R Ashwin moves to the second place among the spin bowlers who have captured most wickets while opening the bowling
R Ashwin with an aggregate of 33 wickets – at the end of the just concluded test between India and Australia at Pune – when he has opened the bowling as a spinner moved to the second place among the bowlers who have captured most wickets while opening the bowling as a spinner. H Trumble has most wickets – 62 – in this category of statistics. The following table list the spin bowlers who have captured 30 plus wickets while opening the bowling
| No | Player | Team | M | I | Balls | Runs | W | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | H Trumble | Aus | 9 | 15 | 2647 | 927 | 62 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | R Ashwin | Ind | 8 | 10 | 1330 | 738 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | GE Palmer | Aus | 6 | 10 | 1646 | 550 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | E Peate | Eng | 8 | 14 | 2016 | 645 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | R Peel | Eng | 8 | 12 | 1377 | 483 | 30 | 2 | 1 |