Virender Sehwag, the flamboyant Indian test batsman maintained his top position in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen even as India also continued to hold on to its top position in the latest chart of Tests.

Sehwag remains the topper in the list with 863 points and is followed by South Africa's Hashim Amla (842) and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene (836).

Left-handed opening batsman Gautam Gambhir (824) and batting machine Sachin Tendulkar (805) are the other two Indian batsmen in top ten at number six and seven positions respectively.

VVS Laxman (14) and Rahul Dravid (16) also had their rankings unchanged.

In the bowlers list, India have two players in the top ten with pace man Zaheer Khan being placed at number six followed by spinner Harbhajan Singh.

In the teams' list, India is at the top with 124 points followed by South Africa (120) and Australia (119).