- Sri Lanka vs India, 3-match Test series in Sri Lanka (2015) – India won by 2-1
Ashwin bagged his 4th Man-of-the-Series in Test career in 2015 during Sri Lanka tour which was also the off-spinner’s 1st Man-of-the-Series at outside home soil. In that series, India played 3 Tests against hosts Sri Lanka where India won the series by 2-1 after losing the first Test.
In the first Test at Galle, Ashwin completed a 10-wicket haul in that match (including a 5-wicket haul) but ended in a losing side. In the second Test at Colombo (PSS), Ashwin took a fifer and ended with 7 wickets in that match while India clinched a victory in that Test.
In the third and final Test at Colombo (SSC), Ashwin took total 4 wickets (all in the Sri Lanka’s second innings) and also scored a half-century.
Ashwin took total 21 wickets in that Test series with his bowling and also scored 94 runs with his bat.