R Ashwin’s 5 for 61 in the South Africa’s second innings of the Delhi test against South  Africa  represent his seventh five wicket haul in an innings in the calendar year 2015. All his seven five wicket hauls are furnished below

No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	25.0	6	87	5	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
2	13.4	2	46	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	16.0	6	42	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
4	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	16.1	6	32	5	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
6	29.5	7	66	7	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
7	49.1	26	61	5	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin became the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture seven or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. His feat of seven five wicket hauls in 2015 provides the ninth occasion. He is also the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	Year
1	MD Marshall	Win	13	25	3251	1471	73	7/53	10/107	20.15	9	1984
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	11	21	3532	1521	90	8/70	12/225	16.90	9	2006
3	SF Barnes	Eng	9	15	2201	863	61	8/29	13/57	14.14	8	1912
4	AA Donald	SAF	14	26	3232	1571	80	6/88	8/74	19.63	7	1998
5	M Muralitharan	Srl	8	16	3302	1256	68	9/65	16/220	18.47	7	1998
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	7/84	13/171	19.50	7	2000
7	M Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	8/87	11/170	21.23	7	2001
8	HMRKB Herath	Srl	10	18	3224	1417	60	6/43	12/171	23.61	7	2012
9	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2015