Anil Kumble retained eighth place among the bowlers but Sachin Tendulkar dropped a rung to 14th in the batting chart, in the ICC Test rankings, issued on Tuesday.
Kumble has 708 points, one less than Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas, in the bowling rankings, which is headed by another Sri Lankan, Muttiah Muralitharan (897).
Among batsmen, Tendulkar leads a pack of five Indians in the top-20.
The master batsman occupies 14th place with 704 points; he is followed by Rahul Dravid (15th), Virender Sehwag (17th), Sourav Ganguly (18th) and VVS Laxman (19th) -- who all dropped a rung.
Australia's Andrew Symonds and Englishman Andrew Strauss benefited from their match-winning knocks against the West Indies and New Zealand respectively and jumped eight and seven places in the batting chart.
Symonds moved up to 12 while Strauss, who scored a crucial 106 in the second innings of the second Test against New Zealand at Old Trafford, leapt to 16.
The batting rankings are still headed by two Australians -- Michael Hussey in first place and his captain, Ricky Ponting, in second.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is close behind in third, with Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan in fourth and South Africa's Jacques Kallis in fifth.
Meanwhile, following a brilliant second-innings haul of 6 for 37, England's left-arm finger spinner Monty Panesar moved up five places to 11th among bowlers.
