Rating the 5 best Test bowlers of 2016 by their strike rates

#4 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin spun his way to the top of the Test rankings

India's streak of home Test series’ have meant the biggest beneficiary is Ravichandran Ashwin. Capitalising on helpful wickets, Ashwin had a great year forming a potent combination with Jadeja and Mishra. His ability to work over batsmen with guile and intelligent bowling has been a sight to behold. While his record away from the sub-continent is still debatable, there is no questioning his miracles at home.

Ashwin had a great series in the Caribbean islands, where he plucked out 17 wickets in 4 Tests at a strike rate of 46.2. A sensational series against the Kiwis at home followed, in which 27 wickets across the three matches went to Ashwin. He has had a forgettable start to the England series at Rajkot but the record should get better as the series goes on.

He is the second highest wicket-taker in the year with 47 wickets in 9 matches at an overall strike rate of 44.2. Compared to his career strike rate of 50.6, Ashwin has had a much better year.

PLAYER	MATCHES	OVERS	RUNS	WKTS	BBM	AVG	SR	5w	10w
R ASHWIN	9	347	1104	47	13/140	23.48	44.2	5	2