R Ashwin wrote himself into record books of Test cricket as the twelfth bowler to capture seven plus wicket hauls on five or more occasions. The following table lists all these twelve bowlers. R Ashwin’s 7 for 145 in the ongoing test at Vizag against South Africa was the fifth occasion of his capturing seven wickets in an innings. He also joined the Indian greats – A Kumble {06}, N Kapil Dev {05} and Harbhajan Singh {07} to perform the feat on  five or more occasions.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	5
1	M Muralitharan	Srl	1998-2006	10	11	2576	895	84	10.65	11
2	SF Barnes	Eng	1902-1914	5	7	1384	513	53	9.67	7
3	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	2001-2011	6	7	1421	657	50	13.14	7
4	GA Lohmann	Eng	1886-1896	6	7	811	244	54	4.51	7
5	HMRKB Herath	Srl	2011-2016	6	6	1100	548	45	12.17	6
6	A Kumble	Ind	1994-2005	6	6	1244	500	46	10.86	6
7	SK Warne	Aus	1992-2002	6	6	1114	461	43	10.72	6
8	R Ashwin	Ind	2013-2019	5	5	942	456	35	13.02	5
9	AV Bedser	Eng	1946-1953	4	5	855	258	35	7.37	5
10	CV Grimmett	Aus	1930-1936	4	5	1255	426	35	12.17	5
11	Imran Khan	Pak	1982-1988	5	5	702	290	37	7.83	5
12	N Kapil Dev	Ind	1980-1985	5	5	970	550	39	14.10	5