R Ashwin’s world record – holds the record for most wickets in the annals of test cricket by a spin bowler who has opened the bowling
R Ashwin of India now holds the world record for most wickets by a spin bowler who opened the bowling in the annals of test cricket. His lonely wicket in Australia’s second innings – that of GJ Maxwell caught by Vijay for 02 was his 94th wicket when he has shared the new ball as a spin bowler. He went past H Trumble of Australia who had captured 93 wickets as a spin bowler while sharing the new ball. The following table list the four bowlers – R Ashwin, H Trumble, R Peel and HMRKB Herath – who have an aggregate of 75 plus wickets under this category of statistics
| No | Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | W | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| 1 | R Ashwin | Ind | 21 | 26 | 3722 | 1771 | 94 | 7/66 | 12/98 | 18.84 | 11 | 04 |
| 2 | H Trumble | Aus | 15 | 25 | 4291 | 1512 | 93 | 8/65 | 12/89 | 16.25 | 08 | 03 |
| 3 | R Peel | Eng | 17 | 31 | 4361 | 1520 | 88 | 7/31 | 11/68 | 17.27 | 04 | 01 |
| 4 | HMRKB Herath | Srl | 16 | 20 | 2919 | 1217 | 75 | 8/63 | 13/145 | 16.22 | 08 | 03 |
The following table lists the performance of R Ashwin in reaching the record 94 wickets
| No | Overs | M | Runs | W | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 21.3 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 3 | v West Indies | Delhi | 06 Nov 2011 |
| 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 24 Jan 2012 |
| 3 | 27.0 | 9 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 2 | v England | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 |
| 4 | 42.3 | 6 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 2 | v England | Mumbai | 23 Nov 2012 |
| 5 | 3.4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | v England | Mumbai | 23 Nov 2012 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 4 | v England | Kolkata | 05 Dec 2012 |
| 7 | 32.0 | 6 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Chennai | 22 Feb 2013 |
| 8 | 28.0 | 12 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 3 | v Australia | Hyd-RGS | 02 Mar 2013 |
| 9 | 15.3 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 3 | v Australia | Delhi | 22 Mar 2013 |
| 10 | 19.0 | 2 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 3 | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 11 | 25.0 | 6 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 12 | 6.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 13 | 28.2 | 6 | 114 | 4 | 1 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 14 | 16.0 | 6 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Col-PSS | 20 Aug 2015 |
| 15 | 24.0 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 16 | 14.0 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | v South Africa | Mohali | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 17 | 16.1 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 18 | 29.5 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 4 | v South Africa | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2015 |
| 19 | 49.1 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 4 | v South Africa | Delhi | 03 Dec 2015 |
| 20 | 35.3 | 5 | 132 | 6 | 2 | 4 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 22 Sep 2016 |
| 21 | 25.0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 3 | v England | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 22 | 30.3 | 10 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 4 | v Bangladesh | Hyd-RGS | 09 Feb 2017 |
| 23 | 34.5 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | v Australia | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
| 24 | 28.0 | 3 | 119 | 4 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Pune | 23 Feb 2017 |
| 25 | 12.4 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 4 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 04 Mar 2017 |
| 26 | 30.0 | 10 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Ranchi | 16 Mar 2017 |
| 26 | 620.2 | 162 | 1771 | 94 | Total |