R Ashwin of India captured six for 41 in Australia’s second innings in the just concluded test at Bengaluru to provide his 25^th five wicket haul in tests. He became the eleventh bowler to capture 25 plus five wicket hauls in  the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the eleven bowlers with their performances

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	230	44039	18180	800	67
2	SK Warne	Aus	145	273	40705	17995	708	37
3	RJ Hadlee	NZl	86	150	21918	9611	431	36
4	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	35
5	GD McGrath	Aus	124	243	29248	12186	563	29
6	HMRKB Herath	Srl	79	142	21858	10108	357	28
7	IT Botham	Eng	102	168	21815	10878	383	27
8	DW Steyn	SAF	85	156	17286	9303	417	26
9	R Ashwin	Ind	47	88	13835	6669	269	25
10	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	25
11	Wasim Akram	Pak	104	181	22627	9779	414	25

R Ashwin of India captured six for 41 in Australia’s second innings in the just concluded test at Bengaluru to provide his 25^th five wicket haul in tests. He became the third Indian bowler to capture 25 plus five wicket hauls in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists all the three bowlers with their performances

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5
1	A Kumble	Ind	132	236	40850	18355	619	35
2	R Ashwin	Ind	47	88	13835	6669	269	25
3	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	103	190	28580	13537	417	25

The following table furnishes the twenty five five wicket hauls of R Ashwin in its chornological order

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	21.3	5	47	6	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	52.1	6	156	5	v West Indies	Mumbai	22 Nov 2011
3	16.3	5	31	6	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
4	26.5	9	54	6	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	23 Aug 2012
5	22.0	1	69	5	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
6	42.0	12	103	7	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
7	32.0	6	95	5	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
8	28.0	12	63	5	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
9	34.0	18	57	5	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
10	25.0	6	87	5	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
11	13.4	2	46	6	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
12	16.0	6	42	5	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
13	24.0	5	51	5	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
14	16.1	6	32	5	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
15	29.5	7	66	7	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
16	49.1	26	61	5	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
17	25.0	8	83	7	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
18	16.0	2	52	5	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jul 2016
19	35.3	5	132	6	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
20	27.2	5	81	6	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
21	13.5	2	59	7	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
22	29.5	6	67	5	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
23	44.0	4	112	6	v England	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
24	20.3	3	55	6	v England	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
25	12.4	4	41	6	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017