R Ashwin with his fifth five wicket haul against South Africa joined the select band of bowlers who have captured five plus wickets on five or more occasions against three or more specific oppositions.  He became the fifth bowler in the annals of test cricket to perform such a feat. Others are – IT Botham of England {03}, MD Marshall {03}, M Muralitharan {09} and SK Warne {04}. R Ashwin is the first Indian bowler to perform such a feat

No	No	Player	Team	Oppn	Span	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W	Ave	5
1	1	R Ashwin	Ind	Aus	2013-2017	4	5	892	359	28	12.82	05
	2	R Ashwin	Ind	NZl	2012-2016	4	6	852	426	36	11.83	06
	3	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-2019	4	5	961	338	27	12.51	05
2	1	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	1977-1986	8	9	1513	652	48	13.58	09
	2	IT Botham	Eng	Ind	1979-1982	5	6	834	318	33	9.63	06
	3	IT Botham	Eng	NZl	1978-1984	5	6	1100	415	32	12.96	06
3	1	MD Marshall	Win	Aus	1984-1989	6	7	1065	397	35	11.34	07
	2	MD Marshall	Win	Eng	1984-1988	6	6	866	296	37	8.00	06
	3	MD Marshall	Win	Ind	1983-1989	5	6	738	295	32	9.21	06
4	1	M Muralitharan	Srl	Aus	1999-2004	4	5	1219	579	26	22.26	05
	2	M Muralitharan	Srl	Ban	2001-2008	8	11	1299	506	60	8.43	11
	3	M Muralitharan	Srl	Eng	1998-2007	7	8	2081	736	53	13.88	08
	4	M Muralitharan	Srl	Ind	1994-2010	6	7	1203	571	41	13.92	07
	5	M Muralitharan	Srl	NZl	1995-2006	5	5	996	320	26	12.30	05
	6	M Muralitharan	Srl	Pak	1995-2006	5	5	1004	391	27	14.48	05
	7	M Muralitharan	Srl	SAF	1993-2006	8	11	2748	1024	62	16.51	11
	8	M Muralitharan	Srl	Win	1997-2008	8	9	1814	697	51	13.66	09
	9	M Muralitharan	Srl	Zim	1996-2004	5	6	1291	313	37	8.45	06
5	1	SK Warne	Aus	Eng	1993-2006	10	11	2129	865	66	13.10	11
	2	SK Warne	Aus	Pak	1994-2002	6	6	1168	526	35	15.02	06
	3	SK Warne	Aus	SAF	1994-2006	5	7	1606	597	40	14.92	07
	4	SK Warne	Aus	Srl	1999-2004	3	5	690	366	25	14.64	05