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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Dubai, Dec 7 (IANS) India have a chance to move up to the third position in the International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) Test rankings when they face Australia in a four-match series starting in Adelaide Dec 9.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">India are presently at the sixth spot and a 4-0 victory margin would take them up to 107 ratings points, one behind second-placed Australia (117) while a 3-1 win see them jump to the fourth place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">They would join England on 104 points, but would be behind by a tiny 0.4 point when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">A 2-2 series draw would enable both sides to maintain their positions but Australia would drop to 114 while India will gain three points.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">South Africa lead the standings with 124 points.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">A 4-0 win for Australia would help them close the gap on South Africa to four ratings points, with India dropping to seventh, while a 3-1 margin would reduce the Proteas&rsquo; lead to six ratings points.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) rankings were released here Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">In Test rankings for batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara (17th) was the highest-ranked Indian with Virat Kohli (27th) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (30th) featuring among the top 30.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">In the Test bowler rankings, Ravichandran Ashwin (12th) was the highest-ranked Indian with 710 points in a list headed by South Africa&#39;s Dale Steyn (907). Ashwin is also second in the Test all-rounders rankings, 41 points behind Bangladesh&rsquo;s Shakib Al Hasan (398).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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