WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Wood	134*	2	8	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	19 Mar 1892
2	TG Evans	104	1	8	Eng	Win	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
3	CC Depeiaza	122	2	8	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
4	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	2	8	Pak	NZl	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
5	JM Parks	101*	3	8	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
6	FCM Alexander	108	3	8	Win	Aus	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
7	IDS Smith	113*	1	8	NZl	Eng	Auckland	10 Feb 1984
8	WB Phillips	120	1	8	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	30 Mar 1984
9	SMH Kirmani	102	2	8	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
10	DJ Richardson	109	2	8	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	02 Jan 1995
11	Moin Khan	105	1	8	Pak	Eng	Leeds	08 Aug 1996
12	MV Boucher	100	1	8	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
13	A Ratra	115*	1	8	Ind	Win	St John’s	10 May 2002
14	MV Boucher	122*	1	8	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004
15	Khaled Mashud	103*	3	8	Ban	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
16	Kamran Akmal	109	3	8	Pak	Ind	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
17	AC Gilchrist	121	2	8	Aus	NZl	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
18	Kamran Akmal	154	2	8	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
19	Kamran Akmal	113	1	8	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
20	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
21	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
22	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
23	MJ Prior	110*	4	8	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
24	BJ Watling	103	1	8	NZl	Ban	Chittagong	09 Oct 2013
25	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings against Austalia. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CC Depeiaza	122	2	8	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	14 May 1955
2	FCM Alexander	108	3	8	Win	Aus	Sydney	13 Jan 1961
3	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
4	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings. WP Saha became the fourth Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
2	SMH Kirmani	102	2	8	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	28 Nov 1984
3	A Ratra	115*	1	8	Ind	Win	St John’s	10 May 2002
4	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
5	WP Saha	117	2	8	Ind	Aus	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017

 

Kamran Akmal {03}, MJ Prior (02}, MS Dhoni {02} and MV Boucher {02} are the four wicket keeper batsmen who have scored two or more centuries while batting at number eight in a test innings. The performance of these four wicket keepers are furnished below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Pos	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamran Akmal	109	3	8	Pak	Ind	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
2	Kamran Akmal	154	2	8	Pak	Eng	Lahore	29 Nov 2005
3	Kamran Akmal	113	1	8	Pak	Ind	Karachi	29 Jan 2006
1	MJ Prior	118	2	8	Eng	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2011
2	MJ Prior	110*	4	8	Eng	NZl	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
1	MS Dhoni	132*	2	8	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
2	MS Dhoni	144	1	8	Ind	Win	Kolkata	14 Nov 2011
1	MV Boucher	100	1	8	SAF	Win	Centurion	15 Jan 1999
2	MV Boucher	122*	1	8	SAF	Win	Cape Town	02 Jan 2004