The following table lists the oldest Indians at the time of scoring a maiden Test century:

Age	Batsman	Opponent	Venue	Season
36 Y 297 D	A Kumble (110*)	England [Images]	The Oval	2007
32 Y 321 D	VS Hazare (116)	Australia	Adelaide	1947-48
31 Y 322 D	RG Nadkarni (122*)	England	Kanpur	1963-64
31 Y 241 D	M Prabhakar (120)	West Indies [Images]	Mohali	1994-95
30 Y 265 D	MH Mankad (116)	Australia	Melbourne	1947-48

Kumble is the sixth Indian (on seventh occasion) to score a Test century while batting at number eight.

Kapil Dev [Images] has done so twice. Kumble's score is now the third highest by an Indian at this position.

Interestingly, out of seven centuries scored by Indians at number 8, five have come against England!

Highest scores by Indians at number 8

Score	Batsman	Opponent	Venue	Season
116	Kapil Dev	England	Kanpur	1981-82
115*	A Ratra	West Indies	St.John's	2001-02
110*	A Kumble	England	The Oval	2007
110	Kapil Dev	England	The Oval	1990
110	DH Shodhan	Pakistan	Calcutta	1952-53
109*	AB Agarkar	England	Lord's	2002
102	SMH Kirmani	England	Mumbai	1984-85

Kumble now also holds the record for having the most wickets taken by a Test centurion beating Kapil's record.

Also read: India set records at the Oval