A clean sweep by India in the Sri Lanka ODI series will ensure Dhoni's side closing the gap with Australia in the ICC ODI Championship table.

India are now placed second with 122 points and a 5-0 win against the Lankans will take them to 126, four points behind Australia.

However, a 5-0 clean sweep by Sri Lanka -- now on 106 points -- will put both the sides on 115 ratings points while a 3-2 win by the visitors will lift them to 110. That will drop India to 119 points but still ahead of South Africa.

The ODI series begins in Rajkot on December 15.

South Africa, after losing 1-2 to England in the ODI series, have dropped behind India at third place. England moves ahead of Pakistan in fifth spot.

Meanwhile, in the ICC rankings for batsmen, Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar gained one place each to occupy seventh and eighth spots respectively.

In the bowlers' list, Harbhajan Singh dropped out of the top-10 zone and the India offie is now at 11th, a loss of the three places.

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