India’s WP Saha scored 104 in the ongoing test at Gros Islet against West Indies to provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number seven scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Phadkar	123	2	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	HR Adhikari	114*	2	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
3	PR Umrigar	130*	2	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
4	SM Patil	129*	2	v England	Manchester	24 Jun 1982
5	N Kapil Dev	100*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
6	N Kapil Dev	119	2	v Australia	Chennai	18 Sep 1986
7	RJ Shastri	121*	2	v Australia	Mumbai	15 Oct 1986
8	N Kapil Dev	163	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
9	N Kapil Dev	109	1	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
10	N Kapil Dev	129	3	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
11	M Azharuddin	115	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
12	SB Bangar	100*	2	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002
13	MS Dhoni	110	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
14	MS Dhoni	100*	2	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
15	AM Rahane	118	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
16	WP Saha	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016

WP Saha became the third Indian batsman to score a century batting at number seven in a test innings against West Indies after HR Adhikari, N Kapil Dev. His century provide the fourth such occasion

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HR Adhikari	114*	2	v West Indies	Delhi	10 Nov 1948
2	N Kapil Dev	100*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
3	N Kapil Dev	109	1	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
4	WP Saha	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016

WP Saha became the second Indian batsman to score a century while batting at number seven against West Indies in West Indies after N Kapil Dev.  N Kapil Dev had scored 100 not out at Port of Spain in Mar 1983

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	100*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
2	WP Saha	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016

DG Phadkar, SM Patil, N Kapil Dev {twice}, M Azharuddin, AM Rahane and WP Saha are the Indain batsman to score a century while batting at number seven on away soil. The exploits of these batsmen are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	DG Phadkar	123	2	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	SM Patil	129*	2	v England	Manchester	24 Jun 1982
3	N Kapil Dev	100*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
4	N Kapil Dev	129	3	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
5	M Azharuddin	115	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
6	AM Rahane	118	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
7	WP Saha	104	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016

N Kapil Dev has scored five hundreds while batting at number seven. He is one of the five batsmen who have scored five or more centuries while batting at number seven. Others are – AC Gilchrist [12}, IT Botham {06}, APE Knott {05} and BB McCullum {05}