In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Ravichandran Ashwin a right-arm off break bowler is a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricketer who represents the India national cricket team. In a 2016 interview, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan described Ashwin as the "best current Test spinner". , Ashwin has taken 37 five-wicket hauls in international cricket; he ranks joint-fourth in the all-time list, and joint-first among his countrymen.
Ashwin made his Test debut in November 2011 against the West Indies. He took nine wickets in the match, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings. India won the match and his performance earned him the man of the match honour. His career-best figures of seven wickets for 59 runs came against New Zealand in October 2016; in the process he also became the fifth bowler to take six five-wicket hauls against them. He has picked up ten or more wickets in a match on seven occasions. Ashwin made his ODI and T20I debuts in June 2010 against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, respectively, and is yet to take a five-wicket haul in both formats. His four wickets for 25 runs against the United Arab Emirates in the 2015 World Cup remain his best in ODIs, while his figures of four wickets for 8 runs against Sri Lanka are his best in T20Is.
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Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult for the India team 10 or more wickets taken in the match Ashwin was selected as man of the match
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+ Five-wicket hauls in Test cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 , Delhi Kieran Powell Darren Bravo Marlon Samuels Shivnarine Chanderpaul Daren Sammy Ravi Rampaul Won 2 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Adrian Barath Kraigg Brathwaite Ravi Rampaul Marlon Samuels Devendra Bishoo Drawn 3 1 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Martin Guptill Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn Jeetan Patel Trent Boult Chris Martin Won 4 2 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn James Franklin Kruger van Wyk Trent Boult Chris Martin Won 5 , Bangalore Kane Williamson Daniel Flynn Kruger van Wyk James Franklin Tim Southee Won 6 6 , Chennai Ed Cowan Phillip Hughes Shane Watson David Warner Matthew Wade Moises Henriques Nathan Lyon Won 7 7 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Shane Watson Ed Cowan Michael Clarke James Pattinson Mitchell Starc Won 8 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad David Warner Phillip Hughes Glenn Maxwell Matthew Wade James Pattinson Won 9 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Ed Cowan Matthew Wade Mitchell Johnson Steve Smith Peter Siddle Won 10 Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah Tamim Iqbal Mushfiqur Rahim Shakib Al Hasan Shuvagata Hom Liton Das Drawn 11 , Galle Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Jehan Mubarak Angelo Mathews Dhammika Prasad Rangana Herath Lost 12 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Kaushal Silva Kumar Sangakkara Lahiru Thirimanne Dhammika Prasad Dimuth Karunaratne Won 13 Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Stiaan van Zyl Dean Elgar Hashim Amla Dane Vilas Imran Tahir Won 14 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Stiaan van Zyl Dean Elgar Hashim Amla Simon Harmer Morné Morkel Won 15 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Stiaan van Zyl Dean Elgar AB de Villiers JP Duminy Dane Vilas Kagiso Rabada Morné Morkel Won 16 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Dean Elgar Temba Bavuma JP Duminy AB de Villiers Morné Morkel Won 17 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda Rajendra Chandrika Marlon Samuels Jermaine Blackwood Roston Chase Jason Holder Devendra Bishoo Shannon Gabriel Won 18 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Marlon Samuels Jermaine Blackwood Shane Dowrich Jason Holder Devendra Bishoo Drawn 19 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Martin Guptill Tom Latham Kane Williamson Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Neil Wagner Won 20 1 Holkar Stadium, Indore Tom Latham Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Luke Ronchi James Neesham Trent Boult Won 21 2 Holkar Stadium, Indore Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Luke Ronchi Mitchell Santner Jeetan Patel Matt Henry Trent Boult Won 22 Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Ben Duckett Joe Root Ben Stokes Stuart Broad James Anderson Won 23 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Joe Root Moeen Ali Keaton Jennings Jonny Bairstow Ben Stokes Jake Ball Won 24 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Ben Stokes Jake Ball Jonny Bairstow Chris Woakes Adil Rashid James Anderson Won 25 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore David Warner Mitchell Marsh Matthew Wade Mitchell Starc Peter Handscomb Nathan Lyon Won 26 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Upul Tharanga Dimuth Karunaratne Angelo Mathews Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Won 27 Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam Aiden Markram Theunis de Bruyn Faf du Plessis Quinton de Kock Vernon Philander Keshav Maharaj Kagiso Rabada Won 28 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Rory Burns Dom Sibley Ben Stokes Dom Bess Jofra Archer James Anderson Lost 29 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Dom Sibley Dan Lawrence Ben Stokes Olly Stone Stuart Broad Won 30 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Zak Crawley Jonny Bairstow Joe Root Jack Leach Dan Lawrence Won 31 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Usman Khawaja David Warner Matt Renshaw Peter Handscomb Alex Carey Won 32 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Travis Head Cameron Green Alex Carey Mitchell Starc Todd Murphy Nathan Lyon Drawn 33 Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica Tagenarine Chanderpaul Kraigg Brathwaite Alzarri Joseph Alick Athanaze Jomel Warrican Won 34 Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica Kraigg Brathwaite Jermaine Blackwood Alick Athanaze Alzarri Joseph Rahkeem Cornwall Kemar Roach Jomel Warrican Won 35 JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, Ben Duckett Ollie Pope Joe Root Ben Foakes James Anderson Won 36 HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, Ben Duckett Zak Crawley Ollie Pope Ben Stokes Ben Foakes Won 37 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Shadman Islam Mominul Haque Mushfiqur Rahim Shakib Al Hasan Mehidy Hasan Miraz Taskin Ahmed Won
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