Only minnows Afghanistan, Scotland, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Ireland rank below Australia, only a month away from the T20 World Cup in India.
However, had Australia won the home series against India they would have risen from second to first on the official table.
The disparity backs claims by former Australian player Ryan Harris the T20 World Cup is a waste of time because of how few internationals are played.
“Personally I think it’s a waste of time having a Twenty20 World Cup,” Harris told SEN Radio.
“Last year we played one T20 (against England in August). This year because there’s a World Cup I think we play six — there’s three more in South Africa before they get over there (to India).
“To take it seriously I think you need to be playing a lot more than that when there’s a World Cup involved.”
Aaron Finch also took a hit in the player ratings, with Virat Kohli’s stunning series average of 199 seeing the Indian push the Australian opener back to second.
Australia’s bowling appears to be the biggest concern leading into the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup, with the injured duo of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins the only two Aussies in the top 20.
“Are we taking it seriously with our team? Well we are, but the problem we’ve got is the guys played a Twenty20 yesterday, a lot of them flew to New Zealand on Sunday and the rest of them flew this morning,” Harris said.
“So the scheduling there doesn’t exactly allow you to have your best team out on the park when you’ve got your one-day team — who’s probably half of your Twenty20 side — having to get over to New Zealand to acclimatise and get ready for that series.
“We’re definitely taking it (the World T20) seriously, it’s a World Cup that we haven’t won and I know Darren Lehmann and Aaron Finch, the captain and coach, really want to bring it back to Australia.”
The news is however brighter for the Australian women’s team, who maintain their No.1 combined ranking for all forms of the game.
Captain Meg Lanning keeps the top batting spot in both the Twenty20 and 50-over games, while Ellyse Perry is ranked fourth for bowlers in the game’s shortest form and fifth in ODIs.
ICC RANKINGS
TEST (TEAMS)
1. India — 110 pts, 2. Australia — 109, 3. South Africa — 109, 4. Pakistan — 106, 5. England — 102, 6. New Zealand — 99, 7. Sri Lanka — 89, 8. West Indies — 76, 9. Bangladesh — 47, 10. Zimbabwe — 5
TEST (BATSMEN)
1. Steve Smith (Aus), 2. Joe Root (Eng), 3. Kane Williamson (NZ), 4. Hashim Amla (RSA), 5. David Warner (Aus), 6. Younus Khan (Pak), 7. AB de Villiers (RSA), 8. Angelo Mathews (SL), 9. Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak), 10. Ajinkya Rahane (Ind)
TEST (BOWLERS)
1. Stuart Broad (Eng), 2. Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind), 3. Yasir Shah (Pak), 4. Dale Steyn (RSA), 5. James Anderson (Eng), 6. Ravindra Jadeja (Ind), 7. Trent Boult (NZ), 8. Josh Hazlewood (Aus), 9. Tim Southee (NZ), 10. Morne Morkel (RSA)
ODI (TEAMS)
1. Australia — 128, 2. India — 113, 3. New Zealand — 112, 4. South Africa — 112, 5. Sri Lanka — 104, 6. England — 101, 7. Bangladesh — 97, 8. Pakistan — 87, 9. West Indies — 86, 10. Afghanistan — 47, 11. Ireland — 46, 12. Zimbabwe — 45
ODI (BATSMEN)
1. AB de Villiers (RSA), 2. Virat Kohli (Ind), 3. Hashim Amla (RSA), 4. Kane Williamson (NZ), 5. Rohit Sharma (Ind), 6. Tillekeratne Dilshan (SL), 7. Shikhar Dhawan (Ind), 8. Glenn Maxwell (Aus), 9. Martin Guptill (NZ), 10. Quinton de Kock (RSA)
ODI (BOWLERS)
1. Trent Boult (NZ), 2 Shakib Al Hasan (Ban), 3. Mitchell Starc (Aus), 4. Imran Tahir (RSA), 5. Dale Steyn (RSA), 6. Morne Morkel (RSA), 7. Matt Henry (NZ), 8. Saeed Ajmal (Pak), 9. James Anderson (Eng), 10. Mohammad Irfan (Pak)
T20 (TEAMS)
1. India — 120, 2. West Indies — 118, 3. Sri Lanka — 118, 4. England — 117, 5. New Zealand — 116, 6. South Africa — 115, 7. Pakistan — 113, 8. Australia — 110, 9. Afghanistan — 80, 10. Scotland — 66, 11. Bangladesh — 64, 12. Hong Kong — 62, 13. Netherlands — 61, 14. Zimbabwe — 54, 15. Ireland — 42
T20 (BATSMEN)
1. Virat Kohli (Ind), 2. Aaron Finch (Aus), 3. Alex Hales (Eng), 4. Francois du Plessis (RSA), 5. Martin Guptill (NZ), 6. Kane Williamson (NZ), 7. Chris Gayle (WI), 8. Hamilton Masakadza (Zim), 9. Mohammad Shahzad (Afg), 10. Kusal Perera (SL)
T20 (BOWLERS)
1. Sunil Narine (WI), 2. Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind), 3. Shahid Afridi (Pak), 4. Sachithra Senanayake (SL), 5. Graeme Cremer (Zim), 6. Lasith Malinga (SL), 7. Mitchell McClenaghan (NZ), 8. Imran Tahir (RSA), 9. Dawlat Zadran (Afg), 10. Nuwat Kulasekara (Sri)