INDIA HAS SLIPPED DOWN TO 3RD POSITION IN THE ICC TEST RANKINGS WITH 118 POINTS,AFTER SOUTH AFRICA'S SERIES WIN AGAINST AUSTRALIA BY 2-1.INDIA ENJOYED THE SECOND POSITION FOR 2 WEEKS AFTER SERIES WIN AGAINST ENGLAND.BUT THEN SOUTH AFRICA WON THE 2 TEST MATCHES BACK TO BACK AGAINST AUSTRALIA,BEATING THEM ON THEIR HOME GROUND,THOUGH AUSTRALIA WON THE LAST TEST MATCH.AUSTRALIA HAD NEVER LOST A TEST SERIES ON THEIR HOME GROUND FROM THE LAST 16 YEARS BEFORE THIS SERIES.NOW SOUTH AFRICA HAS 122 POINTS AND AUSTRALIA HAS 126 POINTS.
NOW IT'S A HEALTHY COMPETITION AMONG INDIA,AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE 1ST PLACE.EITHER INDIA OR SOUTH AFRICA TEAMS MAY BECOME NO.1 DURING 2009.
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