R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets in the calendar year 2015 read 55 at the end of the just concluded test between India and South Africa at Nagpur. His feat provides the 91^st occasion of a bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian bowler performing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10	Year
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	9/83	10/135	23.18	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	6/63	9/121	22.95	5	0	1979
3	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	8/141	13/181	24.83	6	2	2004
4	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	7/48	8/85	23.22	5	0	2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	6/102	10/153	31.53	2	1	2008
6	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	8/84	15/217	25.95	6	2	2001
7	A Kumble	12	23	3798	1910	57	6/78	9/146	33.50	2	0	2006
8	R Ashwin	8	15	1884	980	55	7/66	12/98	17.81	6	2	2015
9	A Kumble	10	19	3491	1461	54	10/74	14/149	27.05	4	2	1999
10	BS Chandrasekhar	11	17	3139	1458	52	6/94	8/179	28.03	3	0	1976
11	MH Mankad	9	15	3302	1106	51	8/52	13/131	21.68	5	2	1952
12	Z Khan	15	26	2875	1479	51	5/29	6/85	29.00	2	0	2002