Pathan on a high

India's Irfan Pathan has re-established himself as one of the most promising all-rounders in the game and in the process has made a big impact on the latest ICC Player Rankings following a match-winning performance against Australia in the third Test at Perth.

Returning to action after missing the Melbourne and Sydney Tests, the 23-year-old from Baroda scored 28 and 46 with the bat, claimed 5-117 in the match and in the process leapfrogged Australia's Brett Lee and West Indies duo of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo to sixth spot in the rankings for Test allrounders.

Pathan has now set his sights on fifth-placed Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka as only eight points separate the two left-handers. Andrew Symonds, Stuart Clark and Virender Sehwag also improve their allrounders' rankings. Symonds climbed two places to 12th position, Clark is up three spots to 15th position and Sehwag has rocketed eight places to 22nd.

India captain Anil Kumble, however, dropped out of the top 10 list after sliding two places to 11th position in the list that is still headed by South Africa's Jacques Kallis. By virtue of their 72-run victory at Perth, India has assured themselves a second place in the Test, behind Australia.