Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets on home soil – R Ashwin is the new entrant to the elite list
R Ashwin of India achieved two milestones when he captured five for 51 against South Africa at Mohali in the just concluded test.
He completed 100 wickets on home soil to become the tenth Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets at home. EAS Prasanna and S Venkataraghavan are not in this elite list as they failed to qualify and they were shy of the land mark by five and six wickets respectively. The following table lists out all such bowlers
| No | Player | home | Mat | Inns | Overs | R | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | A Kumble | home | 63 | 115 | 3465.2 | 8710 | 350 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 24.88 | 25 | 7 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | home | 55 | 103 | 2831.3 | 7624 | 265 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 28.76 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev | home | 65 | 119 | 2035.1 | 5803 | 219 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 26.49 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | BS Chandrasekhar | home | 32 | 55 | 1530.5 | 3933 | 142 | 8/79 | 11/235 | 27.69 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | BS Bedi | home | 30 | 54 | 1731.5 | 3287 | 137 | 7/98 | 9/70 | 23.99 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | J Srinath | home | 32 | 57 | 1005.0 | 2874 | 108 | 8/86 | 13/132 | 26.61 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Z Khan | home | 38 | 70 | 1218.1 | 3731 | 104 | 5/72 | 8/137 | 35.87 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MH Mankad | home | 23 | 38 | 1294.3 | 2733 | 103 | 8/52 | 13/131 | 26.53 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | R Ashwin | home | 16 | 32 | 847.3 | 2382 | 103 | 7/103 | 12/85 | 23.12 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | PP Ojha | home | 20 | 40 | 1070.1 | 2779 | 101 | 6/47 | 10/89 | 27.51 | 7 | 1 |
| 1 | EAS Prasanna | home | 22 | 41 | 1115.3 | 2560 | 95 | 6/74 | 10/174 | 26.94 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | S Venkataraghavan | home | 32 | 55 | 1379.1 | 2881 | 94 | 8/72 | 12/152 | 30.64 | 2 | 1 |
R Ashwin’s five for 51 in this test provides the tenth five wicket haul at home. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in an innings on ten or more occasions. Others are A Kumble {25}, Harbhajan Singh {18} and N Kapil Dev {11}
| No | Player | home | Mat | Inns | Overs | R | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | A Kumble | home | 63 | 115 | 3465.2 | 8710 | 350 | 10/74 | 14/149 | 24.88 | 25 | 7 |
| 2 | Harbhajan Singh | home | 55 | 103 | 2831.3 | 7624 | 265 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 28.76 | 18 | 4 |
| 3 | N Kapil Dev | home | 65 | 119 | 2035.1 | 5803 | 219 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 26.49 | 11 | 2 |
| 4 | R Ashwin | home | 16 | 32 | 847.3 | 2382 | 103 | 7/103 | 12/85 | 23.12 | 10 | 2 |