<p>India have a chance to move up to the third position in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test rankings when they face Australia in a four-match series starting in Adelaide Dec 9.</p>.<p>India are presently at the sixth spot and a 4-0 victory margin would take them up to 107 ratings points, one behind second-placed Australia (117) while a 3-1 win see them jump to the fourth place.<br /><br />They would join England on 104 points, but would be behind by a tiny 0.4 point when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.</p>.<p>A 2-2 series draw would enable both sides to maintain their positions but Australia would drop to 114 while India will gain three points.</p>.<p>South Africa lead the standings with 124 points.</p>.<p>A 4-0 win for Australia would help them close the gap on South Africa to four ratings points, with India dropping to seventh, while a 3-1 margin would reduce the Proteas' lead to six ratings points.</p>.<p>The International Cricket Council's (ICC) rankings were released here Sunday.</p>.<p>In Test rankings for batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara (17th) was the highest-ranked Indian with Virat Kohli (27th) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (30th) featuring among the top 30.</p>.<p>In the Test bowler rankings, Ravichandran Ashwin (12th) was the highest-ranked Indian with 710 points in a list headed by South Africa's Dale Steyn (907). Ashwin is also second in the Test all-rounders rankings, 41 points behind Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (398).<br /></p>
<p>India have a chance to move up to the third position in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Test rankings when they face Australia in a four-match series starting in Adelaide Dec 9.</p>.<p>India are presently at the sixth spot and a 4-0 victory margin would take them up to 107 ratings points, one behind second-placed Australia (117) while a 3-1 win see them jump to the fourth place.<br /><br />They would join England on 104 points, but would be behind by a tiny 0.4 point when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.</p>.<p>A 2-2 series draw would enable both sides to maintain their positions but Australia would drop to 114 while India will gain three points.</p>.<p>South Africa lead the standings with 124 points.</p>.<p>A 4-0 win for Australia would help them close the gap on South Africa to four ratings points, with India dropping to seventh, while a 3-1 margin would reduce the Proteas' lead to six ratings points.</p>.<p>The International Cricket Council's (ICC) rankings were released here Sunday.</p>.<p>In Test rankings for batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara (17th) was the highest-ranked Indian with Virat Kohli (27th) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (30th) featuring among the top 30.</p>.<p>In the Test bowler rankings, Ravichandran Ashwin (12th) was the highest-ranked Indian with 710 points in a list headed by South Africa's Dale Steyn (907). Ashwin is also second in the Test all-rounders rankings, 41 points behind Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan (398).<br /></p>