R Ashwin’s tally of wickets at the end of England’s first innings in which he captured five for 67 in the test at Vizag against England read 52 in the calendar year 2016.  His feat provides the 13^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10	Year
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	5	0	1979
3	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	6	2	2004
4	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	5	0	2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	2	1	2008
6	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	7	2	2015
7	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	6	2	2001
8	A Kumble	12	23	3798	1910	57	2	0	2006
9	A Kumble	10	19	3491	1461	54	4	2	1999
10	BS Chandrasekhar	11	17	3139	1458	52	3	0	1976
11	R Ashwin	9	16	2261	1171	52	6	2	2016
12	MH Mankad	9	15	3302	1106	51	5	2	1952
13	Z Khan	15	26	2875	1479	51	2	0	2002

R Ashwin’s tally of wickets at the end of England’s first innings in which he captured five for 67 in the test at Vizag against England read 52 in the calendar year 2016.  R Ashwin’s feat provides the second occasion of his capturing 50 plus wickets in a calendar year. He had captured 62 wickets in 2015. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets on two or more occasions. Others are – A Kumble {03}, Harbhajan Singh {03} and N Kapil Dev {02. The performance of these four bowlers are listed below

No	Player	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10	Year
1	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	6	2	2004
2	A Kumble	12	23	3798	1910	57	2	0	2006
3	A Kumble	10	19	3491	1461	54	4	2	1999
1	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	5	0	2002
2	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	2	1	2008
3	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	6	2	2001
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	5	0	1979
1	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	7	2	2015
2	R Ashwin	9	16	2261	1171	52	6	2	2016