Dubai: Sachin Tendulkar has jumped three places to the third spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings after his record-breaking double century in the second one-dayer against South Africa while India have almost assured themselves of USD 75,000 for ending the calendar year at the number two position in the championship table after having won the 3-match ODI series against South Africa 2-0.

Tendulkar (766 points), who scored an unbeaten 200 in his 442nd appearance at Gwalior on Wednesday, now trails second-placed Mike Hussey (809) of Australia by 43 points with Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (827) still leading the pack after bludgeoning a 35-ball 68 not out against South Africa in the second ODI.

It is Tendulkar’s highest ranking in two years after he had reached second position following an unbeaten 117 against Australia in Sydney.

While Tendulkar has moved to the third position, fellow opener Virender Sehwag has dropped one place to 10th position. After missing a few matches, Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir also slipped one and two places respectively to be at 13th and 21st. A player loses one per cent of his ratings points for every match missed.

The bowlers list is headed by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori with Harbhajan Singh being the only Indian in top 20 as the off-spinner retained his place at fifth.

In the ICC ODI Championship, India has all but cemented second position after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against South Africa. It is now on 123 ratings points while South Africa has slipped to 115 ratings points.

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