R Ashwin’s feat came in three consecutive calendar years – 62 in 2015, 72 in 2016 and 52 in 2017 – fetching him an distinction of becoming the third bowler in the history of test cricket to perform the feat in three consecutive calendar years. Others are M Muralitharan and SK Warne. The performance of these three bowlers are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5	10	Year
1	1	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	17.20	7	2	2015
	2	R Ashwin	Ind	12	23	3508	1721	72	23.90	8	3	2016
	3	R Ashwin	Ind	10	19	2904	1329	52	25.55	2	0	2017
2	1	M Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	19.50	7	3	2000
	2	M Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	21.23	7	4	2001
	3	M Muralitharan	Srl	8	14	2836	979	55	17.80	5	2	2002
3	1	SK Warne	Aus	16	29	5054	1697	72	23.56	2	0	1993
	2	SK Warne	Aus	10	19	3774	1274	70	18.20	6	2	1994
	3	SK Warne	Aus	12	22	3051	1254	52	24.11	1	1	1995

Please note that  the earlier post on this stats  is withdrawn as it was  erroneous. I thank my friend Deepu Narayanan for pointing  out the error