( CNN ) -- India will seek to become the No . 1 team in world cricket 's Test rankings with victory in the final match of the series against Sri Lanka starting in Mumbai on Wednesday . Mahendra Singh Dhoni 's team will seek to overhaul both current incumbents South Africa and their second-placed visitors and clinch a 2-0 victory in the series . `` It will be an added responsibility . Becoming the number one side is not important , we 've got to maintain our performance level , '' the captain told the official International Cricket Council Web site . India will be without opener Gautam Gambhir , who scored centuries in the first two matches but will be absent due to his sister 's wedding . The inexperienced Murali Vijay is expected to win his second test cap as his replacement . Sri Lanka , meanwhile , have dropped spinner Ajantha Mendis as they seek to bounce back from the crushing innings defeat in Kanpur and register a first victory on India soil . Seam bowlers Nuwan Kulasekara and Dilhara Fernando are vying to take his place , having missed out as Sri Lanka employed a three-pronged spin attack last time out . The tourists will be hoping for a better showing from veteran world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan , who has taken just five wickets at a cost of 396 runs in the series . `` Murali is a bowler who has done so much for Sri Lanka and can sometimes have an off day . That 's the way cricket goes , '' captain Kumar Sangakkara told the Cricinfo Web site . `` That does n't mean he is any worse a bowler , he is still our best spinner and in my view the best spinner in the world . When you have that quality in the side you have to back that quality and that ability it 's no different for tomorrow . `` Murali is still the spearhead of our attack and we back him 100 % to turn it around and win a match for us . '' Meanwhile , New Zealand 's star pace bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the rest of the three-match Test series against Pakistan after yet another injury setback . The 34-year-old was man of the match as he claimed eight wickets in the Black Caps ' 32-run win in the opener in Dunedin , his first five-day international in two years , but has suffered an abdominal tear . However , seamer Iain O'Brien expects to play in the second Test in Wellington starting on Thursday despite dislocating the middle finger of his right hand . Australia have called up Victorian fast bowler Clinton McKay for the second Test against the West Indies in Adelaide after Brisbane hero Ben Hilfenhaus was ruled out by a knee injury . Hilfenhaus took a five-wicket bag in Australia 's comprehensive innings victory within three days in the opening match , but is now battling to be fit for the final Test in Perth from December 16 .
India will seek to become No . 1 team in world cricket 's Test rankings . Victory in third and final Test against Sri Lanka will lift hosts above South Africa . New Zealand lose star paceman Shane Bond for rest of series against Pakistan . Australia call up Victorian fast bowler Clinton McKay to replace injured Ben Hilfenhaus .