Sixty plus wickets in a calendar year by Indian bowlers – R Ashwin joins the list
R Ashwin’s tally of wickets in the calendar year 2015 at the end of the just concluded Delhi test against South Africa read 62. His feat of 62 wickets in 2015 provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 60 plus wickets in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | M | I | Balls | Runs | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5s | 10 | Year |
| 1 | N Kapil Dev | 18 | 25 | 3469 | 1739 | 75 | 9/83 | 10/135 | 23.18 | 5 | 1 | 1983 |
| 2 | N Kapil Dev | 17 | 29 | 3553 | 1699 | 74 | 6/63 | 9/121 | 22.95 | 5 | 0 | 1979 |
| 3 | A Kumble | 12 | 23 | 3680 | 1838 | 74 | 8/141 | 13/181 | 24.83 | 6 | 2 | 2004 |
| 4 | Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 24 | 3567 | 1463 | 63 | 7/48 | 8/85 | 23.22 | 5 | 0 | 2002 |
| 5 | Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 23 | 4230 | 1987 | 63 | 6/102 | 10/153 | 31.53 | 2 | 1 | 2008 |
| 7 | R Ashwin | 9 | 17 | 2260 | 1067 | 62 | 7/66 | 12/98 | 17.35 | 7 | 2 | 2015 |
| 6 | Harbhajan Singh | 12 | 22 | 3424 | 1557 | 60 | 8/84 | 15/217 | 25.95 | 6 | 2 | 2001 |