R Ashwin had captured 38 wickets against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the test at Nagpur between India and Sri  Lanka. He needed two more wickets for his 40 wickets. He captured three wickets in Sri Lanka’s first innings which fetched him 42 wickets. He became the fourth Indian bowler to captured 40 plus wickets against Sri Lanka. Others are – A Kumble {74}, Harbhajan Singh {53} and N Kapil Dev {45}

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W	5	10
1	A Kumble	Ind	18	28	862.1	193	2309	74	4	2
2	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	16	26	664.2	096	2108	53	2	2
3	N Kapil Dev	Ind	14	26	452.3	128	1195	45	1	0
4	R Ashwin	Ind	08	14	296.5	056	0900	42	3	1

R Ashwin had captured 38 wickets against Sri Lanka prior to the start of the test at Nagpur between India and Sri  Lanka. He needed two more wickets for his 40 wickets. He captured three wickets in Sri Lanka’s first innings which fetched him 42 wickets. He became the fourteenth bowler to captured 40 plus wickets against Sri Lanka. The following table lists all these bowlers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W	5	10
1	A Kumble	Ind	18	28	862.1	193	2309	74	4	2
2	Saeed Ajmal	Pak	14	28	844.4	161	2170	66	3	0
3	Wasim Akram	Pak	19	32	545.4	152	1340	63	3	0
4	SK Warne	Aus	13	24	527.5	132	1507	59	5	2
5	Waqar Younis	Pal	13	22	360.3	053	1273	56	4	1
6	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	16	26	664.2	096	2108	53	2	2
7	JM Anderson	Eng	11	20	408.1	111	1136	51	4	1
8	DL Vettori	NZl	11	18	460.0	120	1205	51	3	1
9	Junaid Khan	Pak	13	25	488.3	091	1452	50	5	0
10	SM Pollock	SAF	13	24	413.3	120	1072	48	1	0
11	Imran Khan	Pak	10	14	298.0	076	673	46	3	1
12	N Kapil Dev	Ind	14	26	452.3	128	1195	45	1	0
13	R Ashwin	Ind	08	14	296.5	056	0900	42	3	1
14	Yasir Shah	Pak	05	10	328.2	055	866	40	5	0

R Ashwin has bowled 49 maiden overs against Sri Lanka prior to the start of this test. He needed to bowl one more such overs for his 50 maiden overs. He bowled seven maiden overs in Sri Lanka’s first innings which fetched him a total of 56 maiden overs. He became the tenth Indian bowler to bowl 50 maiden overs Sri Lanka. The following table lists all these bowlers

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	W
1	A Kumble	18	28	862.1	193	2309	74
2	N Kapil Dev	14	26	452.3	128	1195	45
3	RK Chauhan	10	14	358.0	108	0818	23
4	Harbhajan Singh	16	26	664.2	096	2108	53
5	SLV Raju	5	10	212.1	081	0386	26
6	Maninder Singh	5	8	190.2	060	0491	24
7	R Ashwin	08	14	296.5	056	0900	42
8	I Sharma	11	18	307.3	053	1119	31
9	PP Ojha	5	10	249.1	052	0773	17
10	M Prabhakar	7	13	181.3	051	0492	24