth spot after the not-so-impressive show and individually, only Rahul Dravid (second) and Anil Kumble (eighth) managed to hang on in the list of top 10 batsmen and bowlers, respectively.

Meanwhile, Pakistan displaced England from the second place in the update of the LG ICC Test rankings.

Pakistan is just 10 points behind leader Australia (130) and a clean sweep over host England will put it within three points of Australia.

However, if England wins the series, it will move back above Pakistan, while a 4-0 home success will move it to within 10 points of Australia and drop Pakistan into fourth place, below India.

Ponting on top

Australia's Ricky Ponting heads the batting list, followed by Rahul Dravid. Virender Sehwag at 16th spot is the only other Indian in the top 20.

Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is the leading bowler. Among the Indians, Anil Kumble occupies the eighth spot and Irfan Pathan is 15th.

LG ICC Test championship: 1. Australia (130); 2. Pakistan (120); 3. England (113); 4. India (111); 5. Sri Lanka (99); 6. South Africa (98); 7. New Zealand (92); 8. West Indies (72); 9. Zimbabwe (28); 10. Bangladesh.

Top 10 batsmen: 1. Ricky Ponting (Aus, 931); 2. Rahul Dravid (Ind, 882); 3. Jacques Kallis (RSA, 832); 4. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak, 831); 5. Matthew Hayden (Aus, 808); 6. Younis Khan (Pak, 796); 7. Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) and Mike Hussey (Aus, 780 each); 9. Kevin Pietersen (Eng, 746); 10. Brian Lara (WI, 732).

Top 10 bowlers: 1. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL, 901); 2. Makhaya Ntini, (RSA, 841); 3. Shane Warne, (Aus, 813); 4. Glenn McGrath (Aus, 811); 5. Matthew Hoggard (Eng, 780); 6. Andrew Flintoff (Eng, 767); 7. Shoaib Akhtar (Pak, 751); 8. Anil Kumble (Ind, 736); 9. Shane Bond (NZ, 720); 10. Chaminda Vaas (SL) and Corey Collymore (WI, 700 each).

Top 5 all-rounders: 1. Jacques Kallis (RSA); 2. Andrew Flintoff (Eng); 3. Shaun Pollock (RSA); 4. Daniel Vettori (NZ); 5. Chaminda Vaas (SL). — UNI

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