D Padikkal of India scored 131 not out on the first day of the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Darwin to provide the 98th occasion of an Indian batsman batting at number three scoring a century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	118	3	v England	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933
2	RS Modi	112	3	v West Indies	Brabourne	09 Dec 1948
3	VL Manjrekar	118	3	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
4	PR Umrigar	108	2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
5	PR Umrigar	223	1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Nov 1955
6	P Roy	100	3	v New Zealand	Eden Gardens	28 Dec 1955
7	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
8	VL Manjrekar	189*	1	v England	Delhi	13 Dec 1961
9	SA Durani	104	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962
10	RG Nadkarni	122*	3	v England	Kanpur	15 Feb 1964
11	VL Manjrekar	102*	3	v New Zealand	Chennai	27 Feb 1965
12	AL Wadekar	143	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968
13	ED Solkar	102	2	v West Indies	Wankhede	23 Jan 1975
14	S Amarnath	124	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
15	M Amarnath	100	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977
16	DB Vengsarkar	157*	3	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	29 Dec 1978
17	DB Vengsarkar	109	1	v West Indies	Delhi	24 Jan 1979
18	DB Vengsarkar	103	3	v England	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
19	DB Vengsarkar	112	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979
20	DB Vengsarkar	146*	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Dec 1979
21	DB Vengsarkar	157	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
22	M Amarnath	120	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
23	M Amarnath	103*	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Jan 1983
24	M Amarnath	117	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
25	M Amarnath	116	3	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
26	DB Vengsarkar	159	1	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983
27	DB Vengsarkar	100	1	v West Indies	Wankhede	24 Nov 1983
28	M Azharuddin	122	1	v England	Kanpur	31 Jan 1985
29	M Amarnath	116*	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
30	M Amarnath	138	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
31	M Amarnath	131	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
32	NS Sidhu	116	1	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	12 Nov 1988
33	RJ Shastri	107	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989
34	SV Manjrekar	113*	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
35	SV Manjrekar	218	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
36	SV Manjrekar	104	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992
37	VG Kambli	224	2	v England	Wankhede	19 Feb 1993
38	VG Kambli	227	1	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
39	VG Kambli	125	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993
40	VG Kambli	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993
41	SC Ganguly	131	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
42	SC Ganguly	136	1	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
43	R Dravid	148	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
44	R Dravid	190	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
45	R Dravid	103*	4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
46	R Dravid	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999
47	R Dravid	144	3	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999
48	R Dravid	200*	2	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
49	R Dravid	162	1	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	25 Nov 2000
50	VVS Laxman	281	3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	11 Mar 2001
51	SC Ganguly	136	2	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	28 Feb 2002
52	R Dravid	115	3	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
53	R Dravid	148	1	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
54	R Dravid	217	2	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
55	R Dravid	100*	1	v West Indies	Wankhede	09 Oct 2002
56	R Dravid	222	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	08 Oct 2003
57	R Dravid	233	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
58	R Dravid	270	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
59	R Dravid	160	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004
60	R Dravid	110	1	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005
61	R Dravid	135	3	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005
62	VVS Laxman	104	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
63	VVS Laxman	100	2	v West Indies	Basseterre	22 Jun 2006
64	R Dravid	129	1	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007
65	VVS Laxman	109	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
66	R Dravid	111	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
67	R Dravid	136	1	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
68	R Dravid	177	1	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
69	R Dravid	144	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
70	R Dravid	111*	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
71	R Dravid	104	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
72	R Dravid	191	2	v New Zealand	Nagpur	20 Nov 2010
73	R Dravid	112	3	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Jun 2011
74	R Dravid	103*	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
75	R Dravid	119	1	v West Indies	Eden Gardens	14 Nov 2011
76	CA Pujara	159	1	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012
77	CA Pujara	206*	1	v England	Ahmedabad	15 Nov 2012
78	CA Pujara	135	1	v England	Wankhede	23 Nov 2012
79	CA Pujara	204	2	v Australia	Hyderabad	2 Mar 2013
80	CA Pujara	113	2	v West Indies	Wankhede	14 Nov 2013
81	CA Pujara	153	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
82	AM Rahane	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
83	CA Pujara	101*	3	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
84	CA Pujara	124	2	v England	Rajkot	09 Nov 2016
85	CA Pujara	119	1	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
86	CA Pujara	202	2	v Australia	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
87	CA Pujara	153	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
88	CA Pujara	133	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
89	CA Pujara	143	2	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
90	CA Pujara	132*	2	v England	Southampton	30 Aug 2018
91	CA Pujara	123	1	v Australia	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
92	CA Pujara	106	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
93	CA Pujara	193	1	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2019
94	CA Pujara	102*	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022
95	Shubman Gill	104	3	v England	Visakhapatnam	02 Feb 2024
96	Shubman Gill	110	2	v England	Dharamsala	07 Mar 2024
97	Shubman Gill	119*	3	v Bangladesh	Chennai	19 Sep 2024
98	D Padikkal	131*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Aug 2026

It is quite interesting to observe that half of these 98 occasions, that is on 49 occasions, an Indian batsman batting at number three has scored a century on away soil. All the 49 such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VL Manjrekar	118	3	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
2	PR Umrigar	108	2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	12 Feb 1955
3	AA Baig	112	4	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
4	SA Durani	104	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	04 Apr 1962
5	AL Wadekar	143	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	29 Feb 1968
6	S Amarnath	124	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
7	M Amarnath	100	3	v Australia	W.A.C.A	16 Dec 1977
8	DB Vengsarkar	103	3	v England	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
9	DB Vengsarkar	157	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jun 1982
10	M Amarnath	120	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
11	M Amarnath	103*	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Jan 1983
12	M Amarnath	117	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Mar 1983
13	M Amarnath	116	3	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
14	M Amarnath	116*	3	v Sri Lanka	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
15	M Amarnath	138	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
16	RJ Shastri	107	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989
17	SV Manjrekar	113*	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	15 Nov 1989
18	SV Manjrekar	218	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Dec 1989
19	SV Manjrekar	104	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Oct 1992
20	VG Kambli	125	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993
21	VG Kambli	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	04 Aug 1993
22	SC Ganguly	131	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
23	SC Ganguly	136	1	v England	Nottingham	04 Jul 1996
24	R Dravid	148	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
25	R Dravid	190	2	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
26	R Dravid	103*	4	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
27	R Dravid	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	24 Feb 1999
28	R Dravid	115	3	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
29	R Dravid	148	1	v England	Leeds	22 Aug 2002
30	R Dravid	217	2	v England	The Oval	05 Sep 2002
31	R Dravid	233	2	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Dec 2003
32	R Dravid	270	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	13 Apr 2004
33	R Dravid	160	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	17 Dec 2004
34	VVS Laxman	100	2	v West Indies	Basseterre	22 Jun 2006
35	R Dravid	129	1	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	25 May 2007
36	VVS Laxman	109	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
37	R Dravid	111*	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	24 Jan 2010
38	R Dravid	112	3	v West Indies	Kingston	20 Jun 2011
39	R Dravid	103*	2	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 2011
40	CA Pujara	153	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
41	AM Rahane	126	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
42	CA Pujara	153	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
43	CA Pujara	133	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	03 Aug 2017
44	CA Pujara	132*	2	v England	Southampton	30 Aug 2018
45	CA Pujara	123	1	v Australia	Adelaide	06 Dec 2018
46	CA Pujara	106	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
47	CA Pujara	193	1	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2019
48	CA Pujara	102*	3	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	14 Dec 2022
49	D Padikkal	131*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	15 Aug 2026