A Mishra scored 59 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing third test at Col-SSC while batting at number nine to provide the 248^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number nine in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 41^st occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number nine. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amar Singh	51	4	v England	Lord’s	25 Jun 1932
2	CV Gadkari	50*	1	v West Indies	Georgetown	11 Mar 1953
3	NS Tamhane	54*	1	v Pakistan	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955
4	PG Joshi	52*	2	v Pakistan	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1960
5	FM Engineer	65	1	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1962
6	FM Engineer	53	1	v West Indies	Kingston	7 Mar 1962
7	RG Nadkarni	52*	2	v England	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
8	FM Engineer	90	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	27 Feb 1965
9	BK Kunderan	79	3	v West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	13 Dec 1966
10	S Abid Ali	71	2	v England	Manchester	06 Jun 1974
11	S Venkataraghavan	64	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
12	N Kapil Dev	59	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
13	N Kapil Dev	61	1	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
14	KD Ghavri	86	1	v Australia	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
15	SMH Kirmani	67	2	v England	Delhi	23 Dec 1981
16	S Madan Lal	52*	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	23 Dec 1982
17	S Madan Lal	54	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
18	BS Sandhu	71	2	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983
19	BS Sandhu	68	1	v West Indies	Kingston	23 Feb 1983
20	Arshad Ayub	57	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	26 Dec 1987
21	KS More	58*	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
22	KS More	50	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	22 Feb 1990
23	KS More	61*	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
24	KS More	67*	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991
25	KS More	55	2	v South Africa	Durban	13 Nov 1992
26	J Srinath	60	3	v West Indies	Mumbai	18 Nov 1994
27	A Kumble	52*	1	v West Indies	Nagpur	1 Dec 1994
28	J Srinath	52	1	v England	Birmingham	6 Jun 1996
29	A Kumble	88	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
30	J Srinath	76	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	2 Jan 1999
31	Harbhajan Singh	66	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	7 Jun 2001
32	Harbhajan Singh	54	1	v England	Nottingham	8 Aug 2002
33	A Kumble	58	2	v England	Nagpur	1 Mar 2006
34	Harbhajan Singh	63	2	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2008
35	Harbhajan Singh	63	1	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
36	Z Khan	57*	2	v Australia	Bangalore	9 Oct 2008
37	Z Khan	51*	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	18 Mar 2009
38	B Kumar	58	1	v England	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
39	B Kumar	63*	3	v England	Nottingham	09 Jul 2014
40	B Kumar	52	3	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
41	A Mishra	59	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

A Mishra scored 59 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing third test at Col-SSC while batting at number nine to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number nine in a test innings against Sri Lanka.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WK Lees	89	1	NZl	Srl	Christchurch	04 Mar 1983
2	PA Strang	50	3	Zim	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996
3	SM Pollock	111	1	SAF	Srl	Centurion	20 Jan 2001
4	Tapash Baisya	52*	2	Ban	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002
5	Mashrafe Mortaza	63	2	Ban	Srl	Chittagong	03 Jan 2009
6	A Mishra	59	1	Ind	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015

A Mishra’s 59 represent the third occasion of a batsman batting at number nine scoring a fifty in a test innings at Col-SSC. It also represents the highest score a by a batsman at Col-SSC while batting at number nine. Previous best was 52 not out by Tapash Baisya of Bangladesh in Jul 2002

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	PA Strang	50	3	Zim	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	18 Sep 1996
2	Tapash Baisya	52*	2	Ban	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Jul 2002
3	A Mishra	59	1	Ind	Srl	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015