RA Jadeja of India scored 58 against West Indies in the recently concluded test at North Sound. This knock represents his eighth fifty while batting at number eight in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Runs	Pos	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	68	8	caught	3	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
2	90	8	caught	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
3	51	8	caught	2	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
4	60*	8	not out	1	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
5	63	8	bowled	2	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
6	86*	8	not out	2	v England	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
7	81	8	bowled	1	v Australia	Sydney	03 Jan 2019
8	58	8	caught	1	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings. The following table lists all those eight batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	DL Vettori	NZl	2003-2011	17	17	2	1370	140	91.33	4	13	17
2	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1979-1990	13	13	2	1004	116	91.27	2	11	13
3	MV Boucher	SAF	1998-2011	12	12	3	851	122*	94.55	2	10	12
4	SK Warne	Aus	1993-2007	11	11	3	762	099	95.25	0	11	11
5	MG Johnson	Aus	2009-2015	9	9	2	686	123*	98.00	1	08	09
6	WPUJC Vaas	Srl	1995-2008	9	9	6	619	100*	206.33	1	08	09
7	SCJ Broad	Eng	2008-2013	8	8	2	507	076	84.50	0	08	08
8	RA Jadeja	Ind	2014-2019	8	8	2	557	090	92.83	0	08	08

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the second Indian  batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight or more fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings after N Kapil Dev. N Kapil Dev has scored  13 fifties while batting at number eight in a test innings.  The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1979-1990	13	13	2	1004	116	91.27	2	11	13
2	RA Jadeja	Ind	2014-2019	8	8	2	557	090	92.83	0	08	08

RA Jadeja earned the distinction of becoming the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score eight fifties which are half centuries while batting at number eight in a test innings after SCJ Broad of England. The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	SCJ Broad	Eng	2008-2013	8	8	2	507	076	84.50	0	08	08
2	RA Jadeja	Ind	2014-2019	8	8	2	557	090	92.83	0	08	08