HH Pandya of India scored 108 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Pallekele to provide the 16^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight.  He became the 12^th Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat.  All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RH Shodhan	110	2	v Pakistan	Kolkata	12 Dec 1952
2	N Kapil Dev	116	2	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982
3	SMH Kirmani	102	2	v England	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
4	N Kapil Dev	110	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
5	A Ratra	115*	1	v West Indies	St John’s	10 May 2002
6	AB Agarkar	109*	4	v England	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
7	A Kumble	110*	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
8	IK Pathan	102	1	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007
9	MS Dhoni	132*	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
10	Harbhajan Singh	115	3	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
11	Harbhajan Singh	111*	2	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
12	MS Dhoni	144	1	v West Indies	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
13	R Ashwin	103	2	v West Indies	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
14	R Ashwin	124	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
15	WP Saha	117	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
16	HH Pandya	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017

 

N Kapil Dev, MS Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and R Ashwin have scored two centuries while batting at number eight. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	N Kapil Dev	116	2	v England	Kanpur	30 Jan 1982
	2	N Kapil Dev	110	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
2	1	MS Dhoni	132*	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
	2	MS Dhoni	144	1	v West Indies	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
3	1	Harbhajan Singh	115	3	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
	2	Harbhajan Singh	111*	2	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
4	1	R Ashwin	103	2	v West Indies	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
	2	R Ashwin	124	2	v West Indies	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013

 

HH Pandya of India scored 108 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Pallekele to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century on away soil while batting at number eight. All such occasions are tabulated below.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	110	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
2	A Ratra	115*	1	v West Indies	St John’s	10 May 2002
3	AB Agarkar	109*	4	v England	Lord’s	25 Jul 2002
4	A Kumble	110*	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
5	HH Pandya	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017

 

HH Pandya became the fifth batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka while batting at number eight. Others are Wasim Akram, DL Vettori, JP Duminy and AG Cremer. The feats of these five batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Wasim Akram	100	2	Pak	Srk	Galle	21 Jun 2000
2	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
3	JP Duminy	100*	1	SAF	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2014
4	AG Cremer	102*	2	Zim	Srl	Harare	29 Oct 2016
5	HH Pandya	108	1	Ind	Srl	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017

 

HH Pandya became the fourth batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka while batting at number eight. Others are Wasim Akram, DL Vettori and JP Duminy.  The feats of these five batsmen are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Wasim Akram	100	2	Pak	Srk	Galle	21 Jun 2000
2	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
3	JP Duminy	100*	1	SAF	Srl	Galle	16 Jul 2014
4	HH Pandya	108	1	Ind	Srl	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017

 

HH Pandya became the first Indian batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka while batting at number eight. The previous best was 82 by IK Pathan at Ahmedabad in Dec 2005. N Kapil Dev’s 78 at Col-PSS was the previous best by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. The following table lists the five occasions of a batsman scoring fifties against Sri Lanka.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HH Pandya	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
2	IK Pathan	82	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
3	N Kapil Dev	78	4	v Sri Lanka	Col- PSS	06 Sep 1985
4	MS Dhoni	51*	3	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
5	HH Pandya	50	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017

 

HH Pandya’s 108 provides the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a fifty while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and he became the first Indian batsman to score fifties  on two occasions while batting at number eight against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HH Pandya	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
2	N Kapil Dev	78	4	v Sri Lanka	Col- PSS	06 Sep 1985
3	HH Pandya	50	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017

 

HH Pandya’s feat of scoring a century while batting at number eight provides the 82^nd occasion of a batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in the annals of test cricket. He also became the 68^th batsman to accomplish the feat.

 

HH Pandya’s feat of scoring a century while batting at number eight provides the 41st occasion of a batsman scoring a century while batting at number eight in the annals of test cricket. He also became the 39th batsman to accomplish the feat.

 

It is interesting to note that there are 41 occasions of a batsman scoring a century while batting at number on home soil and also on away soil.