In the first test match against Sri Lanka both spinner were remain wicket less as they bounce back in the second test and duo of spin pick up seven wicket. Ashwin pick up four crucial wicket for his team which include a dozen time wicket of Sri Lankan batsmen. When R Ashwin dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne in the morning session, not many would have been surprised. After all, this had already happened 11 times previously in all international cricket - six times in ODIs, five times in Tests, and once in T20Is. It is the most times he has dismissed any batsman, and the most times any bowler has dismissed Thirimanne in international cricket. Lahiru Thirimanne was struggling during his inning as he only score 9 runs for 58 balls. Thirimanne was looking for sweep shot but didn’t connect the ball and Ashwin bowled his easiest pray for 12 time in International cricket.

Since the start of 2010, only two bowler-batsman pairs are higher in this list: Mahela Jayawardene-Saeed Ajmal, and Mohammad Hafeez-Dale Steyn. Both Thirimanne and Ashwin feature once more in the top five - Thirimanne has been Anderson's bunny as well, while Ashwin has had plenty of success against David Warner as well. In terms of frequency of dismissal, though, the Ashwin-Thirimanne one is better than any of the other entries in the top five. Of the 18 times that Ashwin has bowled to Thirimanne in internationals, he has dismissed him 12 times, which is a frequency of one dismissal every 1.5 innings.