Tendulkar, Sehwag move up in ICC rankings

Dubai, Jan 19 (PTI) Sachin Tendulkar moved up a rung to
11th while dashing opener Virender Sehwag also broke into the
top-20 in the latest ICC ODI Rankings in which India held on
to the third position in the team chart.

Sehwag rose a rung to 20th in the list released Monday
but Yuvraj Singh dropped a spot to seventh.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has gained one place to
be sixth in the list but his teammate Michael Hussey dropped
one place to fourth with Shivnarine Chanderpaul benefiting
from his misfortune.

India continued being at the third spot behind
table-toppers Australia and South Africa.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has a chance to move up two places
to fifth in the table if it beats Pakistan in all three ODIs
coming up in Karachi and Lahore.

Mahela Jayawardena's team currently lies in seventh
position following a tour of mixed results in Bangladesh.

In a tri-series which also involved Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka
lost one match to the home side but later exacted revenge in
what was a thrilling final.

Now Sri Lanka is in Karachi for the first ODI on January
20 knowing that a 3-0 result in the series will ensure it
leap-frogs both Shoaib Malik's men and sixth-placed England.

However, the reverse result would relegate Sri Lanka from
its current tally of 105 ratings points to 102 which would
still be significantly ahead of eighth-placed West Indies,
which has 91 points to its name at present.

Victory for Pakistan in the series will ensure it keeps
the pressure on India and a 3-0 win will put the team within
one point of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side. PTI