India vs South Africa 2019: Top 5 bowlers with most wickets in Tests in India

#2. Ravichandran Ashwin

Ravichandran Ashwin has enjoyed playing against South Africa at home.

With eight wickets, the veteran Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is on par with Kumble in terms of wickets -- 39. However, he makes it the two number slot on the basis of better overall figures. In five Tests, Ashwin has claimed 39 wickets at an average of 13.69 with as many as five five-wicket hauls. He claimed 7 for 145 in the 1st innings at Visakhapatnam.

Ashwin also came up with a stupendous performance in the 2015 series at home, just like his spin partner Jadeja. Ashwin performed even better than Jadeja, claiming 31 wickets in four Tests at an average of 11.12, with four five-wicket hauls and one ten-wicket match haul. Ashwin was next to unplayable in that Test series against South Africa.

He began the Test series with 5 for 59 and 3 for 39 at Mohali. In the second Test at Bengaluru, where only one day’s play was possible, he picked up 4 for 70 as South Africa crumbled for 214. His best effort in the series came at Nagpur as he claimed 5 for 32 in the first innings and 7 for 66 in the second to finish with match figures of 12 for 98. South Africa crumbled to 79 in the first innings and 185 in the second as India won by 124 runs. Ashwin capped off the series with another five-wicket haul in the second innings at Delhi, after South Africa were set 481. They managed only 143 as Ashwin bagged the man of the series award.