R Ashwin’s feat – joins the list of bowlers who have captured five or more wickets on six or more occasions in a calendar year
R Ashwin’s 7 for 66 in the South Africa’s second innings in the just concluded test between India and South Africa at Nagpur provide his sixth five wicket haul in the calendar year 2015. Hid feat provides the 22nd occasion of a bowler capturing six or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | Year |
| 1 | MD Marshall | Win | 13 | 25 | 3251 | 1471 | 73 | 7/53 | 10/107 | 20.15 | 9 | 1984 |
| 2 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 11 | 21 | 3532 | 1521 | 90 | 8/70 | 12/225 | 16.90 | 9 | 2006 |
| 3 | SF Barnes | Eng | 9 | 15 | 2201 | 863 | 61 | 8/29 | 13/57 | 14.14 | 8 | 1912 |
| 4 | AA Donald | SAF | 14 | 26 | 3232 | 1571 | 80 | 6/88 | 8/74 | 19.63 | 7 | 1998 |
| 5 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 8 | 16 | 3302 | 1256 | 68 | 9/65 | 16/220 | 18.47 | 7 | 1998 |
| 6 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 10 | 17 | 3740 | 1463 | 75 | 7/84 | 13/171 | 19.50 | 7 | 2000 |
| 7 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 12 | 23 | 4688 | 1699 | 80 | 8/87 | 11/170 | 21.23 | 7 | 2001 |
| 8 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 10 | 18 | 3224 | 1417 | 60 | 6/43 | 12/171 | 23.61 | 7 | 2012 |
| 9 | CTB Turner | Aus | 4 | 6 | 1008 | 348 | 33 | 7/43 | 12/87 | 10.54 | 6 | 1888 |
| 10 | MA Noble | Aus | 12 | 21 | 2208 | 989 | 51 | 7/17 | 13/77 | 19.39 | 6 | 1902 |
| 11 | SP Gupte | Ind | 9 | 17 | 3288 | 1000 | 46 | 7/128 | 8/120 | 21.73 | 6 | 1955 |
| 12 | IT Botham | Eng | 12 | 23 | 2877 | 1201 | 66 | 8/34 | 11/140 | 18.19 | 6 | 1978 |
| 13 | RJ Hadlee | NZl | 10 | 18 | 2588 | 1116 | 64 | 9/52 | 15/123 | 17.43 | 6 | 1985 |
| 14 | TM Alderman | Aus | 10 | 18 | 2592 | 1067 | 50 | 6/128 | 10/151 | 21.34 | 6 | 1989 |
| 15 | Waqar Younis | Pak | 7 | 12 | 1626 | 838 | 55 | 7/91 | 13/135 | 15.23 | 6 | 1993 |
| 16 | SK Warne | Aus | 10 | 19 | 3774 | 1274 | 70 | 8/71 | 12/128 | 18.20 | 6 | 1994 |
| 17 | SM Pollock | SAF | 14 | 25 | 3592 | 1411 | 69 | 7/87 | 9/103 | 20.44 | 6 | 1998 |
| 18 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 12 | 22 | 3424 | 1557 | 60 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 25.95 | 6 | 2001 |
| 19 | A Kumble | Ind | 12 | 23 | 3680 | 1838 | 74 | 8/141 | 13/181 | 24.83 | 6 | 2004 |
| 29 | SK Warne | Aus | 15 | 30 | 4336 | 2114 | 96 | 6/46 | 12/246 | 22.02 | 6 | 2005 |
| 21 | GP Swann | Eng | 14 | 25 | 3456 | 1662 | 64 | 6/65 | 10/217 | 25.96 | 6 | 2010 |
| 22 | R Ashwin | Ind | 8 | 15 | 1884 | 980 | 55 | 7/66 | 12/98 | 17.81 | 6 | 2015 |
R Ashwin’s 7 for 66 in the South Africa’s second innings in the just concluded test between India and South Africa at Nagpur provide his sixth five wicket haul in the calendar year 2015. He became the fourth Indina bowler to perform the feat of capturing five wickets haul on six occasions after SP Gupte, Harbhajan Singh and A Kumble. The performance of these four bowlers are listed below
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | Year |
| 1 | SP Gupte | Ind | 9 | 17 | 3288 | 1000 | 46 | 7/128 | 8/120 | 21.73 | 6 | 1955 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 12 | 22 | 3424 | 1557 | 60 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 25.95 | 6 | 2001 |
| 3 | A Kumble | Ind | 12 | 23 | 3680 | 1838 | 74 | 8/141 | 13/181 | 24.83 | 6 | 2004 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | Ind | 8 | 15 | 1884 | 980 | 55 | 7/66 | 12/98 | 17.81 | 6 | 2015 |