Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] lost his number one spot but opening batsman Virender Sehwag [ Images ] gained eight places to return to the top-10 in the ICC [ Images ] ODI rankings issued on Sunday.
Sehwag is occupying the 8th spot in the ODI rankings for batsmen.
India [ Images ] held on to the second spot in the team rankings despite losing the tri-series final to Sri Lanka [ Images ] on Saturday.
Sri Lanka, sixth before the series, are just behind India, and in front of South Africa [ Images ], who drop to fourth, when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.
New Zealand [ Images ] drop to sixth from fourth as Australia [ Images ], at the top, and England [ Images ], in fifth spot, remain unchanged.
In individual rankings, Tillakaratne Dilshan [ Images ] broke into the top five of the batting chart.
Dilshan's match-winning effort of 110 in the final against India last night was enough to earn him a three-place boost in the rankings and he now sits in fourth position, level with Hashim Amla [ Images ] of South Africa.
Amla's teammate AB de Villiers [ Images ] has benefited from Dhoni's slip with the 26-year-old from Pretoria taking over at the top of the rankings.
The other main mover upwards in the top 10 is Sehwag, who was declared Man-of-the-Series in Sri Lanka.
The hard-hitting opener was the series' top-scorer with 268 at an average of 67 and that effort has moved him up eight places on the rankings to eighth place.
Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], who was rested from the tri-series, lost four places and now sits in 10th position. A player loses half a per cent of his rating for every ODI he misses.
In the list for bowlers, India pacer Praveen Kumar [ Images ] has gained five places to break into the top 10 for the first time in his career.
The 23-year-old took nine wickets in the Sri Lanka tri-series at an average of 23.66 and now sits in 10th position in the ladder, level with Pakistan's Shahid Afridi [ Images ].
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