Ravichandran Ashwin’s feat
Ravichandran Ashwin of India is the sixth bowler in the test history to aggregate 300 plus wickets in a team’s winning tests. The following table lists all the six bowlers.
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Wkts | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | SK Warne | Aus | 92 | 180 | 11461 | 510 | 27 | 7 |
| 2 | Muralitharan | Srl | 54 | 107 | 7088 | 438 | 41 | 18 |
| 3 | GD McGrath | Aus | 84 | 168 | 7945 | 414 | 18 | 3 |
| 4 | JM Anderson | Eng | 73 | 145 | 6702 | 338 | 20 | 3 |
| 5 | DW Steyn | SAF | 48 | 94 | 5066 | 305 | 22 | 5 |
| 6 | R Ashwin | Ind | 49 | 97 | 5785 | 304 | 25 | 6 |
R Ashwin is the lone Indian bowler in the elite list. At the start of the second test at Bengaluru between India and Sri Lanka, Ashwin has an aggregate of 304 wickets in India’s 49 winning tests.
He is the third bowler to capture five fors on 25 plus occasions in a team’s winning tests. He has captured five plus wickets in an innings on 25 occasions. Others are M Muralitharan {41} and SK Warne {27}. He is the only Indian bowler to achieve such a feat.
| No | W | Runs | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 6 | 47 | Win | Delhi | 06 Nov 2011 |
| 2 | 6 | 31 | NZl | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 |
| 3 | 6 | 54 | NZl | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 |
| 4 | 5 | 69 | NZl | Bengaluru | 31 Aug 2012 |
| 5 | 5 | 95 | Aus | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 6 | 7 | 103 | Aus | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 7 | 5 | 63 | Aus | Hyd-RGS | 02 Mar 2013 |
| 8 | 5 | 57 | Aus | Delhi | 22 Mar 2013 |
| 9 | 5 | 42 | Srl | Col-PSS | 20 Aug 2015 |
| 10 | 5 | 51 | SAF | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 11 | 5 | 32 | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 12 | 7 | 66 | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 13 | 5 | 61 | SAF | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 |
| 14 | 7 | 83 | Win | N Sound | 21 Jul 2016 |
| 15 | 6 | 132 | NZl | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 |
| 16 | 7 | 59 | NZl | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 17 | 6 | 81 | NZl | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 18 | 5 | 67 | Eng | Vizag | 17 Nov 2016 |
| 19 | 6 | 55 | Eng | Mum-WS | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 20 | 6 | 112 | Eng | Mum-WS | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 21 | 6 | 41 | Aus | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
| 22 | 5 | 69 | Srl | Col-SSC | 03 Aug 2017 |
| 23 | 7 | 145 | SAF | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |
| 24 | 5 | 43 | Eng | Chennai | 13 Feb 2021 |
| 25 | 5 | 47 | Eng | Ahmedabad | 04 Mar 2021 |
He is the third bowler to capture ten plus wickets in a match on six plus occasions in a team’s winning tests. He has captured ten plus wickets in a match on six occasions. Others are M Muralitharan {18} and SK Warne {07}. He is the only Indian bowler to achieve such a feat.
| No | W | Runs | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 6 | 31 | NZl | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 |
| 6 | 54 | NZl | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 | |
| 2 | 5 | 95 | Aus | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 7 | 103 | Aus | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 | |
| 3 | 5 | 32 | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 7 | 66 | SAF | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 | |
| 4 | 7 | 59 | NZl | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 6 | 81 | NZl | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 | |
| 5 | 4 | 93 | NZl | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 |
| 6 | 132 | NZl | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 | |
| 6 | 6 | 55 | Eng | Mum-WS | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 6 | 112 | Eng | Mum-WS | 08 Dec 2016 |