India fail to break into top two

The Auckland defeat hurt; a Kiwis whitewash could well have taken India (62.96) to the second place in the Rediff ODI Rankings.
The 3-1 away victory however does take India well past New Zealand (58.10).
South Africa (65.78) and Australia (64.19) continue to battle for the top place. Come April we will know who are the real ODI champions.
Table A shows the current ODI rankings.

The corresponding Reliance Mobile ICC ODI rankings (as on March 14, 2009) are South Africa (125), Australia (124), India (122), New Zealand (112), Pakistan (111), England (108), Sri Lanka (105), West Indies (91), Bangladesh (46) and Zimbabwe (23).
The Rediff rankings match the ICC rankings this time; only Sri Lanka and England exchange places.
Details
The Rediff ODI rating, now published regularly over the last seven years, is a judicious combination of every team's weighted index (WI) and tournament index (TI).
The WI, based on the most recent ODI encounters between every pair of teams as shown in Table B, is essentially a weighted average that considers the 'opposition strength' (because wins against strong opponents must be rewarded more) and the 'home-away-neutral' factors (because teams usually win more at home, and lose more playing 'away').
The TI factors in a team's performance in tournaments and series (and thereby seeks to better reward wins in 'big' matches).