Bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin joins the list
R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate at home at the end of Bengaluru test between India and Australia read 202 wickets and he became the 19th bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture 200 plus wickets at home. The following table lists all the 19 bowlers who have accomplished such a feat
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 73 | 134 | 25061 | 9646 | 493 | 45 | 15 |
| 2 | A Kumble | Ind | 63 | 115 | 20792 | 8710 | 350 | 25 | 7 |
| 3 | SK Warne | Aus | 69 | 129 | 19417 | 8420 | 319 | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | JM Anderson | Eng | 69 | 131 | 15452 | 7588 | 296 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | GD McGrath | Aus | 66 | 131 | 15829 | 6483 | 289 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 55 | 103 | 16989 | 7624 | 265 | 18 | 4 |
| 7 | M Ntini | SAF | 53 | 103 | 11266 | 5986 | 249 | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | DW Steyn | SAF | 46 | 88 | 9490 | 5048 | 241 | 16 | 3 |
| 9 | SM Pollock | SAF | 59 | 109 | 12353 | 4955 | 235 | 09 | 1 |
| 10 | SCJ Broad | Eng | 57 | 108 | 11989 | 6158 | 232 | 11 | 2 |
| 11 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 42 | 77 | 11928 | 5347 | 231 | 22 | 6 |
| 12 | DK Lillee | Aus | 44 | 84 | 11534 | 5482 | 231 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | FS Trueman | Eng | 47 | 90 | 10295 | 4590 | 229 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | CA Walsh | Win | 58 | 105 | 13500 | 5428 | 229 | 08 | 1 |
| 15 | IT Botham | Eng | 59 | 96 | 12243 | 6226 | 226 | 17 | 2 |
| 16 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 65 | 119 | 12211 | 5803 | 219 | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | CEL Ambrose | Win | 52 | 93 | 11325 | 4302 | 203 | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | R Ashwin | Ind | 30 | 59 | 9670 | 4442 | 202 | 20 | 6 |
| 19 | RJ Hadlee | NZl | 43 | 75 | 10663 | 4615 | 201 | 15 | 3 |
R Ashwin’s wicket aggregate at home at the end of Bengaluru test between India and Australia read 202 wickets and he became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 200 plus wickets at home. The following table lists all the four bowlers who have accomplished such a feat
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | A Kumble | Ind | 63 | 115 | 20792 | 8710 | 350 | 25 | 7 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | Ind | 55 | 103 | 16989 | 7624 | 265 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev | Ind | 65 | 119 | 12211 | 5803 | 219 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | Ind | 30 | 59 | 9670 | 4442 | 202 | 20 | 6 |
R Ashwin’s six for in the just concluded test at Bengaluru between India and Australia is his 20th five wicket haul. He became the third bowler to capture five wickets in an innings on 20 plus occasions when a bowler has captured 200 plus wickets at home.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 5 |
| 1 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 73 | 134 | 25061 | 9646 | 493 | 45 |
| 2 | A Kumble | Ind | 63 | 115 | 20792 | 8710 | 350 | 25 |
| 3 | R Ashwin | Ind | 30 | 59 | 9670 | 4442 | 202 | 20 |
R Ashwin is the fourth bowler to capture ten wickets in a match on six or more occasions amongst the bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets at home.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | 10 |
| 1 | M Muralitharan | Srl | 73 | 134 | 25061 | 9646 | 493 | 15 |
| 2 | A Kumble | Ind | 63 | 115 | 20792 | 8710 | 350 | 7 |
| 3 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 42 | 77 | 11928 | 5347 | 231 | 6 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | Ind | 30 | 59 | 9670 | 4442 | 202 | 6 |