R Ashwin became the twelfth Indian bowler to witness the ten wicket haul in a test going in vain. He also beamce the first Indian bowler to witness a ten wicket haul in a losing cause against Sri Lanka. R Ashwin captured ten for 160 at Galle in the just concluded test between India and Sri Lanka. The following table lists all the twelve Indina bowlers whose ten plus wickets in a test going in vain

 

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Ghulam Ahmed	49.3	11	130	10	Australia	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
2	SP Gupte	57.3	13	223	10	West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
3	RG Nadkarni	72.4	27	122	11	Australia	Chennai	02 Oct 1964
4	BS Chandrasekhar	92.5	24	235	11	West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	13 Dec 1966
5	EAS Prasanna	71.0	27	174	10	Australia	Chennai	24 Dec 1969
6	BS Bedi	61.2	12	194	10	Australia	Perth	16 Dec 1977
7	N Kapil Dev	57.3	15	135	10	West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
8	Maninder Singh	62.1	16	126	10	Pakistan	Bangalore	13 Mar 1987
9	BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
10	J Srinath	46.0	10	132	13	Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
11	Harbhajan Singh	71.1	12	224	11	Australia	Bangalore	06 Oct 2004
12	R Ashwin	42.0	08	160	10	Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015