R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets in the ongoing test series against South Africa at the end of second day’s play in the fourth test at Delhi read 26. He became the 23^rd bowler and also the first Indian bowler to capture 25 plus wickets in a test series against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1935-36	5	10	2077	642	44
3	WJ Whitty	Aus	SAF	1910-11	5	10	1395	632	37
4	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
5	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
6	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
7	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1931-32	5	8	1836	557	33
8	AS Kennedy	Eng	SAF	1932-33	5	9	1683	599	31
9	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
10	AV Bedser	Eng	SAF	1951	5	10	1655	517	30
11	R Benaud	Aus	SAF	1957-58	5	9	1937	658	30
12	MW Tate	Eng	SAF	1924	5	8	1304	424	27
13	WJ O’Reilly	Aus	SAF	1935-36	5	10	1502	460	27
14	JB Statham	Eng	SAF	1960	5	10	1218	491	27
15	WS Lees	Eng	SAF	1905-06	5	9	1256	467	26
16	C Blythe	Eng	SAF	1907	3	6	603	270	26
17	JH Wardle	Eng	SAF	1956-57	4	8	1118	359	26
18	M Muralitharan	Srl	SAF	2000	3	6	1366	480	26
19	MJ Hoggard	Eng	SAF	2004-05	5	10	1203	663	26
20	AK Davidson	Aus	SAF	1957-58	5	9	1613	425	25
21	FS Trueman	Eng	SAF	1960	5	10	1083	508	25
22	CA Walsh	Win	SAF	2000-01	5	10	1582	492	25
23	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	6	693	284	26

R Ashwin with his 26 wickets became the fourth bowler to capture 25 plus wickets in a four test series against South Africa. Others are – SF Barnes {49}, H Ironmonger {31} and JH Wardle {26}. The feats of these four bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
3	JH Wardle	Eng	SAF	1956-57	4	8	1118	359	26
4	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	6	693	284	26

R Aswhin became the third bowler to capture 25 plus wickets against South Africa while bowling less than 700 balls in the series Others are – GA Lohman {520}, C Blythe {603} and R Ashwin {693}

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
2	C Blythe	Eng	SAF	1907	3	6	603	270	26
3	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	6	693	284	26

R Ashwin’s 26 wickets costed him 284 runs in the ongoing test series against South Africa to provide the sixth occasion of a bowler capturing 25 or more wickets in a series against South Africa conceding less than 300 runs.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
2	C Blythe	Eng	SAF	1907	3	6	603	270	26
3	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
4	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
5	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	6	693	284	26
6	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31