R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of the just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31. His feat provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 30 plus wickets in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Balls	R	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	9	1747	662	35	4	0
2	MH Mankad	Eng	1951-52	5	10	2225	571	34	1	1
3	SP Gupte	NZl	1955-56	5	10	2140	669	34	4	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1979-80	6	11	1271	566	32	3	1
5	Harbhajan Singh	Aus	2000-01	3	6	1071	545	32	4	2
6	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1259	740	31	3	1
7	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31	4	1

R Ashwin’s feat of 31 wickets in the just concluded test series against South Africa provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 25 or more wickets in a four test home series. It also represents the record for most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a four test series at home. It was an improvement over his own 29 wickets against Australia in 2012-13

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Overs	M	R	W	5	10
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	164.4	56	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	8	241.2	74	583	29	4	1
3	A Kumble	Aus	2004-04	4	8	197.3	30	685	27	3	1
4	MH Mankad	Pak	1952-53	4	7	265.2	100	514	25	3	1