Six or more five wicket hauls in the fourth innings of a test – R Ashwin becomes the fourth bowler to accomplish the feat
R Ashwin with his six five wicket hauls in the fourth innings of a test became the fourth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture six or more five wicket hauls in the fourth innings of a test. He captured six for 41 in the fourth innings of the just concluded test at Bangalore between India and Australia. Others are – HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka {nine occasions}. M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka {seven occasions} and SK Warne of Australia {seven occasions}. The performance of these four bowlers is furnished below
| HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 48.0 | 9 | 139 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 2 | 30.3 | 7 | 79 | 5 | 4 | v South Africa | Durban | 26 Dec 2011 |
| 3 | 38.0 | 9 | 97 | 6 | 4 | v England | Galle | 26 Mar 2012 |
| 4 | 45.0 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 4 | v South Africa | Col-SSC | 24 Jul 2014 |
| 5 | 22.1 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 4 | v Pakistan | Col-SSC | 14 Aug 2014 |
| 6 | 21.0 | 6 | 48 | 7 | 4 | v India | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 7 | 33.3 | 16 | 54 | 5 | 4 | v Australia | Pallekele | 26 Jul 2016 |
| 8 | 18.1 | 3 | 64 | 7 | 4 | v Australia | Col-SSC | 13 Aug 2016 |
| 9 | 23.0 | 6 | 63 | 8 | 4 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 06 Nov 2016 |
| M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 36.0 | 15 | 64 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Mar 1995 |
| 2 | 18.3 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Col-SSC | 10 Jun 1998 |
| 3 | 27.1 | 4 | 71 | 6 | 4 | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 05 Mar 2000 |
| 4 | 35.5 | 16 | 81 | 6 | 4 | v West Indies | Kandy | 21 Nov 2001 |
| 5 | 16.2 | 4 | 46 | 8 | 4 | v West Indies | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 |
| 6 | 30.0 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 4 | v England | Nottingham | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 7 | 34.1 | 9 | 87 | 6 | 4 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 |
| SK Warne of Australia | ||||||||
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 23.2 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 4 | v West Indies | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1992 |
| 2 | 36.1 | 12 | 89 | 5 | 4 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 3 | 50.2 | 22 | 71 | 8 | 4 | v England | Brisbane | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 4 | 28.0 | 6 | 88 | 5 | 4 | v New Zealand | Hobart | 27 Nov 1997 |
| 5 | 15.0 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 08 Mar 2004 |
| 6 | 21.1 | 2 | 90 | 5 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 16 Mar 2004 |
| 7 | 35.5 | 9 | 86 | 6 | 4 | v South Africa | Durban | 24 Mar 2006 |
| R Ashwin of India | ||||||||
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 16.0 | 6 | 42 | 5 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Col-PSS | 20 Aug 2015 |
| 2 | 29.5 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 4 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 3 | 49.1 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 4 | v South Africa | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 |
| 4 | 35.3 | 5 | 132 | 6 | 4 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 |
| 5 | 13.5 | 2 | 59 | 7 | 4 | v New Zealand | Indore | 08 Oct 2016 |
| 6 | 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 4 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |