R Ashwin and RA Jadeja captured 28 and 26 wickets against England In the just concluded test series to provide the 23^rd and 24^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 25 plus wickets in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	09	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	06	1071	545	32	4	2
6	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1759	740	31	3	1
7	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	07	988	345	31	4	1
8	N Kapil Dev	Win	1983-84	6	10	1223	537	29	2	1
9	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	08	1448	583	29	4	1
10	BS Chandrasekhar	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1579	704	28	3	1
11	N Kapil Dev	Aus	1979-80	6	12	1339	625	28	2	0
12	R Ashwin	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1843	847	28	3	1
13	SP Gupte	Win	1952-53	5	09	1977	789	27	3	0
14	KD Ghavri	Win	1978-79	6	10	1224	634	27	1	0
15	DR Doshi	Aus	1979-80	6	12	1838	630	27	2	0
16	A Kumble	Aus	2004-05	4	08	1185	685	27	3	1
17	R Ashwin	NZl	2016-17	3	06	879	480	27	3	2
18	EAS Prasanna	Aus	1969-70	5	09	1770	672	26	3	1
19	RA Jadeja	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1741	672	26	1	1
20	MH Mankad	Pak	1952-53	4	07	1592	514	25	3	1
21	EAS Prasanna	Aus	1967-68	4	07	1581	686	25	2	0
22	BS Bedi	Eng	1972-73	5	09	2237	632	25	1	0
23	BS Bedi	Eng	1976-77	5	09	1788	574	25	2	0
24	N Kapil Dev	Aus	1991-92	5	10	1704	645	25	2	0

The following table lists the Indian bowlers who have captured 25 plus wickets against England.There are seven occasions.

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	09	1747	662	35	4	0
2	MH Mankad	Eng	1951-52	5	10	2225	571	34	1	1
3	R Ashwin	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1843	847	28	3	1
4	RA Jadeja	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1741	672	26	1	1
5	BS Bedi	Eng	1972-73	5	09	2237	632	25	1	0
6	BS Bedi	Eng	1976-77	5	09	1788	574	25	2	0

The following table lists the occasions of two Indian bowlers capturing 25 plus wickets in the same series. R Ashwin-RA Jadeja became the second pair of Indian bowlers to capture 25 plus wickets in the same series against England. BS Chandrasekhar-BS Bedi is the other pair to perform such a feat against England. BS Chandrasekhar captured 35 wickets while BS Bedi captured 25 wickets in 1972-73 series against England. BS Chandrasekhar owns the record for most wickets by an Indian bowler – 35 wickets – in a series against any opposition.

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	09	1747	662	35	4	0
2	BS Bedi	Eng	1972-73	5	09	2237	632	25	1	0
1	N Kapil Dev	Aus	1979-80	6	12	1339	625	28	2	0
2	DR Doshi	Aus	1979-80	6	12	1838	630	27	2	0
1	R Ashwin	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1843	847	28	3	1
2	RA Jadeja	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1741	672	26	1	1

R Ashwin’s 28 wickets in the just concluded test series against England represents fourth occasion of his capturing 25 plus wickets in a test series. He emulated N Kapil Dev who also had captured 25 plus wickets in a test series on four occasions. The performance of these two bowlers are listed below.

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1979-80	6	11	1271	566	32	3	1
2	N Kapil Dev	Win	1983-84	6	10	1223	537	29	2	1
3	N Kapil Dev	Aus	1979-80	6	12	1339	625	28	2	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Aus	1991-92	5	10	1704	645	25	2	0
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	07	988	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	08	1448	583	29	4	1
3	R Ashwin	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1843	847	28	3	1
4	R Ashwin	NZl	2016-17	3	06	879	480	27	3	2

R Ashwin’s 28 wickets in the just concluded test series against England represents fourth occasion of his capturing 25 plus wickets in a test series as a spin bowler. He now owns the record for an Indian spin bowler who has captured 25 plus wickets in a series on most occasions. He went past BS Bedi who has captured 25 plus wickets in a series on three occasions. The performance of these two bowlers are listed below.

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	5	10
1	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1759	740	31	3	1
2	BS Bedi	Eng	1972-73	5	09	2237	632	25	1	0
3	BS Bedi	Eng	1976-77	5	09	1788	574	25	2	0
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	07	988	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	08	1448	583	29	4	1
3	R Ashwin	Eng	2016-17	5	10	1843	847	28	3	1
4	R Ashwin	NZl	2016-17	3	06	879	480	27	3	2