Rohit Sharma came out to bat at number nine against Bangladesh due to injury and scored 51 runs.
Steve Smith started his career as a bowler and had to bat at 8th and 9th position in 2010 in Tests.
Brian Lara came out to bat at number eight only once back in 2003 scoring only 14 runs.
Sanath Jayasuriya batted at number eight twice in his ODI career scoring only four runs.
MS Dhoni batted at eight in 11 innings in Tests and even in ODIs, he was sent lower down the order three times.
Shoaib Malik batted at number 10 in 1999 in ODIs scoring only 15 runs in three matches.
Ben Stokes is one of the very few batters to have batted at every position. He even came out to bat at number 11 once in Tests.
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