South Africa breathing down India's neck

South Africa's thrilling three-wicket victory over India in a Group B match in Nagpur in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has helped it join the 1983 world champion on 118 ratings points in the Reliance ICC ODI Championship which has been updated after the Bangladesh v Netherlands match played in Chittagong earlier today.


Victory for Graeme Smith's team earned it two ratings points while India lost one point. However, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side is still ranked just ahead of Graeme Smith's side in second place by a fraction of a point.

While joining India, South Africa leapfrogged Sri Lanka which is just one point behind in fourth position. With the three teams playing this week (South Africa against Ireland, Sri Lanka against New Zealand and India against the West Indies), the ODI Championship table is likely to be reshuffled again, depending on how these three teams perform.

Australia continues to dominate the table, sitting pretty on 131 ratings points while fifth-ranked England has dropped two ratings points following its two-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in Chittagong last week.